Mervyn King will make an emotional return to darts’ biggest stage just months after being declared bankrupt. King, 59, who faces fellow veteran Ian White in the first round of the PDC World Championship on Friday, was one of the sport’s biggest names in the 2000s.
He lost in two BDO World Championship finals and won the 2004 World Masters. After switching to the PDC, he reached the semi-finals of both the World Championship and the World Matchplay before slipping down the rankings and falling on hard times. During the pandemic, he took on a job as an Amazon delivery driver to help make ends meet. King, who lost his PDC Tour card 12 months ago, was then hit with a tax bill of more than £500,000 and he was declared insolvent at the High…