Phil Taylor won his first Players Championship of 2011 with a 6-3 defeat of Michael van Gerwen in today's PDC ProTour event at Dublin's New Citywest Convention Centre.

World number two James Wade crashed out of the PDC World Championship at Alexandra Palace at the hands of unheralded Austrian Mensur Suljovic tonight.

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.

Nine-time World Grand Prix champion Phil Taylor made a flawless start to his 2010 campaign with a comfortable first-round victory over Brendan Dolan at Dublin's CityWest Hotel last night.

Phil Taylor remains on course for his 15th world title after sweeping aside his former apprentice Adrian Lewis in the quarter-finals of the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship.

Phil 'The Power' Taylor remains on course for a 14th World Darts Championship title after easing into the quarter-finals of this year's competition last night.

Dennis Smith came from three sets down to claim a stunning 4-3 victory over Kevin McDine in the afternoon session of the Ladbrokes.com World Championship at Alexandra Palace.

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

John Part is determined it will be he – and not rookie sensation Kirk Shepherd - who will make history in tonight’s Ladbrokes.com PDC World Championship final at Alexandra Palace.

Canadian John Part has booked his place in the final of the Ladbrokes.com PDC World Championship after a resounding 6-2 victory over Kevin Painter.

Rookie Kirk Shepherd will take on Canada’s John Part in the final of the Ladbrokes.com PDC World Championship at Alexandra Palace on New Year’s Day.

Canadian John Part has booked his place in the final of the Ladbrokes.com PDC World Championship after a resounding 6-2 victory over Kevin Painter.

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

Adrian Lewis survived a titanic battle with Tony Eccles to reach the quarter-finals of the Ladbrokes.com PDC World Darts Championship.

Phil Taylor made another remarkable comeback to edge out Mark Walsh 4-3 and book his place in the last 16 of the Ladbrokes.com PDC World Darts Championship.

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

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 Barneveld prevailed in a deciding leg shoot-out against Terry Jenkins to win the inaugural Las Vegas Players Championship.

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.

Wayne Mardle, the "nearly man" of darts, admits no world title success would feel like the genuine article unless it included a victory over Phil Taylor.

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.

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.

Phil Taylor has always maintained his lucky number is 13 – and this time next year he hopes that will be the amount of world titles in his collection.

PHIL TAYLOR shrugged off a determined challenge from young pretender Mark Dudbridge to capture his 12th world title at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet last night.

Kevin Painter earned the chance to gain revenge for his dramatic defeat against Phil Taylor in last year’s Ladbroke.com World Championship final when he beat Andy Jenkins today.

Three-time semi-finalist Peter Evison has warned Andy Jenkins, his next opponent in the Ladbrokes.com World Championship, not to underestimate him.

Qualifier Andy Callaby caused one of the biggest upsets in darts history last night when he sent 11-time world champion Phil Taylor crashing out of the Skybet World Grand Prix in Dublin.

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.

Phil Taylor reclaimed his Ladbrokes.com World Championship with a thrilling 7-6 victory over Kevin Painter in an epic sudden-death final-leg shoot-out at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet.

Kevin Painter made a confident start in the final of the Ladbrokes.com World Championship against 10-time champion Phil Taylor, clinching the opening leg with a 136 checkout.

Darts ace Kevin Painter has Alex Roy to thank for helping him become a major force again on the PDC circuit.

Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor will face former World Champion Steve Beaton as he looks to retain the Paddy Power 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.

American Steve Brown secured a second-round clash with 10-times world champion Phil Taylor after a thrilling victory against wild card entrant David Platt in the opening match of the PDC Ladbrokes.com World Championship at Purfleet’s Circus Tavern this afternoon.

Phil Taylor underlined his superiority in the world of darts with a seven sets to three win over plucky John Part to take the Paddy Power World Grand Prix title in Dublin.

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.