REIGNING CHAMPION Phil Taylor opened the 2013 Championship League Darts season with a nine-dart finish and victory in Group One of the internet-streamed event, defeating Adrian Lewis 6-2 in the final.

MICHAEL VAN GERWEN will begin the defence of his partypoker.com World Grand Prix title with a clash against Canadian great John Part

STEVE BEATON won his first ranking title for almost four years with a thrilling 6-5 defeat of Mervyn King in the final of the German Darts Masters.

CONNIE FINNAN and Colin McGarry will contest the final of the Tom Kirby Memorial Irish Matchplay championship next month at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin.

A ROUND-UP from Sunday afternoon's German Darts Masters third round games at the Glaspalast in Sindelfingen.

FIVE of the world's top ten players were knocked out in the second round of the German Darts Masters on Saturday.

A ROUND-UP from Friday's opening day of the German Darts Masters in Sindelfingen.

GERMAN stars Max Hopp and Tomas Seyler and Dutch aces Vincent van der Voort were amongst the final qualifiers for the German Darts Trophy.

INFORMATION and results from the German Darts Masters, European Tour Event Seven in Sindelfingen.

TED HANKEY and Phil Taylor have withdrawn from the German Darts Masters this weekend.