Luke Littler has jetted off to Spain to soak in the sun and celebrations of his World Darts Championship victory. The 17-year-old defeated Michael van Gerwen in a comfortable 7-3 final, going one step further than the previous season when he was beaten by Luke Humphries, and earned a cool half a million pounds in the process.

Referee Huw Ware had the pleasure of officiating Luke Littler's ascension to the PDC throne - and he knew just what was in store after a breathless first leg

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 made history by becoming the youngest-ever world champion at the World Darts Championship last week - and Jeremy Clarkson has now taken action in the wake of his stunning triumph. Littler,

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.

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.

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

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.

Luke Littler won his first PDC World Darts Championship earlier this month, beating Michael van Gerwen in the final, and the referee in charge of the second half has now opened up on what it was like