Dom Taylor has been suspended from darts after a drug check produced an “antagonistic analytical discovering”, that means he’ll play no additional half within the PDC World Championship.

Englishman Taylor, who beat Oskar Lukasiak within the first spherical at Alexandra Palace, had been scheduled to face Jonny Clayton on Saturday however the Welsh fifth seed will now obtain a bye by means of to the final 32.

The Darts Regulation Authority (DRA) stated it and Skilled Darts Company (PDC) are conducting testing throughout the World Championship consistent with “ongoing anti-doping procedures”.

In an announcement,, exterior the DRA added: “On 19 December, the DRA was notified of an antagonistic analytical discovering in respect of the participant Dom Taylor ensuing from a check performed on 14 December.

“Because of this and consistent with related DRA processes, Dom Taylor has been suspended from collaborating in any DRA regulated occasions with rapid impact.

“This matter will now be the topic of a disciplinary course of consistent with the related DRA anti-doping guidelines.

“The DRA won’t be making any additional remark pending the end result of this confidential course of.”

Aside from confirming that Clayton would go straight by means of to the third spherical, the PDC stated it will not make any additional remark.

Taylor, 27, was ranked sixty fifth on the planet at first of the event.

He was given a one-month suspension in January after failing a medication check throughout the earlier yr.

A possible two-year ban was decreased after he proved the substance was not performance-enhancing and was taken outdoors of competitors, whereas additionally committing to finishing a three-month therapy programme accepted by UK Anti-Doping.