PHIL TAYLOR picked up his first Players Championship victory of 2015 as he defeated World Champion Gary Anderson 6-4 in Crawley.

EIGHT players, including Stephen Bunting and John Henderson, enjoyed a double success in the International Darts Open and European Darts Open UK Qualifiers.

PICTURES from Night 15 of the Betway Premier League at the Brighton Centre.

THE countdown is on to the finale of the Betway Premier League season with the Play-Offs at The O2 in London on Thursday May 21.

MICHAEL VAN GERWEN topped the Betway Premier League table for a third successive year following a sensational draw with Dave Chisnall in Brighton on Thursday - round-up here.

THE entries have been confirmed for the Players Championship double-header at the Barnsley Metrodome on Saturday May 23 & Sunday May 24.

ALEKSEY PILIPENKO and Boris Koltsov were the winners of the fifth and sixth events of the Russian EADC ProTour season, with both defeating Anton Kolesov in the final.

THE line-up for the Betway Premier League Play-Offs will be finalised on Thursday following the final league night in Brighton, which sees Michael van Gerwen and Dave Chisnall do battle to finish top of the final league table.

GARY ANDERSON has backed Phil Taylor to bounce back from missing out on the Betway Premier League Play-Offs for the first time - and has tipped him to claim a 17th World Championship victory.

PICTURES from Night 14 of the Betway Premier League at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle.