RUSSELL STEWART will compete in the 2008 Las Vegas Desert Classic after winning the DPA's 'Viva Las Vegas' event on Sunday.

THE draw for the Blue Square UK Open South-West Regional Final, to be held at the Wellsprings Leisure Centre in Taunton on Sunday 10 February.

PICTURES from the opening night of the 2008 Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts at the SECC in Glasgow, featuring wins for Raymond van Barneveld, Adrian Lewis and James Wade - who inflicted Phil Taylor's first ever defeat in the competition.

PHOTOS from the media launch of the 2008 Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts, held at the SECC in Glasgow.

REPORTS, stats and reaction from the opening night of the 2008 Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts.

PHIL TAYLOR is hoping to emulate the achievement of Ronnie O'Sullivan when the 2008 Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts gets underway on Thursday.

SID WADDELL is tipping debutant James Wade as a "dark horse" for the 2008 Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts.

THE PDC would like to confirm that the results of all random drugs tests carried out by UK Sport during the Ladbrokes.com PDC World Darts Championship were negative.

THE 2008 Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts kicks off next Thursday at the SECC in Glasgow, and with over 60,000 seats already sold across the UK is British sport's hottest ticket.

JAMES WADE picked up his first title of 2008 with a 3-1 win over Denis Ovens in the final of the StanJames.com Players Championship in Gibraltar.