Luke Littler made a winning start to his bid for a maiden World Darts Championship title after coming through a tough test against Ryan Meikle at Alexandra Palace. Last year’s runner-up recovered from a slow start to dominate the closing stages of the contest, wrapping up a 3-1 victory to book a third-round meeting with … Read more
TV host Emma Paton has defended the media’s coverage of Luke Humphries amid complaints from players. Gary Anderson and James Wade have been among the high-profile darts stars to complain about a perceived lack of attention for Humphries around this year’s World Darts Championship. 2 Littler was beaten by Humphries in the 2024 PDC World … Read more
Luke Littler’s darts career just keeps on getting better and better. The 17-year-old was virtually unknown this time last year, but he’s now one of the sport’s biggest stars after winning the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts. 4 Littler won his first PDC-ranked televised event in November 2024Credit: Getty Littler dominated Martin Lukeman to win … Read more
The 2024/25 PDC World Darts Championship is here and 96 players are competing for the richest prize in the sport. This is one of the best events on the British sporting calendar these days, and the winner walks home with a cool six-figure sum, and the Sid Waddel Trophy. 4 Luke Humphries is the current … Read more
An “over the moon” Ryan Meikle believes all the pressure is on Luke Littler for their second-round match at the World Darts Championship on Saturday, adding “I’ve got a chance”. Meikle edged past Fallon Sherrock in their first-round encounter on Tuesday night, coming back from 1-0 down to ultimately prevail 3-2. The win sets up … Read more
Twelve months ago, there were whispers about an up-and-coming teenage talent named Luke Littler who could impress at the World Darts Championship. And impress he certainly did. A month or so out from Alexandra Palace in 2023, Littler went into the World Youth Championship final against favourite Gian van Veen and picked up a 6-4 … Read more
Luke Littler became the face of darts after his first outing at the PDC World Championship and the anticipation is building for his return. ‘The Nuke’ burst onto the sporting scene by reaching last year’s final at Ally Pally at age 16 and in his debut professional tournament. 3 Littler will be hopeful of winning his first world … Read more
Luke Littler has been named as the third most searched person on Google in the UK, ahead of Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and King Charles. Littler, who is preparing for the World Darts Championship which begins this Sunday at 6.30pm live on Sky Sports, was only behind the Princess of Wales, searched as Kate … Read more
Christmas is just around the corner, and so is one of the highlights in the sporting calendar – the World Darts Championship. The festive season is synonymous with music, and so are the Worlds at Alexandra Palace – ‘Chasing the Sun’ by Planet Funk on loop for the next month, anyone? In addition to darts’ … Read more