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There was joy for James Wade and despair for Michael Smith in a dramatic World Series Final in Vienna. Wade saw Smith miss five match darts to claim a thriller 11-10 and was clearly emotional afterwards as he made it back-to-back TV titles following on from his superb European Championship triumph. For Smith, a case of what might have been and you have to feel for him. He was tantalisingly close to a first big TV title. But what a final! “I really can’t believe that he missed those darts,” admitted

It was some weekend in Wigan for Team Unicorn. Quite simply it was the best weekend of Ted Evetts darting career. There was triple delight for the Unicorn youngster as he secured qualification for the World Championship and also won himself a prized PDC Tour card through the PDC Unicorn Development Tour, then to cap it all he won the last DT event of the year! And Dimitri van den Bergh won on the PDC Unicorn Development Tour for the second time in a month and it was his 12th Development Tour title

Newly crowned European champion James Wade is targeting the World Series title. He silenced the sell-out crowd in Vienna with a superb 6-3 victory over home town hero Mensur Suljovic. Michael Smith is also through to the quarter finals but Gary Anderson suffered a dramatic defeat to Dave Chisnall. Wade will face surprise package Jamie Lewis in the last eight. The pressure of playing on the Vienna stage clearly got to Suljovic and Wade kept his cool. His finishing was again spot on as he carved out

Kyle Anderson admitted he’s “fallen back in love with darts” after a stellar display at the World Series Finals. He was superb as he edged out Ian White 6-4 in their all Unicorn clash in Vienna on Friday night. James Wade was also a first round winner but both Dimitri van den Bergh and Keegan Brown fell at the first hurdle. Kyle averaged over 100 throughout his victory and withstood a White fightback to book another all Unicorn affair in the 2nd Round against Michael Smith. The new slower throwing

Polish star Krzysztof Kciuk will realise an ambition by playing at the Lakeside World Championship after all. The Team Unicorn ace came through the qualifiers but it has only just been confirmed the tournament will take place at the Lakeside in January with TV coverage on EuroSport. It will be a big moment for Kciuk, who came through a gruelling day at the qualifiers in Bridlington to best talented Dutch youngster Justin van Tergouw to claim his spot at Lakeside. “This is great news for Krzysztof”

He’s done it! Team Unicorn’s James Wade has won the European Championship. On a dramatic day when he survived six match darts in the quarter and semi-finals, Wade stormed to an 11-8 win over Simon Whitlock in the final in Dortmund. It’s his first ‘Major’ TV ranking final in more than seven years, but an 8th ‘Major’ in all. It was a fabulous achievement and of course it is a double celebration after the birth of his son Arthur earlier this month! But there was heartache for fellow Unicorn ace Joe

James Wade remains on course for the European Championship title. The Unicorn star put in a great performance to beat Ricky Evans 10-5 to set up a quarter-final clash against Gerwyn Price in Dortmund on Sunday. He hasn’t won a tournament of any kind for two-and-half years but perhaps this is his moment again in Germany. “I am enjoying darts again,” he declared after his convincing victory over Evans and a 95 average was more than enough as his opponent missed chance after chance and Wade cashed in

Joe Cullen will contest another ‘Major’ TV quarter-final on Sunday. He dominated the all Unicorn 2nd Round clash at the European Championship as he swept to a 10-4 victory over Michael Smith on Friday night in Dortmund. Also on Friday, Team Unicorn ace James Wade won his 1st Round match against Martin Schindler but Kyle Anderson was edged out by Gerwyn Price. For Cullen, it is a first European Championship quarter-final and he will play World Champion Rob Cross in the last eight. Meanwhile there

Joe Cullen and Michael Smith will battle it out for a place in the quarter-finals of the European Championship. The pair will meet in a tasty all Unicorn clash in the 2nd Round in Dortmund after Cullen beat Jelle Klaasen and Smith saw off Steve Lennon. But it was a hugely disappointing night for Ian White, as he was sent packing by Richard North. Smith averaged 101 as he came back to defeat Irishman Lennon. He had to find his best form. Lennon led 3-2 and missed a dart at the bull for a 4-2 advantage

Ian White will head to the Players Championship Finals next month as the No.1 seed. Despite a disappointing last weekend of the PC season in Barnsley, the Unicorn man has held onto top spot and will play Scott Taylor in the first round in Minehead. Gary Anderson is the 2nd seed and he will take on Alan Tabern in that 1st Round. The Unicorn man withdrew from PC 22 - the last event of the year - and the tournament was won again by Krzysztof Ratajski who beat Adrian Lewis 6-4 in the final. The Pole,