MAX HOPP created history with his first nine-dart finish in a PDC competition as he qualified for the International Darts Open in Riesa on Thursday night.

THE draw and schedule of play for the International Darts Open are now available ahead of the PDC European Tour event in Riesa.

THE countdown is on to the fifth PDC European Tour event of 2015, which will see the International Darts Open held in Riesa this weekend.

SCOTT MITCHELL, Martin Adams, Martin Phillips and Geert De Vos have accepted invitations to play in the 2015 SINGHA Beer Grand Slam of Darts.

PICTURES from the final day of the 2015 bwin World Cup of Darts in Frankfurt.

PICTURES from the third day of the 2015 bwin World Cup of Darts in Frankfurt.

PICTURES from the second day of the 2015 bwin World Cup of Darts in Frankfurt.

ENGLAND'S Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis claimed a third bwin World Cup of Darts title in four years with a thrilling victory over Scotland at Frankfurt's Eissporthalle on Sunday night.

BELGIUM, Scotland, England and the Netherlands claimed quarter-final wins in the bwin World Cup of Darts - full round-up here.

HOSTS Germany set up a quarter-final tie with England at the bwin World Cup of Darts with a superb 2-0 defeat of rivals Austria on Saturday night, with the Netherlands and Scotland cruising through as Hong Kong caused a huge shock.