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.

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 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.

She said it was not just about the sport: darts can also help youngsters with maths. "We've got such a lovely team, and we've got instructors that are DBS [Disclosure and Barring

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 field for this year’s Premier League Darts has been announced, with eight players set to battle it out over 16 weeks before finals night in London. Luke Littler won the event on debut last year and it was a sign of more success to come as he has begun 2025 with his first World Championship title.