RICH SPICES UP HIS CHANCES

BRICKLAYER James Richardson is the darts giant-killer who walks on stage to England football anthem Vindaloo.

But his wife has ordered him to cut down on curry.

Richardson, 43, faces Alan Norris today for a place in the last 16 after getting away with murder in his shock 3-0 first-round win against Kim Huybrechts.

But he has rationed visits to his favourite curry house in Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, where he celebrated knocking out Raymond van Barneveld six years ago.

Richardson (right) said: “I’m having turkey curry for my dinner on Boxing Day before travelling back down to London – I just love the chillies, the spices – but I rarely have a curry now.

“My wife has told me to cut down because I was eating them regularly... very regularly. “The win against Barney was great, but it didn’t change my life. I thought I’d have packed up the bricklaying by now. “But I still get up at the crack of dawn to go to work. There’s talent there, I know, but I want to get back to six years ago – and there’s still time.”