Stuart Williams
Correspondent for Agence France-Presse (AFP). Previously Frankfurt, Paris, Nicosia, Tehran, Moscow and Istanbul.
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/ 28 September 2006

Iran aims for improbable bullseye in darts

The players are clean-living and models of athleticism. A world away from the game’s heartland in a smoky corner of a British pub, darts has taken off with a bang in Iran. In a country where alcohol is strictly forbidden, don’t expect pints of beer flowing nearby or players to sport the paunches that are the proud mark of many kings of the tungsten arrows in northern Europe.