At the Grand Slam of Darts this week, the opponents rowed over who had emitted noxious smells.
He who smelt it dealt it- eh? Well, it is the question that was on everyone's mind after two pro dart players accused each other of farting on stage during a match in England this week.
At the Grand Slam of Darts this week, the opponents rowed over who had emitted noxious smells during their match casting a cloud of controversy over the heralded tournament.
Twice world champion Scotsman Gary Anderson (47) won Friday's match 10-2 to reach the quarter-finals but his Dutch opponent Wesley Harms (34) blamed the loss on 'farts' saying he was affected by the "fragrant smell" Anderson had left as they played.
"It'll take me two nights to lose this smell from my nose," Harms told Dutch television station RTL7L.
World number 4 Anderson said the smell had come "from the table side" at the Aldersley Leisure Village venue, in the English Midlands town of Wolverhampton, suggesting it was from the crowd.
"If the boy thinks I've farted he's 1,010 percent wrong. I had a bad stomach once on stage before and admitted it. So I'm not going to lie about farting on stage," he was quoted as saying by the BBC.
"Usually if I fart on stage I s*** myself, I've told you that before," he said.
"Every time I walked past there was a waft of rotten eggs so that's why I was thinking it was him. It was bad. It was a stink, then he started to play better and I thought he must have needed to get some wind out."
"If somebody has done that they need to see a doctor. Seemingly he says it was me but I would admit it."
Unique Problem
In the Grand Slam of Darts, Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) players face competitors from the rival British Darts Organisation (BDO).
PDC chairman Barry Hearn, who has helped transform a sport which now attracts sell-out crowds, told the BBC the controversy was "unique" in his experience of professional darts.
"It's the first time I've ever heard of such a contentious - almost contagious - incident," he said.
"Something doesn't smell right. There is nothing worse than a silent fart. This could run and run."
"On a slightly more serious note, this is a top-level competition involving highly skilled sportsmen - so we have no intention of renaming the event the 'Grand Slam of Farts' as some have suggested," added Hearn.
(With Reuters Inputs)
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