Five-times world darts champion Raymond van Barneveld announced on Thursday that he had retired from the sport with immediate effect after the ...
REUTERS: Five-times world darts champion Raymond van Barneveld announced on Thursday that he had retired from the sport with immediate effect after the Dutchman's Premier League Darts career ended with a 7-1 defeat by compatriot Michael van Gerwen in Rotterdam.
"I'm not good enough. And I can say to myself, 'OK Ray take some time off' but there is not time because at the end of the year you want to go to the World Championship," Van Barneveld said in an emotional backstage interview with Sky Sports.
Van Barneveld, who had tears in his eyes when he faced Van Gerwen, won four BDO world titles and one PDC world crown plus two UK Open titles as well as the Las Vegas Desert Classic, the Grand Slam of Darts and the Premier League. "I can't go back from scratch, I can't go back from playing these Pro Tours or Euro Tours because I'm suffering every single week and I don't like these tournaments so for me I've made a decision, I'm done now," he said.
Confirming that he would not try to qualify for the next World Championship, Van Barneveld added:"I don't want the pain any more. It's good to say that everyone loves you but they don't have one single clue what I'm going through. It's pain every single week for the last three or four years."
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