World darts champion Adrian Lewis breezed through his second-round clash with Vincent van der Voort in the World Matchplay tournament in Blackpool, England last night.

THE darts world was turned on its head at the weekend as 15-times world champion Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor was well beaten at the PDC World Championship by Welshman Mark Webster.

Scotland’s Gary Anderson powered into the final of the PDC Ladbrokes.com World Championship by beating Terry Jenkins 6-2 in the semi-finals.

Phil Taylor was in impressive form as he beat Peter Wright 4-1 to book his place in the quarter finals of the PDC World Darts Championship at the Alexandra Palace tonight.

Phil Taylor made a winning start in his quest for a 16th World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace - however, he was far from convincing.

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.

Top seed Mark Webster held off a fightback from Australia’s Simon Whitlock to claim his first BDO World Championship title in thrilling style tonight.

World number one Mark Webster ended Martin Adams’ reign as BDO world champion with a thrilling semi-final victory at Frimley Green this afternoon.

Scotland's Gary Anderson is the highest ranked player in action at the BDO World Championships at the Lakeside today.

Takeover target Somerfield was today urged by shareholders to walk away from a bid rather than accept a cut-price offer.