Rankings update after Players Championships 7-8

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Ian White moves back into the world's top ten following his Players Championship 8 win.

White wins first title of 2020

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Ian White claimed his first title of the year at Players Championship 8.

New May dates for European Darts Grand Prix

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The 2020 European Darts Grand Prix in Sindelfingen has been rescheduled for May 29-31.

Aspinall wins Players Championship 7

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Nathan Aspinall claimed the £10,000 top prize at Players Championship 7 in Barnsley.

ET3-4 Tour Card Holder Qualifiers

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Five players enjoyed a European Tour qualifying double on Friday in Barnsley.

Third European Tour event postponed

European Tour

The European Darts Grand Prix has become the third PDC European Tour event to be postponed.

New Players Championship weekend added

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A new Players Championship weekend will be played on March 28-29 in Milton Keynes to replace the postponed European Tour event.

Double postponement for European Tour

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The PDC European Tour events scheduled for Leverkusen and Munich in the coming weeks will be postponed.

Players Championship 7-8 entries

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Entries have been confirmed for Players Championship events Seven and Eight.

European Tour 3-4 Tour Card Holder Qualifier entries

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Entries have been confirmed for European Tour Three and Four Tour Card Holder Qualifiers.

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PETER WRIGHT won his second PDC title in four days at Players Championship 19 in Barnsley on Tuesday.

Fresh from lifting the German Darts Masters trophy for a second time in Cologne on Saturday, Wright picked up where he left off with a string of impressive displays culminating in an 8-5 victory over Justin Pipe in the final.

The opening day of the mid-week ProTour double-header saw Wright post four ton-plus averages, one of which came in his semi-final meeting with World Cup winning teammate Gary Anderson, before going on to claim his first ranking title of 2019.

"I'm still not back to my 2017 level yet, nowhere near in fact, but I'm going to keep working to get back there and this is proof of that," said the world number five, who now has 24 PDC titles to his name.

"I changed darts from the weekend so that I could be more consistent and most of the day I played well to beat some fantastic players.

"It's also good to see Justin reach the final, he's been working very hard to get his game back. He let me off early on and I capitalised."

The final saw Wright get off to a perfect start, kicking in with a 180 en route to landing a crucial break of throw, before the next seven legs all went with throw in a tight contest.

With Wright 5-3 in front, Pipe missed two darts at double, and Wright punished by taking out 65 in two darts for a double-break.

A 121 checkout on the bull saw Wright go within a leg of victory, but Pipe showed resilience to break throw to keep the tie alive at 7-5, only for Wright to find the match-winning double 12 to seal the £10,000 top prize.

Despite defeat in the final, the day was a significant one for six-time ranking event winner Pipe who made it to his first ranking final in over four years with wins over Gerwyn Price and Mensur Suljovic on the way.

Tuesday also saw Kyle Anderson hit a nine-dart finish live on one of the PDC streaming boards in the opening leg of his first round game with Steve Lennon.

Elsewhere, Dutchman Ron Meulenkamp continued his progress by reaching his third ProTour semi-final of 2019.

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