Defending champion Phil Taylor survived an early scare against Rob Szabo to move into the second round of the PDC World Championship at Alexandra Palace.

Gary Anderson landed an amazing 19 180s before edging out John Bowles in a tie-break as the second round of the Ladbrokes World Darts Championship began on Friday afternoon, with Andy Hamilton and Dave Chisnall also winning through at Alexandra Palace.

Former champion Raymond van Barneveld put last year’s shock opening-round exit behind him with a superb performance tonight to thrash Michael Smith 3-0 and progress through to the second round of the Ladbrokes World Darts Championship.

Brendan Dolan wrote his name into the record books while progressing through to the PDC World Grand Prix final, where he will face the mighty Phil Taylor tomorrow in Dublin.

Phil Taylor and James Wade are on course to meet in the final of the PDC World Grand Prix after coming through their respective quarter-finals in Dublin.

Irish darts star Brendan Dolan took advantage of an off-form performance by 18th seed Kevin Painter to produce some top darts and claim an emphatic 3-0 victory in the PDC Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace.

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 will begin his challenge at the Blue Square UK Open on Saturday with a clash against world number four Peter Manley.

Teenage wonderkid Michael van Gerwen powered into round two of the Blue Square UK Open as the tournament began on Thursday - but American Ray Carver was the biggest casualty of the opening night.

Michael van Gerwen will begin his Blue Square UK Open challenge against Punch Taverns Qualifier Chris McTernan on Thursday June 7.

Oche legends Eric Bristow and John Lowe are among the famous names bidding for one of the remaining 16 places up for grabs in the Ladbrokes.com World Championship at tomorrow’s qualifying event.

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.

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.

Phil ’The Power’ Taylor surged into the second round of the Paddy Power World Grand Prix with an emphatic 2-0 win over Keith Deller in Dublin tonight.

The line-up for the PDC Paddy Power World Grand Prix 2002 is now complete following the All Ireland Paddy Power Play-offs at the City West Hotel.

John Part made it two-in-a-row claiming a second Ireland Open Classic title in 2002.

Phil Taylor confirmed his 'favourite' tag in the World Matchplay Darts Championship in Blackpool tag by surging into the last eight with a 13-6 demolition of the hapless Kevin Painter.

Number one seed Phil Taylor will face qualifier Shayne Burgess when the 2002 Stan James World Matchplay Darts Championship gets under way in Cardiff this weekend.

The draw has been made for the 2002 World Matchplay Darts Championship in Blackpool in England.

Colin Lloyd believes he is capable of beating anyone on his day, even nine-time world champion Phil Taylor.

Dennis Smith booked his place in the semi-finals of the World Darts Grand Prix with a 6-1 win over Kevin Painter in Dublin.

Kevin Painter, the John Barras Qualifier from Cambridgeshire, continued

Kevin Painter is relishing the prospect of facing Richie Burnett tonight following his heroics against nine-time world champion Phil Taylor.

The first evening of the Stan James World Matchplay got the spectators on the edge of their seats with a series of nail biting matches, each of them fought to the end.

John 'Boy' Walton, an unseeded 50-1 outsider at the start of the tournament, became darts' newest hero when he wrenched the Embassy World Championship title from Ted Hankey's grasp.