ROB CROSS suffered a shock exit at the hands of Kirk Shepherd on Day Two of the Danish Darts Open.

MICHAEL SMITH was among the players to make it through to the second day of the Danish Darts Open.

ENTRIES have been confirmed for the Czech Darts Open and Austrian Darts Championship events & qualifiers.

ENTRIES have been confirmed for the ninth Players Championship weekend of 2019, to be held on June 22-23 in Wigan.

TWO weeks remain before the deadline for entries into the 2019 US Darts Masters & North American Championship qualifiers.

MICHAEL SMITH and Steve Beaton will clash in the Danish Darts Open first round on Friday - draw and schedule confirmed.

RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD and James Wade will compete in the 2019 PDC World Series of Darts events in Australia & New Zealand.

GARY ANDERSON is prepared to be patient in his return to full-time PDC action following his recovery from injury.

Christopher Kempf, the statistical analyst of the PDC, takes a look at player averages so far in 2019.

WILLIAM O'CONNOR & Steve Lennon hope to use their run to the BetVictor World Cup of Darts final as a platform for further success.