Defending champion Luke Humphries has backed his close friend Stephen Bunting to win the World Darts Championship following his own shock exit from the tournament. The world number one crashed out after a 4-1 defeat to Peter Wright in Sunday night's round of 16 at Alexandra Palace.

Reigning champion Luke Humphries was dumped out of the World Darts Championship to make Luke Littler the runaway favourite for this year’s Sid Waddell Trophy. Peter Wright produced his finest display since winning at Alexandra Palace three years ago to storm past world No 1 Humphries 4-1,

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,

British teenager Luke Littler made history Friday evening in London, becoming the youngest ever world darts champion at the tender age of 17. The young man from Warrington threw 12 maximum scores of 180 (60 points per dart,

Luke Littler became the youngest world champion after bulldozing his way past Michael van Gerwen. The 17-year-old sensation beat Van Gerwen 7-3 in a one-sided final on Friday. Victory consolidates his position as the top dog in the sport and avenges the final defeat he suffered to Luke Humphries on debut last year.

I’ve never really understood the whole “darts isn’t a sport debate”. More often than not it’s a pointless argument, spouted by elitist snobs who wouldn’t be seen within a mile of a working man’s club with a set of arrows.

Luke Littler has earned a huge amount of money in his short darts career so far, but is not intending to go wild with his cash after landing the biggest prize in the sport. The 17-year-old beat Michael van Gerwen 7-3 to win the World Darts Championship on Friday night at Alexandra Palace,