Two-time champion Peter Wright beats Wesley Plaisier 3-1 in PDC World Championship second round
First round: Ryan Meikle defeats Fallon Sherrock 3-2 to set up Saturday match against Luke Littler
Ricardo Pietreczko beats Xiaochen Zong 3-1
Jeffrey de Graaf wins 3-1 against Rashad Sweeting
Littler named BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year and is runner-up to athlete Keely Hodgkinson in main award
*De Graaf 0-0 Sweeting (1-1)
Rashad Sweeting gets a shot at double top to win his first leg at a PDC World Championship but it drops low.
Jeffrey de Graaf can't take out 64 though and Sweeting is on the scoreboard, with his third attempt at double 10 finding the red bit.
De Graaf 0-0 Sweeting* (1-0)
A few shaky visits to start for Rashad Sweeting, but Jeffrey de Graaf is quickly out of the blocks with a 140 followed by a maximum 180 and he takes the opening leg with ease.
*denotes throwing first in next leg
De Graaf 0-0 Sweeting (0-0)
Jeffrey de Graaf to throw first - GAME ON!
De Graaf v Sweeting
Our first match of the evening sees Jeffrey de Graaf take on Rashad Sweeting in the first round.
World number 81 De Graaf, who was born in the Netherlands but now represents Sweden, got to round three last year. He beat Ritchie Edhouse and Jose de Sousa before eventually losing to Rob Cross in the last 32.
His opponent, Sweeting, is making World Championship history as the first player from the Bahamas to compete in the tournament. He gets huge cheers as he is introduced to the crowd.
The winner of this one will play two-time champion Gary Anderson in round two on Sunday.
Right then, are we ready for some darts?!
Wright v Plaisier
John Part
Former PDC world champion on Sky Sports
There's been a lot of hard days at the office for Peter Wright and that's what's got to change.
He's got to get rid of it being work or a chore, and trying to solve the issues. He needs to take what he's got and have fun with it - make it more about not being a pushover, play it a little differently.
Spotted on a tree at Alexandra Palace.
Yes, it's a Christmas tree decoration featuring two-time world champion Peter 'Snakebite' Wright.
We'll be seeing him in the final match of the night against Wesley Plaisier.
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Image source, PA MediaSo much has happened at this PDC World Darts Championship and we're only on day three!
In the first two days of the tournament, we saw a couple of the title favourites progress safely through and also our first seeded player fall at the first hurdle.
Reigning champion Luke Humphries and 2021 winner Gerwyn Price made comfortable passages through to the last 32 at Alexandra Palace.
But James Wade - arguably the best player never to win the world title - was beaten in straight sets by in-form Dutchman Jermaine Wattimena in his second-round match.
Littler v Meikle/Sherrock (Sat, 21:15 GMT)
Image source, Getty ImagesLuke Littler will discover his opening opponent at this year's World Championship later this evening.
A year on from his memorable run to the final as a 16-year-old debutant, Littler is the bookmakers' favourite to win the title next month.
Littler has risen 160 places in the PDC Order of Merit to number four in the world, while since his last match at Alexandra Palace he has won the Premier League, World Series Finals and Grand Slam titles.
He gets under way in the second round on Saturday, taking on the winner of tonight's first-round match between English duo Ryan Meikle and Fallon Sherrock.
First round
Jeffrey de Graaf v Rashad Sweeting
Ricardo Pietreczko v Xiaochen Zong
Ryan Meikle v Fallon Sherrock
Second round
Peter Wright v Wesley Plaisier
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James Gregg
BBC Radio 5 Live reporter at Alexandra Palace
Image source, James Gregg/BBCThe clean-up operation in the two-hour window between doors closing after the afternoon session and opening again for the evening is military-esque.
And the replenishment of refreshments for spectators is always staggering.
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Image source, PA MediaFirst round
James Hurrell 3-0 Jim Long
Kevin Doets 3-1 Noa-Lynn van Leuven
Ryan Joyce 3-1 Darius Labanauskas
Second round
Mike de Decker 1-3 Luke Woodhouse
Image source, PA MediaThe big story so far on day three is that Mike de Decker made an early exit from the World Championship, losing 3-1 to Luke Woodhouse in his second-round match.
The World Grand Prix champion was fancied to do well at Alexandra Palace after a fine end to 2024, including winning his first major televised title in October.
But the Belgian lost the first two sets and despite rallying to take the third, De Decker was eventually knocked out by England's Woodhouse.
Read the report of what happened in Tuesday's afternoon session.
First, let's catch up with the action from earlier on day three and news of a surprise early exit...
Hello again and welcome along to our live coverage of night three at the PDC World Darts Championship.
We've got four matches to come in the next few hours - three of them in the first round and another from round two.
We'll see Fallon Sherrock's return to Alexandra Palace and Peter Wright get his quest for a third world title under way.