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

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.

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

Phil Taylor ensured that he would top the Holsten Premier League Darts table for a third successive year with an 8-3 win over Colin Lloyd last night.

World Champion Raymond van Barneveld suffered a second defeat of the 2007 Holsten Premier League Darts as he went down 8-4 to Dennis Priestley on Thursday.

Phil Taylor produced one of the most remarkable comebacks of his career to stun Raymond van Barneveld and maintain his unbeaten record in the Holsten Premier League Darts.

Mervyn King was today threatened with legal action by the British Darts Organisation, after confirming he is switching to play on the rival Professional Darts Corporation circuit.

The Professional Darts Corporation have announced that Mervyn King has joined the PDPA and will compete on the PDC Pro Tour circuit.

THREE-TIME runner-up Peter Manley was involved in yet more controversy as he tumbled out of the Ladbrokes.com World Championship in Purfleet last night.

Three-time runner-up Peter Manley was involved in yet more controversy as he tumbled out of the Ladbrokes.com World Championship in Purfleet tonight.

ANDY HAMILTON put paid to the chance of any more heroics from last year’s giant-killer Gary Welding with a first-round victory at the Ladbrokes.com World Championship yesterday.

Phil Taylor tonight added another trophy to impressive collection with a hard-fought victory over Terry Jenkins in the final of the Skybet World Grand Prix in Dublin.

Ireland's last remaining contender in the World Darts Grand Prix was knocked out of the event at the City West Hotel in Dublin last night.

Raymond van Barneveld fought back from 7-4 down to snatch a 7-7 draw with world champion Phil Taylor in the Premier League tonight.

PHIL TAYLOR warned his rivals he is not ready to be usurped as the dominant force in darts after an awesome 7-0 whitewash of old foe Peter Manley in the final of the Ladbrokes.com World Championship.

Phil Taylor warned his rivals he is not ready to be usurped as the dominant force in darts with an awesome 7-0 whitewash of old foe Peter Manley in the final of the Ladbrokes.com World Championship.

PHIL TAYLOR coasted to his 13th world darts title last night by whitewashing Peter Manley in the final of the Ladbrokes.com World Championship for the second time in five years.

Phil Taylor coasted to his 13th world title tonight by whitewashing Peter Manley in the final of the Ladbrokes.com World Championship for the second time in five years.

PETER MANLEY was on his best behaviour last night as he demolished Wayne Jones 6-0 to reach the final of the Ladbrokes.com World Championship in Purfleet.

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.

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 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.

Gary Welding has produced some of the most outstanding darts of the Ladbrokes.com World Championship so far – but insists he must improve to progress any further in the tournament.

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.

World number six Peter Manley suffered a shock defeat to qualifier John Magowan in the second round of the Skybet World Grand Prix in Dublin tonight.

Darts ace Wayne Mardle is hoping that a combination of hard work and natural talent will take him to the top of the sport.

Former Las Vegas Desert Classic champion Peter Manley was among eight seeded players to be knocked out of this year’s event in the first round.

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.

Former world number one Peter Manley defends his Irish Masters title at Rosslare's Crosbie Cedars Hotel this weekend.

Wayne Mardle produced another amazing fightback to become the first man to reach the quarter-finals of the Ladbrokes.com World Championship at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet today.

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.

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.

Wayne Mardle has never questioned his desire to win the ultimate prize in darts – but he never realised how much until after last night’s superb win over Colin Lloyd.

Public enemy number one Peter Manley produced a top-class display to clinch his place in the quarter-finals of the Ladbrokes.com World Championship at the expense of Keith Deller today.

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 ‘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.

World champion John Part had to dig deep to defeat former world number one Peter Manley in a titanic tussle at the inaugural Sky Bet UK Open in Bolton today.

Ronnie ‘The Rocket’ Baxter picked up his first PDC ranked title since November 2001, overcoming home favourite Benny Grace by six legs to two in the final of the Irish Masters.