DESPITE suffering an 8-1 loss to Raymond van Barneveld on his Holsten Premier League Darts debut, Ronnie Baxter will head to Sunderland on Thursday in confident mood.

FIVE players from the Professional Darts Corporation will take part in the International Darts League, which will take place in Holland in May.

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RUSSELL STEWART won the opening Australian Grand Prix event at the weekend, which was held in Jannali.

RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD is looking to continue his good form when the Holsten Premier League Darts moves on to Sunderland this Thursday.

AFTER getting his hands on the Barclays Premiership trophy last week, Phil Taylor has offered to give lessons to the Chelsea players.

COLIN LLOYD hit a perfect nine-dart finish to secure a 6-3 win over Dennis Priestley in the final of the Irish Masters in Rosslare.

COLIN LLOYD, Ronnie Baxter, Peter Manley and Kevin Painter were among the 16 players to progress to day two of the Irish Masters in Rosslare.

A PHOTOGRAPH of Phil Taylor taken at the 2005 Stan James World Matchplay has been nominated for Sports Picture of the Year.

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