THE Unibet European Championship kicks off in Belgium on Friday, as Michael van Gerwen begins his bid to retain the title against Dutch youngster Jeffrey de Zwaan as part of a mouth-watering first round in the £300,000 event.

INFORMATION, schedule of play and draw for the 2015 Unibet European Championship.

DARTS fans will be able to buy a unique CD later this year, with "Game On! The Sound Of Darts" to be released on November 20.

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JOHN MICHAEL, Aleksandr Oreshkin and Alex Tagarao have won places in the William Hill World Darts Championship following their victories in the Southern Europe, Russian and Philippines qualifiers.

GARY ANDERSON will begin his defence of the Cash Converters Players Championship Finals title against Phil Taylor when the £300,000 tournament begins at the Butlins Minehead Resort on Friday November 27.

REIGNING World Champion Gary Anderson defeated James Wade 6-2 in the final of the year's last Players Championship.

PETER WRIGHT defeated Benito van de Pas 6-5 in the final of Players Championship 19 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry.

DAVE CHISNALL and Scott Mitchell are to join Phil Taylor at the PDC's Wolverhampton Fans' Forum on Friday November 6 ahead of the SINGHA Beer Grand Slam of Darts.

TERRY JENKINS, Mark Webster, Dimitri Van den Bergh and Chris Dobey were the four players to win through to the World Series of Darts Finals in Friday's Qualifier at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry.