The 2014 Ladbrokes World Darts Championship gets underway on Friday evening as 72 players prepare to do battle for the biggest prize in the sport.
Last year’s runner-up Michael van Gerwen is widely considered to be a major contender to be lifting the Sid Waddell Trophy on New Year’s Day, while James Wade and Simon Whitlock are also hoping to pocket the record £250,000 first prize. (more…)
Robert Thornton produced the performance of the first round at the Players Championship Finals on Friday, while Raymond van Barneveld and Michael van Gerwen also progressed to the last 16 in Minehead. (more…)
Robert Thornton and James Wade progressed to the last eight of the Grand Slam of Darts with victories in the second round in Wolverhampton.
Thornton defeated Mervyn King on Wednesday, while James Wade came out on top against Paul Nicholson on Thursday after both of the victors had won all three of their group games. (more…)
Paul Nicholson will meet James Wade in the last 16 of the Grand Slam after ‘The Asset’ won his decisive group match on Tuesday, while Wade and Michael van Gerwen both made it three wins out of three in Wolverhampton. (more…)
Mark Webster won through to the last 16 of the Grand Slam in dramatic style, while Simon Whitlock and Robert Thornton progressed before they had picked up a dart on Monday evening. (more…)
James Wade sealed his spot in the last 16 of the Grand Slam of Darts on Sunday after grabbing his second group stage victory, while Raymond van Barneveld, Simon Whitlock, Michael van Gerwen and Robert Thornton all also won to maintain one-hundred-percent records in the round robin. (more…)
Dutch pair Michael van Gerwen and Vincent van der Voort will meet in the Group Stage of the 2013 Grand Slam of Darts, where another Dutchman, Raymond van Barneveld, is bidding to defend his title.
Good friends van Gerwen and van der Voort are both in Group D following Monday’s draw after the latter sealed one of the four wildcard qualifier places for the Wolverhampton tournament. (more…)
James Wade moved into the semi-finals of the World Grand Prix in Dublin after defeating Simon Whitlock in a thrilling match on Friday evening.
The two-time winner of the double-start tournament took out a brilliant 101 finish to win a last leg decider, edging an exciting encounter to progress to the last four.
Wade continues his pursuit of an eighth major title when he meets Phil Taylor in the semi-finals on Saturday.
Michael van Gerwen kept alive his hopes of defending his World Grand Prix title as a straight sets victory against Raymond van Barneveld on Thursday earned him a place in the quarter-finals. (more…)
James Wade and Simon Whitlock will meet in the quarter-finals of the World Grand Prix after the pair claimed second round victories at Dublin’s Citywest Hotel on Wednesday.
Wade defeated Ireland’s Connie Finnan by three sets to two, while Whitlock swept past Ronnie Baxter in straight sets.
They will now go head to head on Friday for a place in the semi-finals. (more…)