MICHAEL VAN GERWEN made a winning start to life as the World Darts Champion with a 6-2 win over Leon De Geus in the German Darts Championship on Saturday - full second round round-up here.

RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD made a fine start to the German Darts Championship with a 6-1 win over Ron Meulenkamp on Friday - full first round round-up online.

RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD was amongst the European Qualifiers for the German Darts Championship, as Max Hopp and Tomas Seyler won through the Host Nation Qualifier in Hildesheim.

THE German Darts Championship European Tour event will be streamed LIVE & FREE through the OfficialPDC YouTube channel this weekend.

THE draw and schedule of play for the 2014 Dutch Darts Masters have been confirmed, ahead of February's event in Veldhoven.

THE field of PDC Tour Card Holders for 2014 has been finalised ahead of the start of the year's ProTour this weekend in Germany.

FOLLOW fixtures, results and other tournament information for the German Darts Championship European Tour event from January 31-February 2 in Hildesheim.

THE draw & schedule of play for the German Darts Championship European Tour event have been confirmed.

ENTRIES for the opening weekend of Coral UK Open Qualifiers close on Tuesday afternoon for professional players, while the Rileys Amateur Qualifiers are also proving popular.

THE 2014 Premier League Darts will see the new Unicorn Eclipse HD board used in televised matches for the first time.