THE entries have been confirmed for the Players Championship double-header at the Barnsley Metrodome on Saturday May 23 & Sunday May 24.

ALEKSEY PILIPENKO and Boris Koltsov were the winners of the fifth and sixth events of the Russian EADC ProTour season, with both defeating Anton Kolesov in the final.

THE line-up for the Betway Premier League Play-Offs will be finalised on Thursday following the final league night in Brighton, which sees Michael van Gerwen and Dave Chisnall do battle to finish top of the final league table.

GARY ANDERSON has backed Phil Taylor to bounce back from missing out on the Betway Premier League Play-Offs for the first time - and has tipped him to claim a 17th World Championship victory.

PICTURES from Night 14 of the Betway Premier League at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle.

MICHAEL VAN GERWEN is now the odds-on favourite to win the Betway Premier League following the confirmation of the four players who will contest next week's Play-Offs.

THE entries have been confirmed for the Players Championship double-header at the K2 Centre in Crawley on Saturday May 16 & Sunday May 17.

THE entries have been confirmed for the year's fifth and sixth European Tour events, the International Darts Open in Riesa and European Darts Open in Dusseldorf.

THE four players who will compete in the Betway Premier League Play-Offs have been confirmed - but the order of players inside the top is all to play for on the final league night in Brighton.

GARY ANDERSON and Raymond van Barneveld claimed the final two places in the Betway Premier League Play-Offs in Newcastle on Thursday, as a defeat for Phil Taylor meant he cannot reach the top four.