Luke Littler tasted glory in his second PDC World Darts Championship final earlier this month, this time getting the better of Michael van Gerwen at Ally Pally.

Luke Littler has revealed he hopes to be world No 1 by the end of the year following his recent triumph at the World Darts Championship. The 17-year-old thrashed Michael van Gerwen 7-3 at Alexandra Palace last week to become the latest winner of the Sid Waddell trophy.

Luke Littler has become the youngest world champion in darts history after the 17-year-old Englishman lived up to his billing as Britain’s latest sporting superstar.

It was an emotional, and seemingly inevitable, weekend for teenage darts phenom Luke Littler. The 17-year-old defeated Michael van Gerwen, one of the game’s greatest players, 7-3 in the PDC World Darts Championship final on Friday night to become the youngest world champion in the history of the sport.

The 17-year-old Littler brilliantly beat Van Gerwen 7-3 with an average of almost 103 as he went one better than 12 months ago

Luke Littler says there is a target on his back now he is world champion as he prepares to launch a defence of his Premier League darts title next month.

The teenage phenom set up a semi-final against Stephen Bunting with victory over Nathan Aspinall at Ally Pally

The 17-year-old sensation Littler takes is back in action after MVG battles Dobey in tonight’s semi-final ties at Alexandra Palace

Teenage phenomenon Luke Littler became the youngest ever darts world champion on Friday when he swept past three-time winner Michael van Gerwen 7-3 in the final.

Littler beat three-time champion Michael van Gerwen 7-3 in the final at a boisterous Alexandra Palace in London. It completes the remarkable rise of Littler, a prodigy from Warrington in northwest England who first threw a dart as an 18-month-old toddler,

Littler became the youngest world champion ever when he demolished Michael van Gerwen in a one-sided final at Alexandra Palace.