PDC Majors

Day One of the summer's biggest darts event saw Price kick off his bid for a maiden World Matchplay crown in emphatic style....

The World Matchplay might be the only show in town for us darts fans, but today is really Blackpool in full flow...

The pair’s all-time head-to-head might have been quite strongly in Anderson’s favour, but this match had the feeling of a close one from the off...

... an impressive start to his quest for a maiden World Matchplay title with a comfortable 10-3 defeat of Stephen Bunting.

I could have closed it out earlier, but I still had the belief even when I went 10-9 down....

I did anticipate him to be a bit nervous at the start. I knew I had to capitalise at that point...

Early highlights include reigning champion Michael van Gerwen World number one Michael Smith and last year’s runner-up Gerwyn Price:

The 30th staging of the World Matchplay will see reigning champion Michael van Gerwen headlining the stellar 32-player field, which includes six former winners of the event...

Title sponsor Betfred annually support a charity with their fundraising activity at the event - and will again be backing Macmillan Cancer Support, after making a donation of £35,428