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FURIOUS darts star Gian van Veen has revealed that players are outraged with the quality of T-shirts given out at the World Cup.

The world No. 23 insisted most of his rivals agree with his view that the tops dished out ahead of the tournament are too tight.

Van Veen is part of the Dutch team in Germany, lining up alongside Danny Noppert, who is ranked 16th in the world.

After thumping Italy 4-0 on Friday, the Netherlands duo face Hungary next and are widely expected to reach the knockout phase.

But Van Veen has been left infuriated with the shirts given out to players at World Cup, arguing that the tops aren’t big enough.

He said: “I asked for an XL, but this feels more like a medium. An XXL would’ve been better.

“It’s tight, uncomfortable, and feels totally different from my usual shirt. A lot of players are saying the same thing.

“I’ve spoken to the PDC about it and they’ve promised to look into it for next year. But for now, we’ll just have to get on with it.”

The World Cup shirts were made by professional sport’s apparel supplier Fourex and feature bespoke designs for each country.

Van Veen, who replaced Dutch ace Michael van Gerwen after he withdrew, then revealed that the team “feel confident” but “expected more from the Italians”.

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England duo Luke Littler and Luke Humphries are not in action until Saturday.

As the best-ranked team, they received a bye into the knockout rounds.

The world champion and world No. 1 Humphries are strong favourites to win the tournament.

Humphries won the World Cup with Michael Smith last year, when they beat Austrian pair Rowby-John Rodriguez and Mensur Suljovic 10-6.

If England win this Sunday, they will extend their record of World Cup titles to six.

While, the Dutch pairing decided that Van Veen would throw first this weekend, it looks like Littler will do the same in his duo.

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Arsenal have made an initial approach for Lille centre-back Alexsandro, according to reports in Brazil.

The 25-year-old has one of the standout defenders in Ligue 1 this season and was rewarded with his first senior call-up for Brazil’s national side by Carlo Ancelotti last month.

Alexsandro continued his impressive form for Brazil as he delivered two solid performances in the goalless draw against Ecuador last week and in the 1-0 win against Paraguay on Tuesday night.

According to UOL, Arsenal had scouts in the stands at the Neo Quimica Arena on Tuesday to watch Alexsandro and have made ‘initial contact’ for the defender.

The report adds that Serie A champions Napoli have also made an approach for the Brazilian.

Speaking about his future this week, Alexsandro said: ‘It depends on [Lille] president [Olivier] Letang. You’d have to ask him.

‘I am calm and not in any rush to leave. He will decide my future.’

In an interview at the end of the season after Lille finished fifth in Ligue 1 to secure a place in the Europa League, Alexsandro made it clear how much he has been helped by Lille head coach Bruno Genesio.

‘He helps me a lot off the pitch too. We talk a lot together. He tries to understand me,’ Alexsandro told BeFootball.

‘That’s something that helps me a lot on the pitch. He talks to every player, every week. Whether there’s a need or not, he comes and talks with you. If he feels like he sees you a little sad, he also comes and tries to understand what’s going on.

‘I love him very much and I wish him many good things because he deserves it. He has a good heart. He is a great coach.

‘I hope that next year we can work together and that we can, once again, achieve great things.’

Alexsandro has had an unorthodox career path as he failed to secure a professional contract in Brazil and ended up joining Praiense, who were playing in the Portuguese third tier.

He then joined fellow Portuguese third-division side Amora for one season before he moved again to Chaves in the second division where he helped them gain promotion to the top flight.

Lille had seen enough and agreed a €2 million (£1.72m) deal with Chaves to sign Alexsandro in July 2022.

Tuesday night’s game for Brazil was the first time Alexsandro had played in a professional match in his home country.

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KYLE WALKER angered Manchester City fans after admitting he would sacrifice one of his Premier League medals to have been part of Tottenham’s Europa League triumph.

The Etihad club captain left Pep Guardiola stunned when he asked for a move away in January — when City were right in the middle of a crisis.

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He joined AC Milan on loan but the Italians turned down the option to sign him permanently.

And boss Pep left the 35-year-old right-back out of his Club World Cup squad, meaning he is free to find a new club.

But City fans were angry when Walker revealed on his BBC podcast he would have loved to have been with former club Spurs as they ended their 17-year trophy drought.

Walker has won six Premier League titles at City and was part of their Treble-winning side in 2022-23.

He said: “I’d probably give up one Premier League title, not the first, to have won that Europa League with Tottenham because I know what it means.

“Probably my second — although that was the ‘Four-midables’ [when they won all four domestic trophies].

“It’s hard to give one away but for what that moment meant, to say I was in that Spurs squad that won a trophy.”

City fans slammed Walker, with one saying: “Just ban this guy from the Etihad and get it over and done with. He’s already freely hating us, why protect whatever is left of his relationship with the club.”

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Another added: “Mental. I could never ever imagine John Stones, Nathan Ake, Samir Nasri, Carlos Tevez ever coming out and saying they would give up even a Community Shield to win a trophy at a former club.”

Tottenham supporters were delighted to see that he still loves the club, as one commented: “Great to hear you say ‘we’ when referring to Spurs.”

A second said: “As a Spurs fan, it was really heartwarming to hear Kyle’s words and his feelings connected to the Europa League final. I was gutted when he left for Man City, but I’ve always been happy seeing him win trophy after trophy.”

Walker — who spent eight years on Tottenham’s books — admitted he was a bag of nerves watching his old club beat Manchester United 1-0 last month.

He added: “It was the first time in a long time I’ve been nervous — and I wasn’t even playing.

“I was there with my iPad and I couldn’t sit and watch it. I was walking up and down my room.

“We reached a lot of finals but against better teams who knew how to win.

“They’ve always been a club that nearly got over the line but not quite. I’m buzzing for them.”

Walker joined City from Spurs in July 2017 and has a year left on his deal.

Turkish giants Fenerbahce are the latest to show an interest in him.

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