World champion Raymond van Barneveld crashed out of the Stan James World Matchplay in Blackpool as Phil Taylor cruised through to the semi-finals.

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 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.

ANDY JENKINS produced his best performance in 13 years of competing at the highest level to knock Adrian Lewis out of the Ladbrokes.com World Championship in Purfleet yesterday.

Phil “The Power” Taylor from Stoke bids to remain on course for a seventh Skybet World Darts Grand Prix title in Dublin tonight.

Phil Taylor has set his sights on the Stan James World Matchplay title in Blackpool this summer after retaining the Holsten Premier League crown in Plymouth.

Phil Taylor claimed his second title in the space of a week by retaining the Holsten Premier League crown in Plymouth.

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’s stunning victory over number one seed Colin Lloyd has blown the top half of the Ladbrokes.com World Championship draw wide open.

DENNIS SMITH scraped through an epic battle with Welsh qualifier Mark Salmon to reach the second round of the Ladbrokes.com World Championship at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet.

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.

Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor won the inaugural 888.com Premier League Darts title after breezing past world number one Colin ‘Jaws’ Lloyd 16-4.

Top seed Colin Lloyd produced an astonishing fightback tonight to keep alive his hopes of winning the Ladbrokes.com World Championship at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet.

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.

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.

Denis Ovens came through a potentially tricky encounter with Dave Askew to set up a second-round clash with Roland Scholten at the Paddy Power World Grand Prix in Dublin tonight.

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.

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.

Portsmouth's Andy Jenkins turned on the style to crush Dutchman Roland Scholten four sets to nil and move into the semi-final of the Paddy Power World Grand Prix.

Phil 'The Power' Taylor had to overcome an Irish darts legend and vociferous crowd to clinch his place in the quarter-finals of the Paddy Power World Grand Prix in Dublin.

Last year's World Darts Grand Prix finalists Roland Scholten and Alan Warriner enjoyed contrasting nights in Dublin.

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.

Ronnie Baxter, John Lowe and Colin Lloyd have all progressed to the quarter-finals of the Stan James World Darts Championship.

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.

Colin Lloyd moved into the last sixteen of the PDC Stan James World Matchplay Open with a 10-7 comeback victory over Mick Manning.

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.

Ten-times world champion Phil Taylor powered into the final of the inaugural Las Vegas Desert Classic with a convincing win over Liverpool’s Lee Palfreyman at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

The Paddy Power World Grand Prix returns to the City West Hotel on the outskirts of Dublin for a six-day extravaganza of darts from October 22- 27 2002.

Roland Scholten overpowered veteran Cliff Lazarenko to book his place in the second round of the Skol World Championship in Purfleet today.

Alan Warriner produced a gutsy performance to book his place in the second round of the Skol World Championship in Purfleet today.

Newly-crowned World Grand Prix champion Alan Warriner is more relaxed at the oche since a recent family bereavement.

Alan Warriner won the 2001 Paddy Power World Grand Prix in Dublin after a crushing 8-2 defeat of Roland Scholten.

Roland Scholten overcame a rejuvenated John Lowe to book his place in the

Phil Taylor believes Keith Rooney of Balbriggan can follow in the footsteps of Jim McQuillan and become Ireland's new darting hero.

The legendary John Lowe rolled back the years to win a titanic darts tussle with Martin Adams in Dublin.

Roland Scholten moved confidently into the semi-finals of the Paddy Power World Grand Prix Championship with a 6-3 win over John Part in Dublin.