Michael Smith set his sights on the title after he pulled off a major upset by dumping an off-colour Phil Taylor out of the PDC World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace.

The O2 Arena was subject to unprecedented tungsten tremors as the world’s premier darts players made their annual PDC Premier League visit to Dublin.

Phil Taylor has no plans to retire from darts after beating Michael van Gerwen in dramatic fashion to clinch his 16th world title on Tuesday.

Phil Taylor felt legendary commentator Sid Waddell was looking out for him as he beat Michael van Gerwen in a high-quality Ladbroke World Darts Championship final to clinch his 16th world title.

Phil Taylor produced some of the finest darts of his stellar career to clinch his 16th world title with victory over Michael van Gerwen in a high-quality Ladbroke World Darts Championship final at Alexandra Palace.

Michael van Gerwen has promised a dramatic finale in the Ladbroke World Darts Championship as he bids to win his maiden title against 15-time world champion Phil Taylor at Alexandra Palace.

Phil Taylor was keen to play down his on-stage confrontation with Raymond van Barneveld after beating the Dutchman 6-4 to set up a mouthwatering Ladbrokes World Championship final against Michael van Gerwen.

Phil Taylor claimed he was coming down with a cold but looked in red-hot form as he demolished Andy Hamilton 5-0 to reach the semi-finals of the PDC World Championships at Alexandra Palace.

Former champion Raymond van Barneveld put last year’s shock opening-round exit behind him with a superb performance tonight to thrash Michael Smith 3-0 and progress through to the second round of the Ladbrokes World Darts Championship.

More than 9,000 fans were bulling for action as the Premier League darts touched down in Ireland for the first time last night.

Unheralded Englishman James Richardson sent Raymond van Barneveld crashing to a shock defeat in the first round of the PDC World Championships this evening.

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 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.

Andy Smith’s dream run at the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship was finally ended today as Gary Anderson beat him 4-0.

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 won the PDC World Championship final tonight with a 7-3 victory over Simon Whitlock at Alexandra Palace.

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 Taylor came from 2-0 down to beat Raymond van Barneveld in the final of Skybet World Grand Prix in Dublin tonight.

Phil Taylor picked out a low point in his career after claiming his 14th world title with an emphatic 7-1 victory over great rival Raymond van Barneveld in the Ladbrokes.com World Championship at Alexandra Palace.

Phil Taylor produced a brilliant display to thump Raymond van Barneveld 7-1 in the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship and take his 14th world title.

Phil Taylor will meet Raymond van Barneveld in a heavyweight Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship final tomorrow after the top seeds won their semi-finals tonight.

Raymond van Barneveld reached the final of the PDC World Championship with a topsy-turvy 6-4 victory over James Wade at Alexandra Palace tonight.

The quarter-final line-up for this year's PDC World Darts Championship has been completed.

It was a poor start to the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship for the Irish contingent at Alexandra Palace yesterday.

John Part will begin the defence of his Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship against American Bill Davis, while Phil Taylor drew qualifier Steve Grubb for the first round of the tournament.

Phil 'The Power' Taylor and Raymond van Barneveld remain on course to meet in the final of the Sky Poker World Grand Prix after successfully winning through to the semi-finals of the double-start tournament.

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 and Raymond van Barneveld will meet in the quarter-finals of the Blue Square UK Open for a third successive year on Sunday.

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

Phil Taylor claimed a fourth successive Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts title with a 16-8 win over James Wade in Cardiff tonight.

Londoner Jason Clark has been suspended by the Professional Darts Corporation.

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.

Defending champion Raymond van Barneveld raced into the third round of the Ladbrokes.com PDC World Championship with a 4-1 victory over Jason Clark.

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

James Wade picked up his second major title inside three months with a 6-3 victory over Terry Jenkins in the SkyBet World Grand Prix final.

There are two top class clashes tonight in the Skybet World Darts Grand Prix at City West in Dublin.

Giant-killer Adrian Gray continued his march at the SkyBet World Grand Prix with a victory over Andy Smith on Wednesday night to reach his first major quarter-final.

Raymond Van Barneveld defeated Kevin McDine 8-2 to win the Blue Square UK Open Irish Regional Final at the Citywest Hotel.

Phil Taylor defeated James Wade in straight sets to win the Irish Players Championship at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin on Saturday.