THE draw for the partypoker.net European Championship has been made - Simon Whitlock opens his defence against Kim Huybrechts.

MICHAEL VAN GERWEN continued his sensational year with a 6-1 victory over Andy Hamilton in the final of the sixth Players Championship, in Crawley.

PETER WRIGHT won his second ranking title by beating Wes Newton 6-1 in the Players Championship final at the K2 Centre in Crawley, on Saturday.

MARK DUBRIDGE was one of the 20 players to come through Friday's UK Qualifier for the German Darts Championship at the K2 Centre in Crawley.

CRAWLEY'S K2 Centre will host a key weekend of PDC ProTour action, with places in two German-based events up for grabs over the next three days.

THE rule regarding games being won by two clear legs at the BetVictor World Matchplay has been amended ahead of the tournament's 20th staging next month.

WAYNE KELLY defeated Bernie Miller 6-2 to win the opening event of the PDC North American Championship Tour in Newfoundland.

STEPHEN BUNTING was the winner in Stage Three of DARTSLIVE - THE WORLD in France as he defeated Benjamin Dersch in the final.

THE PDC are delighted to announce a new, three-year contract with ITV which will see them broadcast the European Championship and Players Championship finals as well as the UK Open and a new event, The Masters.

INFORMATION for the 2013 Killarney Darts Festival, which will be held from October 18-20 at the INEC and Gleneagle Hotel in Killarney.