FULL results from the 2005-2006 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship, and links to match reports from each game.

BOARD assignments for the Stan James Players Championship tournament, which will take place on Saturday 21 January 2006.

TICKETS for the second night of the 2006 Holsten Premier League Darts, at Sunderland's Seaburn Leisure Centre, go on sale at 9am on Monday 16 January.

PLAYERS are reminded that entries for the Stan James PDPA Players Championship tournament in Gibraltar close at 4pm on Thursday 12 January.

KEVIN PAINTER admits that his win in the Budweiser UK Open North-East Regional Final has given him the belief to have a successful 2006.

KEVIN PAINTER defeated Colin Lloyd 2-0 to win the Budweiser UK Open North-East Regional Final in Newcastle.

Chris Mason, Adrian Lewis, Denis Ovens, Colin Lloyd, Kevin Painter, Alex Roy, Andy Hamilton, James Wade all won through to day two of the Budweiser UK Open in the North-East.

THE official PDC world rankings have been updated following the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship, confirming the 16 players who will compete in the World Series of Darts.

THE Greene King Qualifiers for the Budweiser UK Open will be confirmed in the coming weeks.

PETER MANLEY is looking forward to returning to action in the Holsten Premier League Darts, after being confirmed as the sixth player for the tournament.