COLIN LLOYD will head to Blackpool this weekend in determined mood as he defends the Stan James World Matchplay.

ERIK CLARYS has revealed that the serious arm injury he suffered before the Budweiser UK Open could threaten his career in darts.

AMERICAN viewers can now watch the World Series of Darts on ESPN each Tuesday until 5 September - full viewing schedule included.

THE All-Ireland Play-Offs for the 2006 SkyBet World Grand Prix will take place on Sunday 17 September in Dundalk.

NEW ZEALAND National Singles Champion Warren French will represent his country at the 2007 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship.

BARRY JOUANNET has cut Anthony Fleet's lead at the top of the Australian Grand Prix rankings by winning the seventh event of 2006, held in Warilla.

FISHING fans can catch Dutch darts star Roland Scholten and PDC Chairman Barry Hearn on a new series of podcasts with Discovery Real Time.

BOARD ASSIGNMENTS for the Bobby Bourn Memorial Trophy PDPA Players Championship event to be held on Saturday 22 July at the Winter Gardens.

THE next PDC tournament will be the Bobby Bourn Memorial Trophy PDPA Players Championship event, and entries close this coming Thursday, 13 July.

THE 2007 Holsten Premier League Darts will be increased to include eight players and a bumper prize fund of £265,000.