Helen Pidd attends the PDC World Darts Championship to find out why the sport has grown in popularity in recent years Ever since the then 16-year-old Luke Littler stormed to Read more

MvG thrashes Dobey 6-1; Littler demolishes Bunting 6-1 Teenager finishes with 105 average in thrashing Deep down, we all knew this was going to happen at some point. From the Read more

Semi-finals at Alexandra Palace, play from 7.30pm GMT Sign up for The Recap newsletter | Mail Niall any thoughts Nickname: Hollywood World ranking: No 15 Home town: Bedlington Major titles: Read more

Littler’s 5-2 win sets up semi-final with Stephen Bunting ‘The crowd wanted a comeback, I just wanted to finish it’ Nathan Aspinall probably thinks he just took part in a Read more

Dutchman faces Chris Dobey in last four after 5-3 win Rydz wins more legs and has higher average in loss They call 1 January the greatest day in the darting Read more

Updates from all four of the New Year’s Day quarter-finals Sign up for The Recap | And email your thoughts to Rob The head-to-head record is Price 14-1 Dobey, which Read more

Three-time PDC world champion beat Swede 4-2 in last 16 Stephen Bunting and Nathan Aspinall also advance A statement win for Michael van Gerwen, but also in its own way Read more

The Guardian and Observer sport photographer selects his favourite images of the year and recalls the stories behind them It’s been quite a year, and one totally dominated by the Read more

Two-time champion beats world No 1 and holder 4-1 Wright joins Gerwyn Price in quarter-finals Luke Humphries left this arena stunned and staggered, left it the victim of one of Read more

Littler overcomes slow start to defeat Ian White 4-1 Van Gerwen into last 16 by beating Brendan Dolan 4-2 Luke Littler struggled to hit top form but still did enough Read more