Gian van Veen dethroned reigning champion Luke Humphries on the opening night of the Betfred World Matchplay, as 2023 champion Nathan Aspinall also crashed out in Blackpool.

The first afternoon session of the 2025 World Matchplay takes place on Sunday 20 July, with four intriguing first-round ties on the schedule. Among those in action are former champions Peter Wright ...

The World Matchplay Darts begins tonight at Blackpool's historic Winter Gardens, with defending champion Luke Humphries aiming to retain his title and claim another £200,000 prize. The tournament, ...

He won three world titles, threw a perfect leg in Blackpool and beat Phil Taylor at a time no one thought possible. Still, the World Matchplay is missing from John Part's record. The Canadian came ...

World Matchplay gets underway at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool on Saturday night, with the defending champion in action.

World Matchplay gets underway tonight. The best darters in the world will compete for the coveted Phil Taylor Trophy. The tournament at the Winter Gardens is the second largest ranking ...

Gardens has been the home of the World Matchplay since the tournament's inception in 1994, and 16-time winner Phil Taylor ...

Each has a claim to have contributed to one of the most prestigious and cherished events on the modern darts calendar. Here ...

Nathan Aspinall returns to the Winter Gardens this month with ambition, renewed confidence and ... a particularly honest ...

On Saturday 19 July, the 32nd edition of the World Matchplay gets underway. Over the long and storied history of this ...

Over the last few months, there has arguably been no player in better form in the PDC that former world champion and world ...

World Matchplay is about to begin. The world's best dart players are expected in Blackpool from July 19 to 27 where they will ...