Christian devotees have been nailed to crosses on a dusty mound in a northern Philippine village where Good Friday rites drew thousands of tourists and spectators.

Peter Manley believes his chairmanship of the Professional Darts Players’ Association should not be called into question following his Ladbrokes.com World Championship spat with Adrian Lewis.

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.

WAYNE MARDLE won a thrilling match of breathtaking quality 4-2 against John Part last night to reach the quarter-finals of the Ladbrokes.com World Championship at Purfleet’s Circus Tavern.

Wayne Mardle won a thrilling match of breathtaking quality 4-2 against John Part tonight to reach the quarter-finals of the Ladbrokes.com World Championship at Purfleet’s Circus Tavern.

Adrian Lewis showed he has the fighting qualities to go with his outstanding talent when digging deep to knock fourth seed Roland Scholten out of the Ladbrokes.com World Championship.

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.

Third seed Peter Manley was the victim of the biggest upset so far at the Ladbrokes.com World Championship last night when beaten by unknown Dutch qualifier Josephus Schenk.

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 ace Dennis Smith believes the influence of 10-time world champion Phil Taylor has had a positive effect on his game and made him approach the sport in a more professional manner.

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.

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.

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.

Andy Jenkins and Kevin Painter became the second pairing to qualify for the televised stage finals of the Las Vegas Desert Darts Classic in the US.

Natasha and Courtney Smith, the conjoined twins born nearly three weeks ago, died in hospital today, doctors treating them said.

A British couple expecting Siamese twin girls who share one heart must sacrifice one to give the other a chance of life.

Dennis Smith brushed aside Paul Lim in straight sets in the final match of the first afternoon's play of the Skol World Championships.

Phil Taylor believes Keith Rooney of Balbriggan can follow in the footsteps of Jim McQuillan and become Ireland's new darting hero.

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