Dom Taylor has been hit with a prolonged ban by the Darts Regulation Authority.
Dom Taylor examined constructive for cocaine and hashish in the course of the World Darts Championship (Picture: Getty)
Dom Taylor has been banned for six months by the Darts Regulation Authority (DRA) after failing a medicine check in the course of the World Darts Championship. It comes after he examined constructive for cocaine and hashish in the course of the event at Alexandra Palace. Taylor had already been banned from all Skilled Darts Company (PDC) occasions and made to forfeit his £25,000 prize cash from the competitors.
A listening to in entrance of a discplinary committee established that Taylor’s drug offence passed off earlier than the event. Nonetheless, as a result of it was his second offence, he was hit with a compulsory six-month ban below DRA guidelines. He has additionally misplaced his Tour Card, with that call being made earlier this month.
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An announcement from the DRA learn: “Accordingly, and considering all the out there proof, the committee have been happy that Mr Taylor’s ingestion of each cocaine and hashish occurred out of competitors and was not following the graduation of the World Championship on eleventh December 2025.
“Following on from this discovering, the committee has decided that as that is Mr Taylor’s second offence, then below these Guidelines, he should serve a six month ban in step with 10.9 (a) and 10.9 (b) of UKAD Anti-Doping Guidelines 2021.”
Taylor beforehand served a one-month ban in 2025 following a failed medicine check on the Gamers Championship Finals. His ban was decreased from two years after he agreed a UKAD-approved three-month Substance of Abuse remedy programme.
After his failed check on the World Darts Championship, Taylor apologised for ‘blatant mendacity’ after he was thrown out of the event.
Taking to social media, he wrote: “The very first thing I must say is sorry! I’m sorry to each single certainly one of my household, pals, sponsors, administration staff and most of necessary of all, you guys, all my followers be it exterior of darts or within darts, the sport/sport I like essentially the most.
“Additionally I must apologise for blatant mendacity to you all in my interview after my win in opposition to Oskar [Lukasiak] final week, as I’ve been mendacity to myself and everybody else round me.
Taylor has already apologised for his failed medicine check in the course of the event (Picture: Getty)
“I did full and end the course that I used to be required to do on the finish of final/starting of this 12 months, together with every little thing else I used to be required to do and sanctions.”
Taylor went on to elucidate the trauma he suffered throughout his teen years, including: “It’s no excuse however all I can put it right down to is the traumas I had in my early teen life.
“Discovering my deceased nan in a mattress on the age of 12, then inside a 12 months a number of different occasions occurred together with my brother having a coronary heart assault and being non-responsive for 45 minutes together with a really shut good friend dying of a mind tumour which all hit me very, very arduous.
“My mother and father being the nice mother and father they’re received me counselling and assist on the time however in hindsight I ought to of had extra than simply that little bit!!
“I’ve let many individuals right down to say the least however most significantly I’ve let down 4 fundamental individuals, my two daughters and my two greatest followers. My grampy handed earlier than I made it.
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“All I’ve ever wished was simply to make everybody proud, which I hope I’ve finished till this second. I do know everybody, together with my dad and household, are very upset and disillusioned in me.
“The anniversary of my daughter’s loss of life this 12 months hit me very arduous, too, and that’s after I began scuffling with my psychological well being once more, and turned again to substances to permit my physique and head deal with issues. Not needing to fret about something.”
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