REIGNING champion Phil Taylor faces top Japanese ace Haruki Muramatsu when the 2016 Zipang Casino Tokyo Darts Masters begins on Wednesday.

REIGNING champion Michael van Gerwen has been installed as the 11/10 favourite to win the BetVictor World Matchplay ahead of this year's championship in Blackpool from July 16-24.

THE field for the 2016 BetVictor World Matchplay has been confirmed following the Players Championship double-header in Barnsley - with Robbie Green snatching qualification on the final day before the cut-off for the prestigious Sky Sports-televised event.

IAN WHITE won his second Players Championship title of 2016 with a 6-3 victory over Joe Cullen in Sunday's final at the Barnsley Metrodome, as Robbie Green snatched qualification for the BetVictor World Matchplay.

DAVE CHISNALL produced a brilliant display to defeat Steve Beaton 6-2 in the final of Players Championship Ten to claim the £10,000 prize at the Barnsley Metrodome on Saturday.

LIVEPDC.TV Subscribers will get the chance to put their questions to Raymond van Barneveld ahead of the PDC World Series of Darts event in Tokyo.

NINE players, including Betway World Cup of Darts stars Daryl Gurney, Kyle Anderson and Devon Petersen, enjoyed double success in Friday's European Tour UK Qualifier double-header in Barnsley.

PICTURES from the 2016 Shanghai Darts Masters at the Pullman Hotel Shanghai South.

COREY CADBY continued his impressive emergence on the DartPlayers Australia circuit as he won two Australian Grand Prix events in Brisbane over the weekend, with David Platt being the other victor in the treble-header at the Brook Hotel.

RICHIE BURNETT and Kelvin Hart both claimed maiden PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour triumphs at ArenaMK in Milton Keynes on Sunday.