MICHAEL VAN GERWEN clinched the first European Tour title of 2018 in a dramatic European Darts Open final against Peter Wright.

PETER WRIGHT bounced back to form as he began his defence of the European Darts Open title in Leverkusen on Saturday.

ADRIAN LEWIS survived a missed match dart as he joined James Wade amongst the European Darts Open's first round winners.

DANNY NOPPERT, Jan Dekker, Jermaine Wattimena and Michael Rasztovits enjoyed a double European Tour qualifying success.

FORMER European Tour winners James Wade and Steve Beaton will clash on the opening day of the European Darts Open on Friday.

CAMERON MENZIES landed a nine-dart finish as he claimed a double European Tour UK Qualifier success alongside six other players.

THE entries have been confirmed for the German Darts Open and Austrian Darts Open European Tour events.

JAMES WADE and Adrian Lewis were amongst six players to enjoy double success in the ET1-2 UK Qualifier.

THE entries for the year's first two PDC European Tour events have been confirmed ahead of the UK Qualifiers on Friday February 16.

KROMBACHER has been unveiled as the official beer partner of PDC Europe for their 16 tournaments during 2018.