THE PDC's biggest-ever year will see over 150 days of action in 2015, with the new PDC calendar including new venues in Germany and the Netherlands on an expanded European Tour.

RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD is facing a fight to keep his place inside darts' elite top 16 ahead of next month's partypoker.com World Grand Prix.

THE field for the partypoker.com World Grand Prix will be confirmed following this weekend's European Darts Trophy in Germany, with a host of players having plenty to play for in Leipzig.

THE final European Tour event of 2014 takes place this weekend, with the European Darts Trophy set to see 48 players compete in the first PDC event in Leipzig, Germany.

FORMER European super-bantamweight champion Spencer Oliver was the winner at the PDC's charity fishing day for Haven House on Friday.

MICHAEL VAN GERWEN defeated Michael Smith to win the 14th Players Championship event of the year in Crawley.

GARY ANDERSON won his sixth PDC ProTour title of 2014 at Saturday's Players Championship 13 in Crawley.

JANI HAAVISTO has won the SDC Pro Tour Order of Merit following the completion of the year's events in Scandinavia, while Norway's Robert Wagner has qualified for October's European Championship.

ENTRIES are now being taken for November's Grand Slam of Darts Wildcard Qualifier in Wigan - with ANY player able to enter the tournament to try and win their spots in front of the Sky Sports cameras at the Wolves Civic.

MERVYN KING defeated Michael Smith 6-5 to win his first PDC European Tour title at the European Darts Grand Prix, edging a dramatic final to claim the £20,000 first prize in Sindelfingen.