Toby Booth admits London Irish will be “tested from the outset” when they look to transfer their impressive domestic form into European club rugby’s biggest arena.

MARK EVANS has revealed Harlequins have received “quite a few approaches” to succeed the disgraced Dean Richards as their director of rugby.

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 will meet in the quarter-finals of the Blue Square UK Open for a third successive year on Sunday.

Number three seed James Wade made a fine start to his bid for the 2008 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship on Friday night.

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.

Andy Hamilton overcame the pain of a foot injury to reach the second round of the Ladbrokes.com PDC World Darts Championship this afternoon.

Phil Taylor returned to competitive action in sensational form to win Saturday's Players Championship in Lisse.

Phil ’The Power’ Taylor overcame his recent faltering form when he claimed an emphatic 10-2 win over Wes Newton at the Stan James World Matchplay in Blackpool.

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.

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 Jenkins repeated his heroics of 24 hours earlier to come through another final-set thriller and reach the semi-finals of the Ladbrokes.com World Championship in Purfleet.

ANDY JENKINS produced his best performance in 13 years of competing at the highest level to knock Adrian Lewis out of the Ladbrokes.com World Championship in Purfleet yesterday.

Phil Taylor, who was at ringside to watch his friend Ricky Hatton defeat Kostya Tszyu last weekend, produced his own masterclass in Bolton this afternoon to book a place in the semi-finals of the Budweiser UK Open.