Luke Littler sails into blockbuster world darts final with Michael van Gerwen
- MvG thrashes Dobey 6-1; Littler demolishes Bunting 6-1
- Teenager finishes with 105 average in brutal display
- Today in Focus podcast: how Britain fell in love with darts
Deep down, we all knew this was going to happen at some point. From the moment Luke Littler stepped through the doors of Alexandra Palace in 2023 and started throwing darts from the gods, a countdown had begun that would ineluctably, irrevocably end with the Sid Waddell Trophy hoisted aloft in his arms.
And yet, with the moment potentially hours away, the thought of it still seems somehow unreal, illusory, transgressive. Darts is on the verge of a new age, a tectonic shift in its history, popularity and cultural footprint.
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