Due to the physical difference between the male and the female of the species, it is hard to think of a sport where men and women can compete against each other but i have always wondered why they can't play darts and snooker against each other.
Not sure what physical differences come in to play in these sports but when they have played, men have always won which is why it is a big deal that Fallon Sherrock has made history by becoming the first woman to beat a man at the PDC World Darts Championship.
Sherrock is ranked number 4 in ladies darts and beat the 94th ranked man Ted Evetts 3-2 and credit to Evetts who hugged and applauded her and refused to make excuses for his defeat saying 'she was just better than me tonight'.
There would seem to be no physiological reason for men and women to play games such as darts separately but it is put down to men having better hand to eye co-ordination but the former six time World Snooker Champion has a better theory.
He put it down to the requirement of thousands of hours of endlessly dull, boring, repetitive practice to be a great darts or snooker player and men are more likely to have the nerdy, obsessive personality to do this than women.
I think we will go with that.
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