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Luke Humphries will stand in Luke Littler’s corner as a teammate. He will not stand there as a passenger. That is the line Cool Hand has drawn around the most outrageous season in modern darts. Littler is chasing a clean sweep of the televised majors. Humphries has already said he does not want it handed … Read more
The arrows are already flying in Amsterdam, and if you blinked on Thursday night you missed the shock of the week. Michael van Gerwen, the man who owns this tournament like nobody else, is already packing his bags. Daryl Gurney took him out 6-5 in a last-leg scrap that had the AFAS Live bouncing. The … Read more
Luke Littler does not need another reminder that darts pays now. He already collected the first million-pound World Championship cheque. This weekend in Amsterdam he can add another six-figure payday without it even touching the rankings. The World Series of Darts Finals are into their 12th year at AFAS Live. The total pot is £450,000, … Read more
Madison Square Garden was supposed to feel like a victory lap. Instead it felt like a locked door with a four-figure price tag on it. The Knicks just won their first NBA title in 53 years. Opening night on Oct. 20 against Philadelphia is banner night, ring night, the first chance for the city to … Read more
Amsterdam expected a party. What it got instead was a punch to the gut. Michael van Gerwen walked into AFAS Live as top seed, defending champion and home favourite. He left it after a first-round defeat that nobody in the building saw coming until the darts started missing. Daryl Gurney, a late call-up after visa … Read more
Luke Humphries keeps finding ways to sting Luke Littler. Three times already in 2026. Maybe four if you count every Premier League night. And now both of them are in Amsterdam this weekend, which means the story is not finished. That is the part that should make darts fans sit forward. Littler is chasing something … Read more
Jalen Brunson said it with a grin on the night the New York Knicks finally became champions again. Reporters wanted to know what came next after the franchise snapped a 53-year title drought. Brunson did not talk about another contract, another All-Star run, or even a long vacation. He said, “Try to go to SVU.” … Read more
Michael van Gerwen does not do polite nodding when something in darts smells off. He never has. So when the three-time world champion looked at Netflix’s Beat Luke Littler project this week and said they are “sending people away who are a little bit too good,” it landed like a dart in the treble. That … Read more
Rob Cross has just said the quiet part out loud. Luke Littler is not unbeatable. Not over the short stuff. Not if someone actually turns up ready to match him. That is the message from a former world champion sitting in Amsterdam this week, looking at the World Series of Darts Finals draw and refusing … Read more
Luke Littler is 19 years old, sits miles clear at the top of the darts world, and has just told the sport’s biggest power broker that he will take even more time off. That is the story in a sentence. Barry Hearn warned the game’s leading names about skipping events. Littler’s reply was not a … Read more