Raymond van Barneveld rolled back the years to triumph at the Hungarian Darts Show, defeating Phil Taylor and Michael van Gerwen to scoop the title on Tuesday night.
Continue reading “Vintage Van Barneveld whitewashes Van Gerwen at Hungarian Darts Show”
Phil Taylor will begin his bid for World Seniors Matchplay glory against either Trina Gulliver MBE or Deta Hedman, after the draw for July’s inaugural staging was confirmed earlier this week.
Continue reading “World Seniors Matchplay Draw: Phil Taylor to face Trina Gulliver or Deta Hedman”
Phil Taylor has vowed to bounce back following a disappointing showing at the inaugural World Seniors Championship, claiming he was ‘embarrassed’ by his own performance.
Continue reading “Taylor ’embarrassed’ following World Seniors disappointment”
Kevin Painter stormed through to the semi-finals of the World Seniors Championship with a comprehensive 3-0 victory over 16-time world champion Phil Taylor at the Circus Tavern on Saturday evening.
Continue reading “Kevin Painter thrashes Phil Taylor to reach semi-finals at World Seniors Championship”
Phil Taylor marked his return to televised darts with a comeback victory over his old rival Peter Manley, to progress to the quarter-finals of the inaugural World Seniors Championship on Friday.
Continue reading “Phil Taylor seals comeback victory over Peter Manley on his return at World Seniors Championship”
Peter Manley will renew his rivalry with old foe Phil Taylor at the World Seniors Championship, after battling past Deta Hedman at the Circus Tavern on Thursday evening.
Continue reading “Peter Manley sets up iconic clash against Phil Taylor at World Seniors Darts Championship”
Phil Taylor is set to make a sensational return to competitive darts at the age of 61, as ‘The Power’ prepares to headline the inaugural World Seniors Darts Championship in 2022.
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Phil Taylor has hailed Gerwyn Price following the Welshman’s World Championship success a fortnight ago, before claiming that players are no longer frightened of Michael van Gerwen.
Continue reading “Taylor: Players not frightened of MvG any more”
Raymond van Barneveld completed a lockdown double over his old adversary Phil Taylor after recording an 11-8 win over the 16-time world champion in a steel-tip showdown on Thursday evening.
Continue reading “Barney beats Taylor in entertaining steel-tip showdown”
Martin Adams defeated his old adversary Phil Taylor to secure top spot in the second staging of the MODUS Champions Series on Sunday, ten years ago to the day since the 16-time world champion landed TWO nine-darters on one of the most incredible nights in the sport’s history.
Continue reading “Adams topples Taylor to triumph in MODUS Champions Series”
Raymond van Barneveld has teased the possibility of an upcoming rematch against his old adversary Phil Taylor, after revealing that he’d been asked to compete against the 16-time world champion in another online duel.
Continue reading “Van Barneveld teases potential Taylor rematch”
Phil Taylor edged out Fallon Sherrock in a pulsating last-leg thriller during the latest ‘Darts At Home’ series on Thursday evening, defying a monstrous 121.61 average from Sherrock to prevail 7-6.
Continue reading “Taylor defies 121 average from Sherrock to edge charity epic”
Phil Taylor will take on Fallon Sherrock in the latest edition of ‘Darts At Home’ in aid of the NHS this coming Thursday, and the action will be broadcast on Sky Sports.
Continue reading “Taylor takes on Sherrock in latest edition of ‘Darts At Home’”
Phil Taylor rolled back the years to secure top spot in the inaugural Modus Champions Series, defeating Martin Adams, Fallon Sherrock and Anastasia Dobromyslova with a series of superb displays on Sunday – wiring double twelve for a spectacular nine-darter in a thrilling tussle against Adams.
Continue reading “Majestic Taylor rolls back years to win Modus Champions Series”
Phil Taylor defeated reigning women’s world champion Mikuru Suzuki in an entertaining soft-tip showdown on the electronic Target Nexus board, which raised over £11,000 for charity.
Continue reading “Taylor topples Suzuki in charity soft-tip clash”
Phil Taylor and Mikuru Suzuki will collide in a soft-tip charity showdown on the Target Nexus Dartboard on Thursday evening, despite the fact they’ll be 6,000 miles apart.
Continue reading “Taylor to take on Suzuki in soft-tip charity clash”
Phil Taylor edged out Fallon Sherrock and Martin Adams in last-leg deciders in his second special guest appearance in Modus’ online live league ‘A Night At The Darts’, registering three wins from his five matches on Friday evening.
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Phil Taylor will return for his second special guest appearance in Modus’ online live streamed league on Friday, where he’ll take on ‘Queen of the Palace’ Fallon Sherrock and three-time world champion Martin Adams.
Continue reading “Taylor to take on Sherrock as a guest in live-streamed event”
In the latest instalment of my darting classics series, I delve into the archives to reflect on a thrilling PDC World Championship quarter-final clash between Phil Taylor and Wayne Mardle at Alexandra Palace in December 2007.
Continue reading “DARTING CLASSICS: Mardle topples Taylor at Ally Pally”
Phil Taylor rolled back the years to register four wins from five matches as he made a special guest appearance in Modus’ live-streamed league on Thursday evening.
Continue reading “Taylor rolls back the years with four wins in live-streamed league”
Phil Taylor will make a competitive return to darting action when he features in Modus’ A Night at the Darts’ on Thursday evening.
Continue reading “Taylor set for competitive return in live-streamed event”
Current PDC world champion Peter Wright insists Phil Taylor and Raymond van Barneveld could still have been winning major titles for another decade had they chosen not to retire, with ‘Snakebite’ admitting that the ‘inspiring’ pair have left a notable void on the darting circuit.
Continue reading “Wright: Phil and Raymond could be winning majors for another decade!”
Raymond van Barneveld edged out his old rival Phil Taylor in a thrilling soft-tip showdown on Thursday evening, which raised £15,000 for charity in the fight against the Coronavirus pandemic.
Continue reading “VIDEO: Van Barneveld misses D12 for soft-tip nine-darter”
Raymond van Barneveld fought back from 6-3 down to defeat Phil Taylor 7-6 in a thrilling ‘Darts at Home’ charity showdown which raised £15,000 for the NHS on Thursday.
Continue reading “Van Barneveld topples Taylor with 119 average in epic charity showdown”
Phil Taylor will turn 60 in August and despite not playing competitive darts for over two years, the 16-time world champion believes he would still be world number one if he were to make a return.
Continue reading “Taylor: I would be world number one again”
One of darts’ most iconic rivalries will be resumed on Thursday evening as Phil Taylor and Raymond van Barneveld lock horns in an online soft-tip contest – streamed from their own living rooms!
Continue reading “Taylor and Van Barneveld set for charity soft-tip showdown on Thursday”
Who is the greatest darts player of all time? Who would form the top ten? It’s a debate that rages throughout forums and social media on a regular basis, but following on from my Fantasy World Championship, I’ve compiled my list of the ten greatest darts players of all time.
Continue reading “OPINION: The ten greatest darts players of all time”
Phil Taylor was dumped out of the Walk-On World Cup by Wayne Mardle on Sunday evening, as the Dutch duo of Raymond van Barneveld and Michael van Gerwen safely progressed to the last 16.
Continue reading “Mardle topples Taylor at the Walk-On World Cup”
We’re bereft of live sporting action at present amid the uncertainty surrounding the Coronavirus pandemic, therefore I’ve decided to take a trip down memory lane and reflect on an all-time Premier League classic that took place almost five years ago today.
Continue reading “DARTING CLASSICS: Barney defies 116 average from Taylor in Glasgow”
Phil Taylor and Raymond van Barneveld are set to renew their classic rivalry in rather unusual circumstances – as they prepare to compete in a streamed charity match from their own living rooms, to combat the lack of live darting action due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
Continue reading “Taylor & Barney agree to streamed charity clash!”
Phil Taylor rejected speculation of a sensational retirement U-turn earlier this month, although ‘The Power’ is set for a televised return in March 2020, as he returns to the soft-tip circuit to compete in one of the biggest events on the DartsLive calendar.
Continue reading “Taylor set for televised return in March!”
PDC Chairman Barry Hearn has revealed that Phil Taylor could make a sensational return to the sport, after confirming that ‘The Power’ had contacted him to enquire about potentially returning to the professional circuit.
Continue reading “Hearn teases sensational Taylor return!”
Phil Taylor believes he would still reach the World Championship final this year if he was given a wildcard for the tournament, before revealing that a bad hip is preventing him from making a shock comeback to the sport.
Continue reading “Taylor: I’d still reach the World Championship final now!”
Phil Taylor defeated 13-year-old sensation Leighton Bennett 10-7 in an extraordinary exhibition match staged at the iconic Tower of London on Tuesday evening.
Continue reading “Taylor edges out 13-year-old star Bennett in Tower of London thriller!”
Phil Taylor will return to the Winter Gardens in Blackpool later this month as part of the Sky Sports punditry team for the BetVictor World Matchplay.
‘The Power’ enjoyed unparalleled success at this tournament over the years and secured his 16th World Matchplay title twelve months ago- the final major televised title of his illustrious career spanning three decades. Continue reading “Phil Taylor to join Sky Sports punditry team for World Matchplay!”
Phil Taylor and Raymond van Barneveld have expressed their shock and sadness at the death of the legendary Eric Bristow, who passed away at the age of 60 following a heart attack on Thursday evening. Continue reading “Taylor & Van Barneveld devastated by death of Eric Bristow”
Phil Taylor toed the oche for the final time in his career at the Alexandra Palace on Monday evening, competing in his 21st World Championship final. Tournament favourite Michael van Gerwen had been beaten in the semi-finals and Taylor was odds-on with the bookmakers to win an astonishing 17th World Championship title. Continue reading “World Championship Verdict: The end of an era, or the start of a new dawn?”
World Championship debutant Rob Cross defeated defending champion Michael van Gerwen in an unbelievable sudden-death leg to set up a final showdown with 16-time world champion Phil Taylor, after prevailing in one of the greatest games in darting history at the Alexandra Palace on Saturday evening. Continue reading “PDC World Championship 2018: Semi-Finals Report!”
Michael van Gerwen edged out his fellow countryman Raymond van Barneveld in a thrilling deciding-set tussle to set up a semi-final showdown against Rob Cross, whilst Phil Taylor dumped out Gary Anderson to continue his bid for a 17th World Championship title on an incredible day of quarter-final action at the Alexandra Palace. Continue reading “PDC World Championship 2018: Quarter-Finals Report!”
Phil Taylor whitewashed former World Youth champion Keegan Brown to reach his 25th World Championship quarter-final and set up a showdown against two-time world champion Gary Anderson on Friday evening, after another eventful day of action at the Alexandra Palace. Continue reading “PDC World Championship 2018: Day Twelve Report!”
Phil Taylor and Raymond van Barneveld stormed into the third-round of the William Hill World Darts Championship with comprehensive victories, as fourth seed Daryl Gurney was sent packing by the giant-killing John Henderson on a dramatic day of action at the Alexandra Palace. Continue reading “PDC World Championship 2018: Day Ten Report!”
Phil Taylor has admitted that some of his recent criticism towards fellow professionals has been unjustified, before revealing that ‘the fire is gone’ in a candid interview following his first-round World Championship victory at the Alexandra Palace on Friday evening. Continue reading “Taylor: “I’ve been a little bit bitter””
Phil Taylor survived a scare to begin his final professional tournament before retirement with a battling 3-1 victory over Chris Dobey, as Rob Cross and Dimitri van den Bergh produced ton-topping averages to triumph on an entertaining night of darts at the Alexandra Palace on Friday evening. Continue reading “PDC World Championship 2018: Day Two Report!”
Phil Taylor has revealed that he would love to meet his old rival Raymond van Barneveld in this year’s World Championship Final, as he prepares to begin his farewell campaign at the Alexandra Palace tonight. Continue reading “Taylor eyeing ‘dream’ final against Barney!”
Michael van Gerwen continued his World Championship preparations with a stunning whitewash win over Phil Taylor in the final of a star-studded exhibition event in Bristol on Saturday evening. Continue reading “Van Gerwen whitewashes Taylor with 120 average in Bristol exhibition!”
Michael van Gerwen extended his lead at the top of the PDC Order of Merit to almost one million pounds after retaining his Players Championship Finals title in Minehead, whilst Jonny Clayton has broken into the world’s top 32 for the first time in his career after reaching his first major final. Continue reading “PDC Order of Merit Update!”
Michael van Gerwen refuelled his rivalry with Phil Taylor by admitting that he called the 16-time world champion a k**b in an angry backstage clash in their semi-final tussle at the Grand Slam of Darts. Continue reading “Van Gerwen and Taylor involved in angry backstage clash!”
Michael van Gerwen clinched his third successive Grand Slam of Darts title with a dramatic 16-12 victory over Peter Wright at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall on Sunday evening. Continue reading “Grand Slam of Darts: Finals Day Report!”
Phil Taylor launched another stinging attack on his darting rivals after cruising into the Grand Slam of Darts semi-finals with a thumping 16-4 victory over World Grand Prix champion Daryl Gurney on Saturday evening. Continue reading “Taylor lets rip at darting rivals in explosive interview!”
Defending champion Michael van Gerwen edged out Rob Cross in a thrilling quarter-final tussle at the Grand Slam of Darts, to set up a semi-final showdown against his old rival Phil Taylor, who rolled back the years to dismantle Daryl Gurney on another dramatic night at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall. Continue reading “Grand Slam of Darts: Day Eight Report!”
Phil Taylor gave a brutally honest assessment of World Grand Prix champion Daryl Gurney in an interview with Sky Sports on Thursday evening, as the pair prepare to clash in the Grand Slam quarter-finals on Saturday evening. Continue reading “Taylor: ‘Miserable’ Gurney is not the future of darts!”
Defending champion Michael van Gerwen breezed through to the Grand Slam quarter-finals to set up a last eight showdown with Rob Cross, who defeated 2012 champion Raymond van Barneveld in a high-quality contest at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall on Thursday evening. Continue reading “Grand Slam of Darts: Day Six Report!”
James Wade defeated an off-colour Phil Taylor to book his spot in knockout phases of the Grand Slam of Darts, as Darren Webster edged out his namesake Mark Webster in a dramatic nine-dart shoot-out to seal his spot in the last 16 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall on Tuesday evening. Continue reading “Grand Slam of Darts: Day Four Report!”
Former champions Michael van Gerwen, Phil Taylor and Raymond van Barneveld all fought back from 4-2 down to triumph on a thrilling day of Grand Slam action at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall on Sunday evening. Continue reading “Grand Slam of Darts: Day Two Report!”
Former champions Michael van Gerwen, Phil Taylor and Raymond van Barneveld kicked off their Grand Slam campaigns with comprehensive 5-1 victories, as BDO world champion Glen Durrant produced the performance of the opening day to stun second seed Peter Wright in a dramatic double-session at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall.
Michael van Gerwen began the defence of his Grand Slam title with a comprehensive 5-1 win over BDO veteran Ross Montgomery. The scoreline didn’t tell the whole story however. The Scottish debutant had darts at double in four of the six legs and averaged 97.24, but some clinical finishing from the world number one proved decisive. Continue reading “Grand Slam of Darts: Day One Report!”
World number one Michael van Gerwen is an odds-on favourite to retain his Grand Slam of Darts title next week, whilst Phil Taylor is an 8/1 shot to lift the title in his final competitive appearance at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall. Continue reading “Grand Slam of Darts 2017 Odds revealed!”
Peter Wright has leapfrogged his compatriot Gary Anderson to become the Scottish number one, whilst World Grand Prix champion Daryl Gurney is up to a career high of fourth on the PDC Order of Merit following last weekend’s European Championship in Hasselt. Continue reading “PDC Order of Merit Update!”
Gary Anderson will be the top seed on home soil at next month’s World Series of Darts Finals, after the World Series Order of Merit was finalised following the culmination of last weekend’s inaugural German Darts Masters in Dusseldorf. Continue reading “World Series Order of Merit Confirmed!”
Peter Wright clinched his first ever World Series title with an emphatic 11-4 victory over Phil Taylor at last weekend’s German Darts Masters, but he was still full of praise for ‘The Power’, describing him as ‘the best in the world’. Continue reading “Wright: ‘Phil is the best in the world’”
Peter Wright stormed to a maiden World Series title after crushing Phil Taylor 11-4 to clinch German Masters glory on a dramatic day of action at the Castello Arena, Dusseldorf, on Saturday evening. Continue reading “Wright dismantles Taylor to clinch German Masters glory!”
Raymond van Barneveld dumped out top seed Gary Anderson in a dramatic afternoon of quarter-final action at the German Darts Masters, as Peter Wright, Phil Taylor and James Wade also made it through to the semi-finals at the Castello Arena in Dusseldorf. Continue reading “German Darts Masters: Quarter-Finals Report!”
Michael van Gerwen battled through the pain barrier to defeat German World Cup star Martin Schindler on the opening night of the inaugural German Darts Masters, as Peter Wright survived one match dart to set up a quarter-final showdown against Mensur Suljovic in Dusseldorf. Continue reading “German Darts Masters: Day One Report!”
Michael van Gerwen and Phil Taylor are amongst the players to have been punished by the Darts Regulation Authority (DRA) this year, after they released their case hearing and fine list for 2017 earlier this week. Continue reading “Van Gerwen & Taylor amongst players punished by DRA in 2017!”
Michael van Gerwen will be top seed as he prepares to defend his European Championship title later this month, but five of the world’s top ten will be absent from this year’s event after the field was confirmed following the conclusion of the 2017 European Tour in Gottingen. Continue reading “European Championship 2017: Field Confirmed!”
Germany’s World Cup of Darts duo Max Hopp and Martin Schindler will face Gary Anderson and Michael van Gerwen in the first-round of the German Darts Masters next week, whilst Kyle Anderson will lock horns with his stablemate Mensur Suljovic in Dusseldorf. Continue reading “German Darts Masters 2017 Draw!”
Co Stompe has launched a stinging attack on Phil Taylor in an interview with Dutch website NUSport, claiming that the 16-time world champion is ‘turning his own farewell into a joke’. Continue reading “Stompe: ‘Taylor is turning his own farewell into a joke’”
Phil Taylor has reignited his war of words with Michael van Gerwen after dumping the world number one out of the Champions League of Darts at Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena on Sunday afternoon. Continue reading “Taylor slams ‘mard-arse’ Van Gerwen!”
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Mensur Suljovic clinched his first major television title with a dramatic 11-9 victory over Gary Anderson in a thrilling Champions League of Darts Final at Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena on Sunday evening. Continue reading “2017 Champions League of Darts: Finals Day!”
Phil Taylor and Gary Anderson secured their Champions League of Darts semi-final spots with dramatic deciding-leg victories over Michael van Gerwen and Peter Wright, as Raymond van Barneveld joined Mensur Suljovic in the last four on a dramatic afternoon of action at Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena. Continue reading “Champions League of Darts: Semi-Finalists confirmed!”
Phil Taylor battled past his old rival Raymond van Barneveld to remain on course to retain his Champions League of Darts title, whilst Mensur Suljovic continued his dream debut by edging out Peter Wright to secure his place in Sunday’s semi-finals on a dramatic night of action at Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena. Continue reading “Champions League of Darts Day One: Evening Report!”