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.

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.

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 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.

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 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.

Defending champion Raymond van Barneveld crashed out of the Ladbrokes.com PDC World Championship tonight thanks to a stunning display from Kevin Painter.

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.

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

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

Raymond van Barnveld retained the Blue Square UK Open title with a 16-8 win over fellow Dutchman Vincent van der Voort at the Reebok Stadium, Bolton on Sunday night.

Raymond van Barneveld confirmed he has Phil Taylor’s number in the big knockout events with an 11-4 demolition of ’The Power’ at the Blue Square UK Open today.

Phil Taylor made it a hat-trick of Blue Square UK Open televised nine-dart finishes as he set up a quarter-final re-match with arch rival Raymond van Barneveld at the Reebok Stadium, Bolton.

Phil Taylor claimed his third successive Holsten Premier League Darts title with a 16-6 win over Terry Jenkins at the Brighton Centre.

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.

Bobby George believes the Lakeside World Championship is still the premier event in the sport, despite the interest generated by this week’s thrilling clash between Raymond van Barneveld and Phil Taylor.

ENGLAND captain Martin Adams believes an increase in Raymond van Barneveld’s self-belief enabled the Dutchman to conquer Phil Taylor in their epic Ladbrokes.com World Championship final.

Raymond van Barneveld staged a magnificent fightback from three sets down against Phil Taylor tonight to win a Ladbrokes.com World Championship final in Purfleet that lived up to all the hype.

Phil Taylor admits claiming a 14th world title tonight would be his most satisfying achievement - and not just because Raymond van Barneveld is his opponent in the final.

Raymond van Barneveld tonight completed his half of the bargain to set up a dream final against Phil Taylor at the Ladbrokes.com World Championship in Purfleet.

Andy Jenkins repeated his heroics of 24 hours earlier to come through another final-set thriller and reach the semi-finals of the Ladbrokes.com World Championship in Purfleet.

Defending champions Phil 'The Power' Taylor has set up a second-round clash with Raymond van Barneveld at the World Darts Grand Prix in Dublin.

The World Darts Grand Prix is due to get underway today at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin.

Phil Taylor insists he will knuckle down to even more practice in a bid to stem the growing threat to his dominance from Raymond van Barneveld.

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.

BEATEN finalist Raymond van Barneveld has vowed to remain with the British Darts Organisation and go in search of a fifth world title next year.

Tony O’Shea has been going about his business quietly at the Lakeside World Championship – but is ready to steal the limelight by ousting title-holder Raymond van Barneveld.

Raymond van Barneveld won the Lakeside World Championship for the fourth time tonight with a clinical 6-2 victory over his close friend Martin Adams in Frimley Green.

Raymond van Barneveld showed why he is odds-on favourite to win a fourth Lakeside World Championship title with a 5-0 demolition of compatriot Vincent van der Voort last night.

Raymond van Barneveld showed why he is odds-on favourite to win a fourth Lakeside World Championship title with a 5-0 demolition of compatriot Vincent van der Voort tonight.

Darts legend Phil Taylor has revealed he would relish another showdown with Dutchman Raymond van Barneveld.

PHIL TAYLOR shrugged off a determined challenge from young pretender Mark Dudbridge to capture his 12th world title at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet last night.

Raymond van Barneveld was back to brilliant best tonight as he clinched a place in the final of the Embassy World Championship with a 5-2 win over Mervyn King at Frimley Green.