MICHAEL VAN GERWEN began his defence of the Unibet Masters title with a 10-1 annihilation of Stephen Bunting at ArenaMK on Saturday, as World Champion Gary Anderson was dumped out by Vincent van der Voort.

MICHAEL VAN GERWEN is aiming to retain his Unibet Masters title this weekend in Milton Keynes to kick off 2016 in the same manner he began an imperious year 12 months ago.

MICHAEL VAN GERWEN will begin his defence of the Dutch Darts Masters title against either Dimitri Van den Bergh or John Henderson next month - full draw & schedule of play now available.

ROBERT THORNTON is aiming to add further silverware in 2016, as he prepares to kick off his year at the Unibet Masters this weekend.

THE Professional Darts Corporation's partnership with the Donna Louise Children's Hospice has helped to raise the charity over £100,000 over the past year.

TRUSTED independent garage network Approved Garages will continue as a partner of the Betway Premier League in 2016 - and will be giving great prizes for fans throughout the event.

PAUL HOGAN, Dean Stewart Mark Cox, Jason Mold and Mark Jodrill are the first five Rileys Amateur Qualifiers to win places in March's Coral UK Open.

THE 2016 Scandinavian Darts Corporation season begins on January 30-31 in Finland as the year's series of tournaments kick off in Tuusula, including Youth Tour events for the first time.

THE field of 48 players for February's Dutch Darts Masters has been confirmed following the Host Nation & European Qualifiers.

DIMITRI VAN DEN BERGH, John Michael and Jermaine Wattimena enjoyed double success as they qualified for both the Dutch Darts Masters and German Darts Masters on Saturday.