Raymond van Barneveld has secured a PDC Tour Card at European Qualifying School in Niedernhausen. Van Barneveld returns to the tour after retiring following the 2019 World Championships.

The Ladbrokes PDC Masters will begin on Friday 29th January until Sunday 31st January. This will be the ninth edition of the Masters. The Masters event will be staged at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. Due to lockdown the event will be played behind closed doors. The tournament was introduced to the PDC circuit in 2013 featuring the top 16 players from the PDC rankings. Phil Taylor won the first event beating Adrian Lewis 10-1 in the final. James Wade won the 2014 edition before Michael Va

Gerwyn Price and Johnny Clayton won the World Cup of Darts on November 8th to become the first Welsh pair to win the event. Wales have twice made the final before with Price and Mark Webster losing the final in 2017. The win in this years event was described by Price as his "proudest moment" in his darts career. "I've won a couple of majors but to win this with Johnny is the proudest moment of my darting career," said Price. "It's good getting to finals, but to win and pick up trophies is extra

The Grinch, tears of Joy, fans (if only for one night), and a 30th appearance, the PDC World Championships showing it has it all once again. Darts fans love the worlds as do the players, its a special tournament regardless of what is happening around the world. Defending Champion Peter Wright, coming out dressed as the Grinch Who Stole Christmas, began his defence with a 3-1 victory over Steve West. West had earlier beaten India's Amit Gilitwala three sets to nil in their round one match. Canad