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MICHAEL Smith was runner-up to Gerwyn Price in the Belgian Darts Championship in Hasselt on Sunday, losing 8-3 in the final.

In-form Price averaged over 100 in three of his five matches across two days at Expo Hasselt, as the Welsh number one claimed his third European Tour title on St David's Day.

With the final level at 2-2, world number three Price won five consecutive legs to take full control of the contest before hitting his favourite double top to land his 11th PDC ranking title and the £25,000 top prize.

Fresh from his exploits in Dublin last Thursday, Smith had shown up well in defeating Michael van Gerwen 6-5, Mervyn King 6-1 and Peter Wright 7-5 to get to the final.

But once again he was left thinking what might have been after defeat in another final.

The European Tour will return with the European Darts Grand Prix in Sindelfingen, Germany across the weekend of March 20-22, with all the action shown on PDCTV.