Darts clubs in Hull have reported a surge in the number of children wanting to take up the sport thanks to the success of 17-year-old World Champion Luke Littler. Coaches say dozens of youngsters in the city are on waiting lists to join clubs and they are having to put on extra junior sessions due to what they have dubbed "the Littler Effect".

Luke Littler has become the youngest world champion in darts history after the 17-year-old Englishman lived up to his billing as Britain’s latest sporting superstar.

Luke Littler, 17, defeated Michael van Gerwen 7–3 at Alexandra Palace, London, to win his first PDC World Darts Championship title. The teenager takes the record of the competition’s youngest ever winner,

Teenage phenomenon Luke Littler became the youngest ever darts world champion on Friday when he swept past three-time winner Michael van Gerwen 7-3 in the final.

A sports club says there has been a "big surge in interest" after teenage darts player Luke Littler won the PDC World Championship. Darts Academy North East, in Blyth, Northumberland, caters for children from the age of seven and was averaging about 30 players.

Luke Littler has had a burly bodyguard employed by his management team following his World Darts Championship victory earlier this month, it's reported

DARTS World Champion Luke Littler has inspired the students of his former high school to take up the sport. The 17-year-old, who attended Padgate Academy before going on to become a professional darts player,