Lim, 71, in darts' PDC World Championship for the 15th time

Veteran darts player Paul Lim continues to defy his age to write more chapters in his career, as the 71-year-old Singaporean has qualified for his 15th Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) World Darts Championship.

- David Lee

With the top five from the PDC Asian Tour Order of Merit earning a ticket to the Dec 11-Jan 3 world championship in London, Lim held on to fifth spot with US$11,800 (S$15,150), just US$200 ahead of Hong Kong's Hugo Leung after a dramatic end to the 28th and final stage in Qingdao, China on Sept 13.

After getting knocked out in the last 16, he needed fourth-placed Ryusei Azemoto to beat seventh-placed Filipino Paolo Nebrida in the semi-finals and sixth-placed Leung in the final. Japan's Azemoto delivered to send Lim through to the £5 million (S$8.7 million) event, where first-round losers will pocket £15,000.

Lim will be joined at the world championship by Filipinos Alexis Toylo, Lourence Ilagan and Japan's Motomu Sakai and Azemoto.