PICTURES from the Liverpool Echo Arena, with almost 8,000 fans - including boxer Ricky Hatton - seeing Phil Taylor defeat Raymond van Barneveld and wins for James Wade and Peter Manley.

MICHAEL VAN GERWEN has joined the list of players who will compete in the 2008 PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts.

THE Scottish Sun will sponsor the Scottish Players Championship to be held at the Thistle Hotel in Glasgow on Saturday April 19.

REPORTS from night 11 of the 2008 Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts at the Liverpool Echo Arena.

THE draw for the Antwerp Darts Trophy, which will take place on Saturday in Belgium.

RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD is confident he can get his Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts challenge back on track when he faces Phil Taylor in Liverpool.

PHIL TAYLOR has revealed the two moments which have sparked his incredible return to form - and could lead to him becoming "better than ever".

FOUR Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts stars prepared for a 'Hard Day's Night' at the Liverpool Echo Arena on Thursday by recreating The Beatles' famous Abbey Road album cover.

WAYNE MARDLE is looking to continue his superb run of form in the Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts against James Wade on Thursday.

PAUL NICHOLSON'S lead at the top of the Australian Grand Prix Order of Merit has extended after he won both tournaments staged by the DPA over the weekend.