ALEXANDRA PALACE is to host the Ladbrokes.com PDC World Darts Championship for the next four years.

THE draw for the inaugural North American Darts Championship, to be held at the Mohegan Sun Casino on Friday & Saturday.

ANASTASIA DOBROMYSLOVA and Robert Thornton were among the final 16 Holsten Qualifiers to win a place in the Blue Square UK Open on Sunday.

PAUL NICHOLSON will join Russell Stewart in the PartyPoker.net Las Vegas Desert Classic qualifiers after winning the DPA's Viva Las Vegas event in New Zealand.

SCOTT WAITES is among the Holsten Qualifiers for the Blue Square UK Open after coming through Saturday's Regional Final.

JOHN PART is looking to claim double glory in the PartyPoker.net PDC US Open and North American Darts Championship next week.

PETER MANLEY is hoping to use his Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts form to great effect in the forthcoming major events.

PICTURES from the Newcastle leg of the Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts, attended by Newcastle United stars Michael Owen, Steve Harper, Alan Smith, James Milner & Peter Ramage.

PICTURES from the PartyPoker.net Sports Stars Challenge III, featuring Wayne Mardle, Peter Manley, Alan Warriner-Little, Phil Taylor, Colin Lloyd and Michael van Gerwen. Pictures courtesy Simon O'Connor.

PICTURES from Newcastle's Metro Radio Arena from a dramatic final league night of the Whyte & Mackay Premier League - with Adrian Lewis claiming the final play-off place, drawing with Wayne Mardle and then facing an anxious wait as Phil Taylor overcame Peter Manley.