LUKE HUMPHRIES says Noa-Lynn van Leuven will relish her baptism at the Mr Vegas Grand Slam of Darts and pleaded: "Just let her get on with it and play." Nineteen years after Deta Hedman became the first woman to beat a male opponent on TV, Van Leuven breaks a new glass ceiling as the first transgender competitor to take on the men in a darts major at Wolverhampton.
In an all-Dutch contest at VW Active Aldersley tonight, Van Leuven faces three-times world champion Michael van Gerwen in a group also containing Gary Anderson and Ryan Joyce.
And world No.1 Humphries warned she is not to be taken lightly at a 32-player tournament worth £150,000 to the winner.
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Force for good
Siobhan Finneran stars as a witness protection officer caught up in a case that ends in murder in ITV's new crime thriller
Woo-hoo for Wodhooh and at last, Elliott
WODHOOH (above) defended her unbeaten record over obstacles in the Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle to end a character-building Festival for Gordon Elliott on a high.
Galopin 'just not happy'
GALOPIN DES CHAMPS found “everything a bit of an effort” as he came up short in his bid to enter racing's history books with a third Cheltenham Gold Cup triumph.
This week's TV
We're talking about...Home comforts and celebrity guests
Home sleuths
Jo Martin, Samantha Bond and Cara Horgan return as a trio of crime-fighting friends in The Marlow Murder Club
Hurdle rivals will find it hard to sting the Blues
Hurdle rivals will find it hard to sting the Blues
HIGH-FLYER HURZ LOVES THE PRESSURE
BRIGHTON boss Fabian Hurzeler says he thriving under the pressure as his side mount a charge for Champions League qualification
Let the good times roll
Morning Live's Gethin Jones and Helen Skelton are getting in a spin for Comic Relief with a super skating challenge
'WE FIGHT TO BE SECOND'
MIKEL ARTETA has urged his Arsenal side to win the battle to finish runners-up this season.
SIMPLY ORESOME
Grand plan can come off for Potter's star chaser
