2019 Players Championship 25-26 entries

ProTour

Sep 12 2019

Entries have been confirmed for Players Championships 25-26.

2019 ET13 entries confirmed

European Tour

Sep 12 2019

Wade wins fifth title of year at PC24

ProTour

Sep 11 2019

James Wade won his fifth PDC title of the year at Players Championship 24.

De Sousa makes history at PC23

ProTour

Sep 10 2019

Jose De Sousa became the first Portuguese winner of a PDC event at Players Championship 23.

2020 PDC Calendar confirmed

News

Sep 09 2019

The 2020 Professional Darts Corporation calendar has been confirmed.

2019 European Darts Matchplay Day Two

European Tour

Sep 07 2019

Michael van Gerwen & Mensur Suljovic were amongst the European Darts Matchplay second round winners.

2019 European Darts Matchplay: Draw and schedule

European Tour

Sep 05 2019

Check out the draw for the 2019 European Darts Matchplay, the 11th European Tour event of 2019.

2019 Players Championship 23-24 entries

ProTour

Sep 03 2019

Entries have been confirmed for Players Championships 23-24 ahead of the ProTour mid-week double-header.

Rankings update after ET10

ProTour

Sep 02 2019

Gary Anderson has regained his position as world number four following the Austrian Darts Championship (ET10).

Emotional Dolan claims PC22 triumph

ProTour

Aug 04 2019

Brendan Dolan won his first ranking title for almost five years by defeating Jermaine Wattimena in the PC22 final.

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HARRY WARD claimed his first PDC title at Players Championship 16 in Barnsley on Sunday, defeating Max Hopp 8-7 in a dramatic final.

21-year-old Ward, who won his PDC Tour Card at UK Qualifying School in January 2019, continued his remarkable rise with a first title within four months of playing full-time on the professional circuit on the second day of the ProTour weekend double-header.

The Derbyshire youngster was ranked 88th on the PDC Order of Merit at the start of play, but produced a string of impressive displays to reach his third ranking quarter-final of the year.

Defeats of Vincent Kamphuis, Madars Razma, James Richardson led to a meeting with World Championship runner-up Michael Smith in the Last 16, where a 145 finish saw him come through a deciding leg.

Ward then overcame Nathan Aspinall 6-5, which he followed up with a 7-4 win over Jose de Sousa to reach the final where he held his nerve to defeat Hopp and claim the £10,000 star prize.

"This is unreal, I'm so, so happy to win this title," said Ward.

"Max is a great player and it was a really tough final, and after I missed three darts for the match I began to doubt myself a bit.

"I rode my luck at times but that's what you have to do sometimes and I'm really pleased that I made the most of it.

"I went to Q School without expecting to win a Tour Card so to achieve what I have done over the past few months is fantastic for me, and now I want to kick on further."

The final between 21-year-old Ward and 22-year-old Hopp began with a stunning 133 checkout from Ward, who doubled his lead only for Hopp to fire back to restore parity.

Ward fired in his 20th 180 of the day before finding tops to break throw and 5-3 up, and followed it up with another 13-darter to take a commanding 6-3 lead.

Hopp once again fought back, taking out a magnificent 150 finish to make it three straight legs for the German number one, who was bidding for his third PDC title in just over a year.

At 7-6 up, Ward missed three match darts, allowing Hopp to his double ten with his last dart in hand to take a thrilling encounter to a last-leg shoot-out.

Hopp piled on the pressure with visits of 180 and 125, but Ward was unshaken as he took out 68 to seal a historic win in his short career.

It was also a significant day for Robert Thornton, who returned to form with a win over Michael van Gerwen in the Last 32, which he followed with the third nine-dart finish of his career in a 6-3 win over Krzyszytof Ratakski.

The former World Grand Prix champion then defeated Chris Dobey to reach his first PDC semi-final in almost two years, where he was eventually defeated by Hopp.

Back-to-back quarter-final appearances across the weekend for Dobey move him into the world's top 32 for the first time, Challenge Tour high-flyer Scott Taylor reached his second ProTour quarter-final and Portgual's Jose de Sousa reached his first PDC semi-final.

Peter Wright, Adrian Lewis and Corey Cadby all fell before the Last 16 stage, while Raymond van Barneveld and Players Championship 15 winner Glen Durrant both suffered first round defeats.

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