Lisa Ashton

Lisa Ashton and Fallon Sherrock will headline July's historic Betfred Women's World Matchplay, the first PDC women's tournament to be fully televised, live on Sky Sports. The eight-player line-up for next month's event has now been confirmed, with the tournament being held over the course of one afternoon session on July 24 at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool.

Fallon Sherrock and Lisa Ashton are leading the way to Blackpool but there are qualification places for the Women's World Matchplay on the line this weekend in Barnsley. With just four Women's Series events remaining before the cut-off, it promises to be a decisive weekend at the Barnsley Metrodome, as a host of big names eye a spot in the new £25,000 tournament.

Sherrock, who won Event Three on the opening weekend of the Women's Series in Barnsley last month, had exited at the semi-final and last-64 stage in Saturday's two events, but the 'Queen of the Palace' was back to her best as she whitewashed Lorraine Hyde, Kim Holden and Tracy North 4-0 in the first three rounds.

Trina Gulliver rolled back the years as she claimed victory in Event Five of the PDC Women's Series in Wigan. The 52-year-old, who won the last of her 10 world titles in 2016, eased to a 5-1 win over Laura Turner in the first of the day's two finals. Gulliver...

Laura Turner believes there is good enough potential in the game to stop Fallon Sherrock and Lisa Ashton from dominating the PDC Women's Series. Sherrock claimed her first Women's Series win of 2022 on Sunday as Ashton completed a weekend treble in Barnsley. Ashton had dominated Saturday's opening day in...

PDC calendar - follow the world's best darts players!. Ashton won Event One with a comfortable 5-2 victory over Wales' Rhian Griffiths, with Sherrock suffering a shock quarter-final defeat to Lorraine Winstanley. Sherrock gained revenge over Winstanley in Event Two, but she was eventually beaten in a high-quality semi-final encounter...

PDC calendar - follow the world's best darts players!. "What I love about the Women's Series is the environment we get to play in. It's so different to what we had before because the PDC have come along and introduced this Women's Series and it's extended with 20 events and a women's Matchplay," Turner told The Darts Show Podcast.

'The Lancashire Rose' will be making her third appearance at Alexandra Palace but has yet to taste victory having lost to Jan Dekker and Adam Hunt on her previous outings. History-maker Ashton became the first woman to average over 100 in a televised match in March at the UK Open and is also the first, and so far only, woman to win a Tour Card at Qualifying School.

In a blockbuster World Darts Championship second-round encounter, Gary Anderson got the better of old foe Adrian Lewis in a rematch of two previous finals, to make it through at Alexandra Palace on Thursday. With four world titles between them 'The Flying Scotsman' struck with a majestic 116 to move...

Peter Wright ensured Fallon Sherrock's Grand Slam of Darts debut ended in defeat as the Queen of the Palace was left to rue a host of missed darts at double in a 5-1 reverse. Wright, who has been out of sorts since his dominant victory at the World Matchplay in July, started fast and with an average north of 100 took an early 2-0 lead in a tournament where he has reached two of the last four finals.

Jonny Clayton is the form player in darts right now. The red-hot Welshman has picked up a staggering four televised titles thus far in 2021; the Masters, the Premier League, the Grand Prix and the World Series of Darts Finals. Considering where his game was at coming into the calendar...

Sherrock and Ashton have been handed three bumper clashes against some of the sport's biggest names after the group stage draw for the Wolverhampton event was made on Friday. The 32-player tournament will be staged at the Aldersley Leisure Village from November 13-21 - live on Sky Sports, with the players competing for the Eric Bristow Trophy and a £125,000 top prize.

Lisa Ashton claimed her spot in November's Grand Slam of Darts on the final day of the 2021 PDC Women's Series as she shared wins with Fallon Sherrock and Mikuru Suzuki in Barnsley. Ashton won Sunday's opening Event 10 and was the runner-up in Event 11, on a day that...

Fallon Sherrock and Lisa Ashton have qualified for the World Darts Championship after another dominant showing at the PDC Women's Series. The pair met in all three finals on Saturday, with Sherrock winning twice, and it means they occupy the top two spots on the Order of Merit. The duo cannot be caught, with three events remaining on Sunday's final day.

Sherrock and Ashton scooped three titles apiece at the Marshall Arena last month, and with just six events remaining on October 23-24, it would take an extraordinary effort to overhaul the decorated duo. The top two players from the final Women's Series Order of Merit will qualify for this year's...

Fallon Sherrock booked a Grand Slam of Darts debut and put herself in pole position for a World Darts Championship return after a stellar showing at the PDC Women’s Series in Milton Keynes. One week on from a spectacular run to the Nordic Darts Masters final where she was beaten...

Lisa Ashton became the first woman to win at the UK Open since 2005, creating scoring history in the process. The 50-year-old, the first woman to hold a PDC Tour card, beat Aaron Beeney 6-2 in the second round in Milton Keynes. Her average of 100.3 is a new world...

Lisa Ashton became the first woman to win at the UK Open since 2005 when she beat Aaron Beeney in the second round and made history in doing so. The 50-year-old downed Beeney 6-2 to become the first female to win at this tournament since Dena Hedman 16 years ago.

Sports stars and clubs across the world continue to provide an insight into their lives on social media. Here, the PA news agency looks at some of the best examples from March 5. Football. Happy news for David De Gea. Chelsea players celebrated a big win at Anfield. Manchester United...