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.

WOLVERHAMPTON'S Wayne Jones, Mervyn King, Steve Beaton, Mark Webster, Steve West, Jonny Clayton, Andy Boulton and Robbie Green won places in next month's SINGHA Beer Grand Slam of Darts at Friday's PDC Qualifier in Coventry.

PHIL TAYLOR and Steve Mason were victorious at Wednesday's Darts For Donna Louise Exhibition in Stoke - although it was the PDC's official charity who were the night's biggest winners after raising around £35,000 on the evening.

FOUR top stars from Stoke will receive a King's Hall homecoming on Wednesday at the Darts For Donna Louise Exhibition.

MICHAEL VAN GERWEN will begin his defence of the Unibet European Championship title against Dutch debutant Jeffrey de Zwaan - full draw available now.