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General · 6 May 2026

Mark Webster reveals rare blood cancer diagnosis

Mark Webster reveals rare blood cancer diagnosis

Sky Sports darts pundit Mark Webster hasn't worked since February because of a serious health condition. He received a diagnosis of hairy cell leukaemia, a rare blood cancer, in January and started chemotherapy treatment. While 95 per cent of these cases are successful, his white blood cell count isn't recovering as quickly as hoped.

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