LATEST RESULTS and fixtures from Thursday's opening night of the 2008 Blue Square UK Open, featuring the Preliminary, First and Second Rounds.

INFORMATION for DartsTV Annual Subscribers for the advance purchase of 2009 Ladbrokes.com PDC World Darts Championship tickets.

BLUE SQUARE give a betting preview with the latest odds ahead of the Blue Square UK Open.

RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD is bidding for a Reebok Stadium hat-trick when the Blue Square UK Open begins on Thursday.

LINKS to reports and results from the 2008 Blue Square UK Open, which was won by James Wade.

PICTURES from the 2008 Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts play-offs at the CIA in Cardiff, where Phil Taylor claimed a fourth straight title thanks to a win over James Wade in the final, with Adrian Lewis and Raymond van Barneveld defeated in the semis.

TICKETS for the 2009 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship are now on general sale.

THE PDC have re-arranged the two new Players Championship events in Holland to the end of August, while Blue Square UK Open Regional Finals later this year will be replaced by Players Championship tournaments.

JAMES WADE has paid tribute to Phil Taylor following his defeat in the Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts play-offs on Monday.

THE Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship will include a qualifier from Finland for the first time this December, with the 2009 tournament expanding to 70 players.