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 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.

British teenager Luke Littler made history Friday evening in London, becoming the youngest ever world darts champion at the tender age of 17.

Luke Littler became darts' youngest world champion at just 17 after thrashing three-time winner Michael van Gerwen in front of an adoring home crowd at London's Alexandra Palace on Friday.

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

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

Littler eased to a 7-3 win over Dutch darter, and former champion, Michael Van Gerwen in the final. At one point it looked like being a whitewash, but Littler never looked under a