MICHAEL VAN GERWEN kicked off the Betway Premier League Darts season with a stunning whitewash of Phil Taylor in Liverpool, as brilliant duo Raymond van Barneveld and Adrian Lewis and debutants Dave Chisnall and Peter Wright opened with victories.

PHIL TAYLOR is hoping that a six-week break from the sport, and a change of darts, will help him get back to his best in the Betway Premier League Darts.

THE 2014 Betway Premier League Darts begins at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on Thursday with a repeat of last year's final between Michael van Gerwen and Phil Taylor.

LIONEL SAMS, Aaron Holdstock, Carl Gren and Ian Jones are the first four Rileys Amateur Qualifiers for the Coral UK Open.

GARY ANDERSON has revealed the World Championship heartbreak which has inspired his return to winning ways ahead of the start of the Betway Premier League Darts.

THE PDC are delighted to announce that Betway has signed an agreement to sponsor the 2014 Betway Premier League Darts tournament, the UK & Ireland's biggest indoor sporting event.

OVER 220 players will compete in each of the first three Coral UK Open Qualifiers from February 7-9 in Wigan.

GARY ANDERSON claimed his first ranking victory for over two years with a thrilling 6-5 defeat of Justin Pipe in the German Darts Championship final.

SHANE TICHOWITSCH and John Webber shared the spoils on the second weekend of the DPA Australian Grand Prix season at the Mittagong RSL.

BRILLIANT Raymond van Barneveld came from 2-0 down to win six successive legs as he swept past Adrian Lewis 6-2 to reach the German Darts Championship quarter-finals - full Third Round Round-Up online.