German beats fifth seed 3-1 to reach third round Former runner-up Michael Smith eases through Florian Hempel pulled off a shock 3-1 victory against the fifth seed, Dimitri Van den Read more

This time last year the former BDO world champion had just won the darts Premier League at the first attempt, but he already knew something was starting to go wrong Read more

Anger towards Johnson at north London event shows strength of feeling about revelations of lockdown gatherings After weeks of embarrassing headlines over lockdown gatherings and criticism over his failure to Read more

Dutchman beats Lourence Ilagan 3-0 after absence last year James Wade punishes Maik Kuivenhoven misses in 3-1 win Raymond van Barneveld made a winning return to Alexandra Palace, beating Lourence Read more

Veteran Beaton, the 1996 winner, wins first-round match 3-2 Sherrock was first woman to win a match in championship Fallon Sherrock’s dreams of repeating her PDC world championship heroics were Read more

Darts phenomenon has got used to her high profile but male opponents on the oche underestimate her at their peril When you’re one of the most famous darts players on Read more

Lithuanian matches feat of William Borland from Friday Labanauskas then exits, losing 3-1 to Belgium’s Mike De Decker Darius Labanauskas hit the second nine-dart finish in 24 hours at the Read more

Scot into world championship second round with 3-2 win Borland produced finish with score locked at 2-2 in deciding set Scotland’s William Borland produced a brilliant nine-dart finish at the Read more

Double-double-18 checkout proves key moment in 3-1 win Lisa Ashton suffers first-round loss to Ron Meulenkamp Gary Anderson brushed aside the challenge of Adrian Lewis on day two at the Read more

Price and Adrian Lewis come from behind to win Crowd in boisterous mood after being absent last year Perhaps it was only right that, with Christmas just around the corner, Read more