This was Denis Ovens’ day as the veteran swept to victory in the second Players Championship event on the rock of Gibraltar. He beat Gary Anderson in the final in a deciding leg to claim his first title in nearly three years

James Wade will be kicking himself after missing a great chance to win the Eddie Cox Memorial Players Championship on Gibraltar.

He is destined for great things in the world of darts and Paul Nicholson deserved all the plaudits after the most magical day of his career.

Paul Nicholson speaks to Stuart Pyke

I’ll begin by adapting an old Geordie folk song about a lass called Cushie Butterfield, a Tyneside fish seller who could out-drink most blokes:

It was the night of his life as young Unicorn star Paul Nicholson switched off ‘The Power’ and dethroned ‘The King’ to win the Players Championship Finals.

Phil Taylor, Paul Nicholson and Colin Osborne are to battle it out in the last four at the Players Championship Finals.

Defending Champion Phil Taylor and young pretender Adrian Lewis both won nail-biting all Unicorn clashes to reach the quarter-finals of the Players Championship Finals.

Paul Nicholson raced into the quarter-finals of the Players Championship tournament in Purfleet after another accomplished performance.

Wes Newton enjoyed a comfortable path into the last 16 of the 2010 totesport.com Players Championship with a 6-2 victory over Peter Wright.