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.

Teenage star Luke Littler has reached the final at the world darts championship — again. Still just 17, Littler routed Stephen Bunting 6-1 on Thursday to give himself another shot at the title, one year after his unlikely run brought waves of new fans to the sport.

Luke Littler, Michael van Gerwen and Luke Humphries will vie for the 2025 Premier League Darts title after the eight-man field was announced on Monday.

FORMER WORLD CHAMPIONS Michael Smith and Peter Wright have missed out on a place in this year’s Premier League Darts line-up. Smith was a semi-finalist in last season’s edition after he clinched World Championship success in 2023 but has dropped to 16th in the world rankings,

Newly crowned world champion Luke Littler will defend his Premier League Darts title when the sport’s annual roadshow gets underway on 6 February in Belfast. Littler won the title on debut last year,