JOSH PAYNE won his first senior title at Players Championship Six as he edged out James Wade 6-5 with a brilliant display to take the £10,000 title at the Barnsley Metrodome on Saturday.

BORIS KOLTSOV secured a place alongside Aleksandr Oreshkin in the Russian team for the Betway World Cup of Darts by securing two victories on the latest weekend of the EADC season.

YUANJUN LIU and Wenge Xie will represent China at the Betway World Cup of Darts after winning their qualifier for June's event, while Lihao Wen was the winner of the year's third event on the PDC-affiliated circuit.

MICHAEL VAN GERWEN secured his place in the Betway Premier League Play-Offs and moved ahead of Phil Taylor at the top of the league table with a brilliant win over James Wade in Birmingham as Gary Anderson and Peter Wright both picked up three points.

GARY ANDERSON and Peter Wright face pivotal nights in their Betway Premier League challenges as they double up when the tournament visits Birmingham's Barclaycard Arena on Thursday.

ROWBY-JOHN RODRIGUEZ and Cristo Reyes enjoyed double qualification success by winning through to the European Tour events in Gibraltar and Hamburg at the European Qualifiers.

PICTURES from the Betway Premier League Night 12 at the BIC in Bournemouth.

FOOTBALL legend Paul Gascoigne was a special guest at the Betway Premier League in Bournemouth on Thursday.

THE entries have been confirmed for the third Players Championship weekend of 2016, which will see two events held on the weekend of April 30-May 1 at the Barnsley Metrodome.

THE PDC are delighted to announce that Unibet will be the title sponsors of September's inaugural Champions League event, which will be live on BBC from the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff.