THE biggest-ever William Hill World Darts Championship begins on Thursday, with Michael van Gerwen beginning his title defence.

Christopher Kempf, the new statistical analyst of the PDC, looks at the sets format of the William Hill World Darts Championship.

THE venues and dates for the Rileys Amateur Qualifiers for the 2018 Coral UK Open have been confirmed.

TICKETS for the 2018 Gibraltar Darts Trophy are now on sale ahead of June's PDC European Tour event.

DARYL GURNEY has strengthened his links with the Derry community after sponsoring four sports team at the local Lisneal College.

PLAYERS are to receive a further boost in 2018 with the removal of entry fees for ProTour & European Tour events.

RUSTY-JAKE RODRIGUEZ and Owen Roelofs will contest the final of the WDS Associates Junior World Darts Championship.

Christopher Kempf, the new statistical analyst of the PDC, looks at the stats behind some of the biggest upsets of 2017.

DARTS fans can watch the 2018 Unibet Premier League in style following the introduction of official hospitality packages.

PETER WRIGHT'S preparations for the William Hill World Darts Championship have been hampered after he was briefly hospitalised with illness on Thursday.