THE opening night of the 2014 Premier League Darts will feature a rematch of last year's final between Michael van Gerwen and Phil Taylor at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on Thursday February 6, with the fixtures for the opening nine weeks of the event confirmed.

THE Host Nation Qualifier for February's Dutch Darts Masters will be held on Tuesday February 11 in Veldhoven.

THE dates and venues for the 32 Rileys Qualifiers, which will be held during February to produce amateur qualifiers for the Coral UK Open, have been confirmed.

ENTRIES for the 2014 PDC Qualifying School close at 12pm (Midday) on Monday January 13.

JAMIE CAVEN is the latest PDC star to support the future of darts with the launch of the Jamie Caven Darts Academy in Derby.

EUROPEAN TOUR events in 2014 will be 48-player tournaments held across three days, with the format now finalised and entries open for the first two events.

THE format, prize funds and other information for the 2014 PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour and PDC Unicorn Youth Tour have been confirmed, with £280,000 prize money on offer in the PDC's Development Tours this year.

THE increased prize funds for PDC Premier Events in 2014 has been confirmed, including new record amounts on offer in the World Matchplay, World Grand Prix, UK Open, European Championship and Players Championship Finals.

LOURENCE ILAGAN won an all-Philippines final of the DARTSLIVE - THE WORLD Soft Darts Championship, defeating Christian Perez 4-1 to take the $1 million HK first prize.