PHIL TAYLOR defeated Raymond van Barneveld 3-1 in the final of Saturday's PartyPoker.net Players Championship in Germany.

THE PDC have put a further 1,000 tickets on sale for the Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts at the Liverpool Echo Arena next month - plus ticket information for other events.

REPORTS from night eight of the Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts from the Brighton Centre.

THE draws for the PartyPoker.net German Darts Classic Weekend, featuring two Players Championship events at the Ramada Bad Soden in Frankfurt.

PHIL TAYLOR is bidding for revenge in the Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts when he faces James Wade at the Brighton Centre.

WAYNE MARDLE believes that Thursday's clash with Raymond van Barneveld in the Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts could be pivotal to his play-off challenge.

STATISTICS from the first half of the Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts.

PHIL TAYLOR'S run of superb form continued with victory in the Blue Square UK Open North-West Regional Final in Wigan.

ALAN TABERN tasted victory on rival soil - winning the North-West Players Championship in Wigan with a 3-0 defeat of Chris Mason.

DENNIS PRIESTLEY makes his return to action today, less than three months after undergoing surgery for prostate cancer.