ADRIAN LEWIS survived three match darts to edge past Toni Alcinas 6-5 in round one of the German Darts Championship.

MAX HOPP, Vincent van der Voort and Martin Schindler headed the final qualifiers for the German Darts Championship on Thursday night.

ENTRIES have been confirmed for September's Dutch Darts Championship and International Darts Open.

THE German Darts Championship begins on Friday, with Terry Jenkins set to face Ross Smith in the first round.

Christopher Kempf, the statistical analyst of the PDC, takes a look at the importance of double percentages in 2018.

THE race is on to qualify for the 2018 Unibet European Championship in Dortmund as the European Tour returns this weekend.

ENTRIES have been confirmed for the Players Championship double-header at the Barnsley Metrodome on September 4-5.

PDC CHAIRMAN Barry Hearn and darts star Darren Webster were amongst the winning team at an annual celebrity charity fishing event.

CHUCK PULEO and Jim Long have secured William Hill World Darts Championship debuts from the CDC circuit.

KYZYSZTOF RATAJSKI was joined by Karel Sedlacek and Patrik Kovacs in securing places in the year's remaining European Tour events.