THE Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship will include a qualifier from Finland for the first time this December, with the 2009 tournament expanding to 70 players.
THE new Irish Matchplay Darts Championship will take place on Sunday 31 August - with the winner earning a place in the 2009 Ladbrokes.com PDC World Darts Championship.
FOLLOWING consultation with the PDPA, the two Players Championship events the PDC intend to stage in Leiden, Holland will now be postponed until later in 2008.