Darts news: Five players who could dethrone Luke Littler to win the 2026 PDC World Darts Championships
Everybody has fallen short when facing Luke Littler in a major tournament in 2025. Can anyone stop the Nuke, or is he going to go back-to-back to win his second World Championship of his career?
Here, Sports News Blitz writer Will Thomas looks at five players who could dethrone Luke Littler to win the 2026 World Championships.
Darts news: Five things we learned from the Grand Slam as Luke Littler retains the Eric Bristow Trophy
The Grand Slam of Darts concluded on Sunday, November 16, after a week of darting drama.
Predictably, Luke Littler continued his dominance of professional darts, winning the Grand Slam for the second year in a row.
But what did we learn from the week of darts in Wolverhampton? Sports News Blitz writer Joseph Ould gives his thoughts.
Darts news: ‘The next big one’ - Luke Littler targets World Grand Prix glory following management split
Luke ‘The Nuke’ Littler admitted the World Grand Prix is ‘the next big one for him’ as it remains one of the rare PDC major tournaments he is yet to win.
Littler looks set to right his wrongs from last year’s early exit as he qualified into the last 16 - where he is set to face last year’s winner Mike De Decker.
This comes after beating familiar foe Gian van Veen in the opening round, writes Sports News Blitz’s William Thomas.
Darts analysis: The transformation of the sport over the last decade
The sport of darts has seen a dramatic shift in popularity over the last decade, and this is down to a number of things.
Sports News Blitz’s Joe Grainger looks at the rise in popularity of the greatest ‘pub sport’ on the planet…
Luke Littler’s net worth, girlfriend and favourite football team
Sports News Blitz serves up some interesting facts about the 17-year-old who has taken the darts world by storm.