Welcome to the Express' live coverage of the World Darts Championship as a bumper day of action awaits fans on Saturday.

Ally Pally's new hero Motomu Sakai returned to the oche. After delighting fans with a stunning walk-on, he fell to a straight sets loss to Andreas Harrysson.

He is perhaps the star attraction of an afternoon session that also includes Dave Chisnall v Ricardo Pietreczko, with Dirk van Duijvenbode facing James Hurrell and Ryan Searle battling Brendan Dolan.

If that wasn't enough to get darts fans excited, then the evening session will certainly do that, with former champion Michael Smith taking on Niels Zonneveld with Chris Dobey, 2023 UK Open winner Andrew Gilding and Stephen Bunting in action.

Jonny Clayton has been handed a bye after Dom Taylor was suspended from playing due to failing a drugs test.

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