LUKE LITTLER heads into the New Year just THREE GAMES away from becoming the youngest world darts champion in history. One of the greatest debut years in professional sport was capped by Littler with a hard-fought 4-3 victory over Ryan Joyce that went the distance in the last game of 2024. 6 Luke Littler beat Ryan Joyce to reach the quarter-finals of the world championships Credit: Getty 6 The teenager will now play Nathan Aspinall in the last eight Credit: PA 6 Joyce pushed Littler but could not compete with the teenager's big scoring Credit: AP Follow all the action from the World Darts Championship as it happens with SunSport's LIVE blog But 2025 could be even BETTER if he goes all the way and picks up the Sid Waddell Trophy late on Friday night.
At 17 years old, he is aiming to be the youngest person to be champion of the world and how extraordinary that will be. Nathan Aspinall , his stable mate, will have something to say about that in the quarter-finals on New Year’s Day but the Littler bandwagon continues. READ MORE IN DARTS LEFT GUESSING Fans realising why darts stars always turn to the left at World Championship A relieved Littler said: "Honestly, I don’t know how I did that.
I said to Ryan there, he hit everything at me. "I broke Ryan in the first set and he hit me back. I broke him again and it’s then 2-2.
"I just wanted him to miss! I had a lot of chances at the doubles while Ryan wasn’t close. I am happy to win. "I wasn’t nervous, it was adrenalin.
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