Paddy Power World Darts Championship 2023/24 – Final – Alexandra

While Luke Littler’s unfathomably rapid rise more easily enchants the heart and imagination, Luke Humphries’ tale is undoubtedly more inspirational. Here is a player who almost quit darts after suffering an anxiety attack mid-match to forfeit a three-set lead to James Wade at the 2019 German Open. Here is an athlete who lost four stone … Read more

Luke Littler appeared to take his World Darts Championship final defeat better than anyone else. He applauded and embraced the victorious Luke Humphries, then outgoing referee Russ Bray. He was charming and self-effacing in interviews. There was a hint of dead-eyed exhaustion he desperately tried to mask, but that’s understandable. For all we’d seen of … Read more