Accumulated profits at the promotions firm owned by one of Ireland’s top rugby stars, Johnny Sexton, raced ahead last year to €225,188, new figures show.

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.

The number of people chasing debt through the courts during the economic downturn has doubled, it emerged today.

Tori Spelling is set for a return to 90210 after allegedly agreeing a new salary deal with producers of the soap spin-off.

Dennis Priestley claimed his second PDC Pro Tour victory of the year with a 3-1 win over Lionel Sams in the Kitchener Open Players Championship.

Phil Taylor and Raymond van Barneveld kicked off their Blue Square UK Open challenges with impressive victories in Bolton tonight.

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

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.

Dennis Priestley staged a stunning comeback to win the last three sets and scrape through yet another Ladbrokes.com World Championship second-round cliffhanger in Purfleet today.

TERRY JENKINS edged a memorable encounter with debutant Jimmy Mann in Purfleet this afternoon to clinch a place in the second round of the Ladbrokes.com World Championship.

RAJ MATTOO was standing at the street corner when the number 30 bus, travelling from Hackney to Marble Arch, exploded at Tavistock Square.

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.

THE Government and the business community should be less hypocritical and more giving towards Irish education, Union of Students in Ireland (USI) president Will Priestley said yesterday.

IT was a scene that would cheer anyone — children playing happily with their toys.

Jason Priestley has regained feeling in his feet following his motor racing crash on Sunday.

Actor Jason Priestley should recover fully from concussion, a broken back and other injuries sustained when his race car crashed into a wall at 180 mph, doctors say.

Actor Jason Priestley was becoming more alert and should recover fully from concussion, broken back and other injuries sustained when his race car crashed into a wall at 180 mph, doctors said today.

Jason Priestley is in a serious but stable condition after breaking his back in a racing car crash.

ACTOR Jason Priestley was seriously injured on Saturday when his car crashed in the final practice for an Infiniti Pro Series race at Kentucky Speedway.

Actor Jason Priestley was seriously injured today when his car crashed in the final practice for an Infiniti Pro Series race at Kentucky Speedway.

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.

The first evening of the Stan James World Matchplay got the spectators on the edge of their seats with a series of nail biting matches, each of them fought to the end.