WORLD number one Michael van Gerwen has spoken of his excitement at returning to Las Vegas for the William Hill US Darts Masters.

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OVER 170 players will compete for places in the William Hill North American Championship and William Hill US Darts Masters.

ROYDEN LAM, Lourence Ilagan and Seigo Asada have confirmed their places in the 2018 Shanghai Darts Masters from the PDC Asian Tour rankings.

CODY HARRIS & Warren Parry will be joined by Haupai Puha and Tim Pusey in competing in August's Auckland Darts Masters.

DAWSON MURSCHELL is hoping to repeat his heroics of last year at the William Hill US Darts Masters in Las Vegas next month.

GERWYN PRICE is to defy the pain of a ruptured Achilles tendon to compete on the PDC World Series and at the BetVictor World Matchplay.

THE 2018 German Darts Masters will go down in history as a world record-breaking crowd for a darts event, with the attendance now officially verified.

JUST four weeks remain before the PDC World Series of Darts returns to Las Vegas.

MENSUR SULJOVIC overcame Dimitri Van den Bergh 8-2 to claim glory in the German Darts Masters in Gelsenkirchen.