The back-to-back world champion cruised past his biggest rival in his opening match of the night.

Littler has been booed during his last two Premier League outings after his spat with Gian van Veen in Manchester three weeks ago.

The 19-year-old has often posted social media messages about Liverpool’s footballing struggles.

Littler earned the wrath of the local fans following his spat with Dutchman Gian van Veen two weeks ago.

Van Veen called Littler’s behaviour a fortnight ago “childish”.

World champion Littler got involved in a heated exchange with the Dutchman when the pair met on night nine of the Premier League in Manchester.

Both Rooney and Littler burst onto the scene at 16.

Jonny Clayton ultimately moved three points ahead of Littler in the table.

Littler appeared to mock Van Veen during a 6-5 quarter-final loss at the AO Arena.

The world number one was beaten 6-5 by the Dutchman.

Niels Zonneveld beat the two-time defending champion 6-5.

Boris Krcmar fell to a 6-2 defeat to Littler in Wieze.

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Littler had the last laugh after coming from 5-0 down in the final to beat Welshman Gerwyn Price 6-5.

The world champion reeled off six successive legs.

The back-to-back world champion edged a high-quality contest.

The 19-year-old won the UK Open at the weekend, successfully defending his 2025 crown, to make it five majors in a row.

The two-time world champion is the first-ever darts player to be shortlisted for the prestigious Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year Award.

The world champion beat veteran James Wade in the final for the second successive year.

The first five rounds of the competition have produced five different nightly winners.

‘The Bullet’ had not won any of his previous matches, while world champion Littler lost the opening quarter-final.

Littler was beaten by Jonny Clayton for the second week running.

The world champion was beaten by debutant Gian van Veen in his opening match of this year’s competition.

Luke Littler lost his quarter-final contest against Van Veen.

The 19-year-old is the reigning world champion.

The 19-year-old world champion has identified the short-format setplay tournament in Milton Keynes as one of his key targets in 2026.

The world champion will face Gerwyn Price later on Sunday.

The world champion had claimed the first set with a 116 average.

The tournament favourite held his nerve to set up a last-16 showdown with Ross Smith.

Littler is already joint-third on the list of all-time major tournament winners after a spectacular first two years on tour.

The two-time world champion will celebrate by heading to Dubai for a mini-break.

The two-time world champion, who turns 19 on Wednesday, saw off the evergreen 71-year-old Paul Lim for the second week in a row.

Van Gerwen let slip 3-0 and 6-2 leads before edging an enthralling contest.

Littler cruised to a 6-1 victory.

Littler takes to the oche for the first time since winning his second World Championship.

Littler has made it his mission to defend his historic title and on this evidence it is going to take something special to stop him.

The world number one cruised into the third round with a 3-0 win over David Davies.

Littler has a target on his back as he gets set to defend his title at Alexandra Palace.

The 18-year-old beat Nathan Aspinall in the Minehead showpiece on Sunday.

The world champion goes on to play Gerwyn Price in Sunday’s evening session.

Littler was in formidable form and hit 10 180s on his way to yet another final.

The teenage star followed up success in Australia with an 8-4 final win in Auckland.

Luke Littler begins his triple crown quest against Ryan Searle.