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Forget Euro 2016, there is a World Cup to win and England are among the favourites to win the tournament, which you can watch live on Sky Sports. Mario Lemieux Penguins Jersey . Frankfurt is the venue for the sixth hosting of the World Cup of Darts and for the fifth year running, Germany are the hosts for what promises to be a memorable four days of tungsten.And rather than every man for himself, Premier League winner Michael van Gerwen, 16-time world champion Phil Taylor and reigning world champion Gary Anderson will be teaming up with a fellow countryman in the hope of walking off with the trophy and the title on Sunday night. World Cup questions The favourites, the surprise names - all you need to know Just like its football, rugby and cricket equivalents, some of the lesser-known nations will hope to take their chance to shine and perhaps cause a similar stir to Spain, Gibraltar and South Africa, who down the years have caused the giants of the darting world a problem or two.England are the defending champions and have won three of the previous five events. On all three occasions, it has been Taylor teaming up with Adrian Lewis and the pair will be together again in Germany this week. Studd: Devons World Cup woe Rod Studd looks back at 2012 and some number crunching issues The Netherlands are the only other team to have claimed the title of world champions, winning the first-ever staging in 2010 when Raymond van Barneveld teamed up with Co Stompe for a memorable triumph and then in 2014, when Barney and MVG teamed up to beat England.Wales, Australia, Belgium and Scotland are the other nations to have reached the final and all will fancy their chances of another strong showing this year, while fourth seeds Northern Ireland are not to be underestimated with Brendan Dolan and Daryl Gurney representing them. World Cup of Darts - Draw Top Half (1) England v Spain China v Czech Rep (8) Austria v Italy South Africa v Singapore (5) Wales v Finland Greece v Canada (4) N Ireland v Japan Ireland v Hong Kong Bottom Half (2) Scotland v New Zealand Norway v Gibraltar (7) Belgium v Poland Hungary v Thailand (6) Australia v Germany Denmark v Sweden (3) Netherlands v Russia United States v Philippines The first-round matches were spread over the first two days, with eight scheduled for both Thursday and Friday night - the second round will then take place over two sessions on Saturday. The quarter-finals on Sunday afternoon will be followed by the semi-finals and final on Sunday night.The first round was played as doubles matches and were the best of nine legs, while the second round, quarter-finals and semi-finals are two best-of-seven-leg singles matches. In the event of both nations winning one singles match each, a best-of-seven-leg doubles match will be played to decide the tie.The final will be played as two best-of-seven-leg singles matches, followed by a best-of-seven-leg doubles match and then reverse singles matches, with the first team to win three games the winner.You can follow the World Cup of Darts on Sky Sports on Sky Sports 1, with the final scheduled for Sunday at 7pm.  Or watch from £6.99 without a contract, on NOW TV. World Cup of Darts - Pairings (seedings in brackets) (1) England Phil Taylor Adrian Lewis (2) Scotland Gary Anderson Robert Thornton (3) Netherlands Michael van Gerwen Raymond van Barneveld (4) Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan Daryl Gurney (5) Wales Mark Webster Gerwyn Price (6) Australia Simon Whitlock Kyle Anderson (7) Belgium Kim Huybrechts Ronny Huybrechts (8) Austria Mensur Suljovic Rowby-John Rodriguez Canada John Part Ken MacNeil China Yuanjun Liu Wenge Xie Czech Republic Michal Kocik Pavel Drtil Denmark Per Laursen Daniel Jensen Finland Kim Viljanen Marko Kantele Germany Max Hopp Jyhan Artut Gibraltar Dyson Parody Manuel Vilerio Greece John Michael Ioannis Selachoglou Hong Kong Ting Chi Royden Lam Scott MacKenzie Hungary Nandor Bezzeg Patrik Kovaks Italy Daniele Petri Michel Furlanis Japan Keita Ono Haruki Muramatsu New Zealand Warren Parry Cody Harris Norway Robert Wagner Cor Dekker Philippines Gilbert Ulang Alex Tagarao Poland Krzysztof Ratajski Mariusz Paul Ireland William OConnor Mick McGowan Russia Aleksandr Oreshkin Boris Koltsov Singapore Paul Lim Harith Lim South Africa Devon Petersen Graham Filby Spain Cristo Reyes Antonio Alcinas Sweden Magnus Caris Daniel Larsson Thailand Thanawat Gaweenuntawong Attapol Eupakaree USA Darin Young Larry Butler Also See: World Cup questions WATCH: Dancing Devon WATCH: Belgium anger Aussies World Cup pairs confirmed Brian Dumoulin Jersey . 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The St. Louis Cardinals placed Jhonny Peralta on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday with a strained ligament in his left thumb, marking the second time this year that the veteran infielder has been sidelined by a thumb injury.Peralta is the latest Cardinals infielder to be placed on the DL, joining All-Star third baseman Matt Carpenter (oblique) and first baseman Brandon Moss (ankle).Despite the injuries to those three impact players, the Cardinals are not interested in trading for a hitter unless they can acquire a long-term impact player, a source told ESPNs Mark Saxon.Peralta, 34, said he jammed his thumb while swinging the bat last weekend. Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak acknowledged that he thinks this latest injury is related to the torn thumb ligament that Peralta suffered in spring training.Its a different spot, but to say its completely unrelated, I dont think anyone can tell you that, Mozeliak said.Peralta misseed the first nine weeks of the season after undergoing thumb surgery in March. Justin Schultz Penguins Jersey. He has played in 30 games since his June 7 return to the Cardinals, batting .221 with five home runs and 13 RBIs.Moss, the Cardinals leading home run hitter, is out of his walking boot and expected to begin a minor league rehabilitation assignment early next week, Mozeliak said. Carpenters return is at least three weeks away.The Cardinals announced Peraltas injury amid a series of roster moves before Tuesdays game against the San Diego Padres. St. Louis recalled outfielder Jeremy Hazelbaker and right-hander Miguel Socolovich from Triple-A Memphis and also designated catcher Michael McKenry for assignment.Jedd Gyorko will start at third base Tuesday for the Cardinals.ESPNs Mark Saxon contributed to this report. ' ' '