Van Barneveld, Menzies, Aspinall, Humphries disciplinary cases among released DRA list

Raymond van Barneveld's £3,000 fine and three-month suspension was among a list detailing various Darts Regulation Authority (DRA) disciplinary cases which has been released by the sport's governing body.

The DRA, which regulates PDC competitions as well as those organised by several other organisations such as the WDF and the MODUS Super Series, published an updated list which covered all disciplinary cases since 2023.

Included on the 10-page list, which covered all incidents that had taken place within televised and untelevised tournaments, were cases involving former world champions Luke Humphries, Rob Cross, Gerwyn Price and Gary Anderson.

Van Barneveld, who rivalled 16-time world champion Phil Taylor during his glory days but has seen his form fall away of late, has been reprimanded twice within the last 2½ years.

He was given a three-month suspension and ordered to pay a £3,000 fine for inappropriate behaviour and using offensive language at a Players Championship event in Wigan in February 2025. That ban was suspended for 12 months to April 9, 2026.

The Dutchman was also given a formal warning for failing to report damage caused to a hotel room in August 2025.

Anderson was fined £3,000 after being alleged to have shown aggressive and abusive behaviour during last year's World Matchplay in Blackpool.

Nathan Aspinall features on the list three times with a £500 fine for "recklessly throwing a dart" among his cases.

Menzies suspended for World Championship drinks table incident

The full outcome of Cameron Menzies' onstage outburst at Alexandra Palace was revealed in the list, with the Scot given a four-month suspension and £2,500 fine. The ban has been suspended until July 23, 2027.

Menzies has since admitted he came close to "wrapping" up his darts career after the injuries he suffered from repeatedly punching a table at the World Championship in December -- an incident for which he later apologised.

The Scot exited Alexandra Palace in disgrace as he lost control of his temper following a first-round defeat to Charles Manby before Christmas, needing medical treatment for hand injuries.

Menzies, who won his opening-round match at the Poland Darts Open on Friday, has revealed he later had to undergo surgery and says he has "no feeling in my fingers because of the damage I've done."

The 37-year-old returned to win the Players Championship 23 event in Leicester on July 6, beating Cristo Reyes in the final.

Dom Taylor's second failed drugs test

Having been withdrawn from the World Championship after failing a drugs test for the second time in just over a year, Dom Taylor was given a mandatory six-month ban by the DRA, as well as being told to pay costs of £1,275 and forfeit £25,000 in prize money. He also lost his tour card as a result.

Taylor tested positive for cocaine and cannabis.

"Accordingly, and taking into account all of the available evidence, the Committee were satisfied that Mr Taylor's ingestion of both cocaine and cannabis occurred out of competition and was not following the commencement of the World Championship on 11th December 2025," a January DRA statement, released after his hearing in front of a committee, said.

The announcement of the failed drugs test came five days after the then-world No. 65 had booked his place in the second round of World Championship with a comfortable 3-0 win over Oskar Lukasiak.

The PDC gave Taylor's second-round opponent, No. 5 seed Jonny Clayton, a bye into the third round.

Information from PA contributed to this story.