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TED HANKEY and Phil Taylor have withdrawn from the German Darts Masters this weekend.

IAN WHITE has spoken of his pride in ending his wait for a first ranking title at last Sunday's Players Championship in Barnsley.

KEVIN PAINTER has praised the standard of young players emerging in the PDC, after getting involved in his own Youth Development programme!