Premier League Darts champion Gary Anderson survived a huge scare to move into the second round of the World Championship at Alexandra Palace last night.

THE British and Irish Lions will face a team made up mainly of players from the GWK Griquas and Platinum Leopards in their opening tour match on May 30. A Royal XV side, which the Lions will face at the Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace in Phokeng, will be led by flanker Wilhelm Koch.

John Part will begin the defence of his Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship against American Bill Davis, while Phil Taylor drew qualifier Steve Grubb for the first round of the tournament.

Phil 'The Power' Taylor and Raymond van Barneveld remain on course to meet in the final of the Sky Poker World Grand Prix after successfully winning through to the semi-finals of the double-start tournament.

Phil Taylor whitewashed Colin Osborne with a sensational performance to storm into the last eight of the Sky Poker World Grand Prix in Dublin.

Phil Taylor and Raymond van Barneveld kicked off their Blue Square UK Open challenges with impressive victories in Bolton tonight.

Phil Taylor made a superb return to the PDC Pro Tour with victory in the Southern Players Championship at the Brentwood Centre on Saturday.

Defending champion Raymond van Barneveld crashed out of the Ladbrokes.com PDC World Championship tonight thanks to a stunning display from Kevin Painter.

James Wade began his bid for a first Ladbrokes.com PDC World Darts Championship in ominous fashion tonight after ruthlessly dispatching Steve MacArthur.

Colin Osborne today became the latest seed to be sent packing by a qualifier at the Ladbrokes.com PDC World Darts Championship.

James Wade picked up his second major title inside three months with a 6-3 victory over Terry Jenkins in the SkyBet World Grand Prix final.

Giant-killer Adrian Gray continued his march at the SkyBet World Grand Prix with a victory over Andy Smith on Wednesday night to reach his first major quarter-final.

Phil Taylor will meet Mark Dudbridge in the pick of the first round matches at the Las Vegas Desert Classic VI, while John Part begins his title defence against Steve Maish at Mandalay Bay.

Raymond van Barnveld retained the Blue Square UK Open title with a 16-8 win over fellow Dutchman Vincent van der Voort at the Reebok Stadium, Bolton on Sunday night.

Raymond van Barneveld confirmed he has Phil Taylor’s number in the big knockout events with an 11-4 demolition of ’The Power’ at the Blue Square UK Open today.

Phil Taylor made it a hat-trick of Blue Square UK Open televised nine-dart finishes as he set up a quarter-final re-match with arch rival Raymond van Barneveld at the Reebok Stadium, Bolton.

Phil Taylor ensured that he would top the Holsten Premier League Darts table for a third successive year with an 8-3 win over Colin Lloyd last night.

World Champion Raymond van Barneveld suffered a second defeat of the 2007 Holsten Premier League Darts as he went down 8-4 to Dennis Priestley on Thursday.

Phil Taylor produced one of the most remarkable comebacks of his career to stun Raymond van Barneveld and maintain his unbeaten record in the Holsten Premier League Darts.

Mervyn King was today threatened with legal action by the British Darts Organisation, after confirming he is switching to play on the rival Professional Darts Corporation circuit.

The Professional Darts Corporation have announced that Mervyn King has joined the PDPA and will compete on the PDC Pro Tour circuit.

MARK DUDBRIDGE withstood another superb Wayne Mardle fightback to win an exhilarating Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship semi-final 6-4 at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet last night.

Raymond van Barneveld tonight completed his half of the bargain to set up a dream final against Phil Taylor at the Ladbrokes.com World Championship in Purfleet.

ANDY HAMILTON put paid to the chance of any more heroics from last year’s giant-killer Gary Welding with a first-round victory at the Ladbrokes.com World Championship yesterday.

Darts legend Bob Anderson rolled back the years to send world number one Colin Lloyd crashing out of the Skybet World Grand Prix in Dublin tonight.

Phil Taylor has set his sights on the Stan James World Matchplay title in Blackpool this summer after retaining the Holsten Premier League crown in Plymouth.

Phil Taylor claimed his second title in the space of a week by retaining the Holsten Premier League crown in Plymouth.

PHIL TAYLOR warned his rivals he is not ready to be usurped as the dominant force in darts after an awesome 7-0 whitewash of old foe Peter Manley in the final of the Ladbrokes.com World Championship.

Phil Taylor warned his rivals he is not ready to be usurped as the dominant force in darts with an awesome 7-0 whitewash of old foe Peter Manley in the final of the Ladbrokes.com World Championship.

PETER MANLEY was embroiled in more controversy as he ended the run of Phil Taylor’s protege Adrian Lewis to reach the semi-finals of the Ladbrokes.com World Championship in Purfleet.

Peter Manley was embroiled in more controversy today as he ended the run of Phil Taylor’s protege Adrian Lewis to reach the semi-finals of the Ladbrokes.com World Championship in Purfleet.

Gary Welding has produced some of the most outstanding darts of the Ladbrokes.com World Championship so far – but insists he must improve to progress any further in the tournament.

Chris Mason refused to let victory slip from his grasp as he carved out a 3-1 first-round win over ’Muffin Man’ Steve Hine in the Ladbrokes.com World Championship at Purfleet’s Circus Tavern tonight.

Gary Welding’s stunning victory over number one seed Colin Lloyd has blown the top half of the Ladbrokes.com World Championship draw wide open.

DENNIS SMITH scraped through an epic battle with Welsh qualifier Mark Salmon to reach the second round of the Ladbrokes.com World Championship at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet.

Darts ace Phil Taylor powered to his sixth World Grand Prix title with a stunning victory over defending champion Colin Lloyd in Dublin tonight.

Steve Beaton is determined to prove that his best days are not behind him in Dublin this weekend – nine years after winning his last major title.

Darts ace Wayne Mardle is hoping that a combination of hard work and natural talent will take him to the top of the sport.

Defending champion Colin Lloyd tonight edged a tense tussle with local favourite Tom Kirby in the opening round of the Skybet World Grand Prix in Dublin.

AN IRISH amateur darts player has landed the toughest job in the sport after he was drawn against world champion Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor in the opening round of his first major international event.

Top seed Colin Lloyd produced an astonishing fightback tonight to keep alive his hopes of winning the Ladbrokes.com World Championship at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet.

Wayne Mardle produced another amazing fightback to become the first man to reach the quarter-finals of the Ladbrokes.com World Championship at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet today.

Darts ace Colin Lloyd has set his sights on winning a major tournament – and believes he is not far away from achieving his goal.

Teenage sensation Adrian Lewis will be looking to make a big impression when the Skybet World Grand Prix darts championship gets underway in Dublin today.

Teenage sensation Adrian Lewis will be looking to make a big impression when the Skybet World Grand Prix gets underway in Dublin tomorrow.

Cambridgeshire-based qualifier Andy Callaby faces the daunting prospect of taking on 11-times world champion Phil Taylor in the first round of the Skybet World Grand Prix in Dublin next month.

Darts legend Phil Taylor will undertake a tough training regime this year in a bid to keep one step ahead of the game’s rising stars.

Wayne Mardle showed no signs of discomfort tonight as he cruised into a potential semi-final showdown with Phil Taylor at the Ladbrokes.com World Championship in Purfleet.

Wayne Mardle has never questioned his desire to win the ultimate prize in darts – but he never realised how much until after last night’s superb win over Colin Lloyd.

Phil Taylor and Andrew Sinnott from Cumshinstown picked up the Pro-Am title ahead of the Irish Masters on Friday night with victory over Roland Scholten and John Cullen 4 legs to 1.