Yes or No

[lindylou16]

Is darts a Sport

[cazzz1975]

I would say no

[cazzz1975]

but that is my opinion, whether its officially classed as a sport or not I have no idea

[sara3]

the athletes are a bit dubious..

[Changing_man]

what is it then?


is golf a sport?

[cazzz1975]

well you walk around 7 miles playing golf, how many miles to the ockey?

[jasconi]

Darts is a leisure activity like shove halpenny

[daffy654]

No it isn't.It is a game,nothing more.

[Marvel]

Just a game eh, Phil Taylor just won £100,000 for winning a darts competition, he is a millionaire darts player, and so it's a pretty good game eh, how many millionaire shove halfpenny players do you know of, of course it's a sport.

[China Doll]

No. It's a game. A very lucrative game but still a game.

Bobtheturkey would love this question.

[Changing_man]

well football is a Fluffing game For Funks Sake

[Haggisdj]

The OED defines sport as "an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others". I wouldn't say that darts involved physical exertion?

[daffy654]

Marvel...........you can win that much money and more at Bingo or Lotto,they are not sports either.
The prize is irrelevant in defining sport.

[Jan1957]

A game to me is based on luck but a sport is down to skill, so yes, I think it is a sport. Glad to see it included in the Olympics. Darts is played in pubs so people think of it as a game, but snooker is played in pubs and clubs and that is thought to be a sport!

[daffy654]

I don't think of snooker as a sport either jan. There is an amount of skill involved in many games (card games for example).

[yogi-bear]

Pub game/Leisure activity........great fun too!

Sport?................errrmmmmmmmm......nope, would'nt say so!

[Changing_man]

listen to jan she knows her stuff.
good point tonyted
i think we have them on the rack.

[yogi-bear]

Complete 360........If lovely Jan and tonyted thinks it's a sport, then it is!......happy days :0)

[Jan1957]

I know there is a certain amount of skill required in card games but a lot of it is luck. If you don't get dealt the cards there's nothing you can do. I know, I've lost enough money at poker!

[Changing_man]

i've lost me Y fronts at poker