World Masters Darts results LIVE as Gary Anderson and Michael van Gerwen in action at Milton Keynes

Resurgent World champions Michael van Gerwen and Gary Anderson headline night one at the Winmau World Masters.

The star suo, who have five crowns between them, open the show in Milton Keynes surrounded by a host of glittering stars including fellow Ally Pally king Gerwyn Price.

World No.3 Gian van Veen and former Masters winners James Wade and Chris Dobey are also on the card for an exhilarating first night of the showpiece tournament.

Van Gerwen kicked off the 2026 campaign in brilliant fashion by winning the first World Series event in Bahrain.

However, he was unable to cope with Anderson at the World Championship as the Tartan ace defeated him in the last 16 on his run to the semis.

Van Gerwen meets Australia’s No.1 Damon Heta at Arena MK, while Anderson is up against Niels Zonneveld, one of the qualifiers from Wednesday’s preliminary rounds.

Elsewhere on the evening, Dobey meets Jermaine Wattimena and van Veen tackles Ryan Joyce. Tie of the night could be Jonny Clayton against Wessel Nijman.

Follow all of the action right here in our LIVE blog from Milton Keynes.

The Welsh superstar is desperate to get back into the winners circle on TV. His shock Ally Pally exit was unexpected and, typically, he bounced back off the ropes to beat Luke Littler in Bahrain in the opening World Series encounter. However, he couldn’t get over the line there or in Saudi and this weekend at MK is a big opportunity for The Iceman to show his class

The Scottish legend was back near his best at the Ally Pally as he rolled back the years. Anderson stormed to the semi-finals and his run launched him up to World No.6 again in the rankings. He says he’s got the fire to go even higher and this is a big chance to make a statement for the