Darts star James Wade has been slammed for what he did in his game against Cameron Menzies in their game at the International Darts Open on Saturday.
Wade and Menzies met in the second round of the competition in Riesa, Germany - with £175,000 in prize money up for grabs.
Wade was seeded and started in the second round, while Menzies earned qualification through the Pro Tour Order of Merit Qualifiers and set up an 11 leg clash with 'The Machine' after dispatching Kevin Knopf in his first fixture.
Wade and Menzies have come up against one another in the Grand Slam of Darts and the UK Open in March and were tied 5-5 going into the decisive final leg.
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Menzies decided to display a show of sportsmanship by offering a handshake to his opponent. But the Scotsman was brutally pied by Wade, who left him hanging and instead turned back facing the oche.
Menzies' good luck gesture fell on deaf ears but he got the rub of the green in the last leg. Wade missed a match dart at bullseye on a 124 checkout and Menzies held his nerve to hit the double eight and secure the victory and set up a third round match with Stephen Bunting on Sunday.
It looked like another handshake was going to be snubbed by Wade post-match but the Englishman did accept the offer this time and Menzies got a congratulatory pat on the back before he made a strange face to the crowd in attendance.
Wade licked Luke Humphries prior to game last month
It isn't Wade's first bizarre incident with another player. Only last month, the 41-year-old appeared to lick the neck of former world champion Luke Humphries prior to their match at the UK Open and like with Menzies, the two did not shake hands before the last leg.
Wade's behaviour prompted calls for the Darts Regulation Authority (DRA) to investigate his actions but no punished was issued.
Humphries lost 10-9 to Wade and after an abrupt handshake at the end, 'Cool Hand' called him out afterwards in a deleted post on X, writing: "Everyone loves to see people be a bad loser but I'm generally one of the best losers in the sport.
"I wasn't going to give someone who didn't deserve my respect after what he was doing through the game a hug and be all happy about it that's just my honesty."
Wade is a polarising figure in darts and in February the 2009 Premier League winner angered fans when he slammed the current crop of stars and stated that he doesn't "see that the standards are as mighty as what some people talk about".
Topics: Darts, World Darts Championship
Josh Lawless