Teenager blows away Van Gerwen 7-3 to seal first title Littler becomes the youngest darts world champion There was a final flick of the fingers, before the fists began to Read more

17-year-old Englishman beats his Dutch rival 7-3 Littler becomes youngest ever PDC world champion Tonight the Palace; tomorrow the planet. Whatever Luke Littler goes on to achieve in the fields Read more

The final is set for 8pm GMT start at Alexandra Palace Today in Focus podcast: how Britain fell in love with darts Three-dart averageLittler 102.13 Van Gerwen 99.75 Checkout percentageLittler Read more

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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