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.

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,

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.

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,