ROBERT THORNTON narrowly defeated Keegan Brown 6-5 to win Saturday's Players Championship at the Robin Park Tennis Centre in Wigan.

STEPHEN BUNTING was amongst 20 players to win through the UK Qualifier for the Austrian Darts Open on Friday night, alongside former European Tour winner John Part, Michael Smith, Ronnie Baxter and Mark Webster.

PHIL TAYLOR moved up to third in the Betway Premier League Darts table as he picked up three points in Birmingham on Thursday night - but Adrian Lewis and Dave Chisnall saw their Play-Off hopes ended at The NIA.

PHIL TAYLOR is aiming to move a step closer to the Betway Premier League Darts Play-Offs as he doubles up against Raymond van Barneveld and Dave Chisnall in Birmingham on Thursday.

DAVE CHISNALL is looking forward to a pivotal night in his debut Betway Premier League Darts season as he prepares to double up at The NIA in Birmingham on Thursday.

HUNDREDS of tickets for the Betway Premier League Darts Play-Offs have been donated to national charity Tickets For Troops to mark the 100th anniversary of World War One.

THE automatic qualifiers for June's Austrian Darts Open European Tour event have been confirmed, ahead of the UK Qualifier in Wigan on Friday May 2.

THE PDC welcomed a star of hit television show The Voice to the Betway Premier League Darts in Manchester - as Bob Blakeley enjoyed a walk-on on stage and met his idols Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis.

ADRIAN GRAY claimed victory over Yuji Eguchi in the final of the year's first stage of the 2014 DARTSLIVE - THE WORLD Soft Darts World Championship in Macau.

A TRIO of Finnish players enjoyed success by winning all three events on the second weekend of the Scandinavian Darts Corporation's season in Sweden.