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Deta Hedman has stated that she has been campaigning against transgender competitors in women's darts 'for the best part of two years' amid the storm that has engulfed the darts world following her forfeiture of the Denmark Open after being drawn against Noa-Lynn van Leuven. The 64-year-old told German newspaper Bild that she was 'not playing against a man in a woman's event' when lined up to face Van Leuven - a trans player who has been competing on the PDC and WDF circuits since 2022 - in the tournament's quarter-final.  Supporters of Hedman were quick to offer the former WDF world No 1 compensation after she pulled out of the competition, but the Briton stressed that she had been paid in full by the Denmark Open and instead appears content to raise awareness for her cause. 

The 17-year-old produced another top-drawer display as he swept past Joe Cullen 8-4 in the Austrian Open final this week. It was a second PDC European Tour title for 'The Nuke', who won the Belgian Open in March on what was his event debut. Littler's impressive campaign follows on from his remarkable run to the World Championship final at the turn of the year. He is five points clear at the top of the Premier League table and is within touching distance of qualifying for the play-off stage.

Following the teen darts sensation's meteoric rise, Phil Taylor has revealed that he would be open to mentoring Luke Littler. Littler burst into the darts scene with a dramatic run to the World Championship final at the start of the year as a 16-year-old. In the final, Luke Humphries was defeated by Nuke, but the Nuke has since gone on to win the Bahrain Masters and the Belgian Darts Open.'

On the face of it, there is nothing linking a factory worker, an electrician, a publican, and a tiler together. The same goes for cattle raiser, builder, and tyre fitter. However, darts have a common theme running through those careers, as they were all held by men who went on to become world champions.

Littler, 17, is the youngest of his generation to reach the World Darts Championship final, where he lost to world number one Luke Humphries. However, he claims he has already 'been playing for a long time' and may call it off years before you expect, despite his youth experience. If he played until the age of Phil Taylor, 63, he'd be chucking darts at a board until 2065.

On his PDC ProTour debut at Players Championship in Wigan, Luke Littler threw a nine-darter. In the first two rounds, the 17-year-old sensation had defeated Jim Williams and Luke Woodhouse to advance to a last-32 match with Michele Turetta. Little put a 5-1 lead over the first ever Italian Tour Card holder after breaking his opponent in the third round.

BY RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: An atypical day in his life, an exclusive insight. The routine is rather like Luke Littler's - unique and quite surprising as a recipe for sporting brilliance. He starts his description with his nights, which seem to be his afternoons, and the result in an interesting portrait of the dartist as a young man. They might also raise a question: one can only imagine how effective he would be with a video game controller if he is this good at darts. I'm not sure why, but I am always up until, like, 2 a.m., or 3 a.m., so it's not worth recounting at this point, since he is a lad who just turned 17 three weeks old.' Or, to put it another way, he was a prodigy who reached the final of the World Championship last month at the age of 16 and then won his first professional title after ten minutes of training. We didn't know about him eight weeks ago, and today he has 1.1 million followers on Instagram, £220,000 in prize money, and was recently given a private audience with Sir Alex Ferguson.

Eloise Milburn, Luke Littler's beauty consultant, is one of those who have taken to social media to wish the rising darts actress a happy birthday. Milburn took to Instagram on Sunday morning to wish Littler happy birthday, writing: 'Happiest of birthdays to this one! Have the best day and love you.'

After the teen sensation defeated him to win the Bahrain Masters, Michael van Gerwen sent Luke Littler a warning. Littler, who is 17 years old on Sunday, won his first professional men's title, extending his climb after his epic run to the final at the World Darts Championship. Littler, who lost to Luke Humphries in the final, showed no signs of stopping him in his Ally Pally - where he was a one-off, beating Van Gerwen 8-5 in an exciting final.

Before winning the Bahrain Masters title, teenager darts sensation Luke Littler has admitted that he had not thrown a dart since the World Championship finals. The 16-year-old made a memorable World Series debut by winning the Middle East title for the first time. In the final, Littler defeated three-time world champion Michael van Gerwen 8-5 to win his first senior PDC title.

Luke Littler has won the Bahrain Masters after defeating three-time PDC world champion Michael van Gerwen in the Middle East and winning £20,000 in prize money two days before his 17th birthday. The 16-year-old caps his World Series debut with his first professional men's title and continues his rise after his remarkable run to the world championship final.

On Friday, Luke Littler reached a nine-darter in his Bahrain Masters quarter-final match, as the teenage sensation's dazzling form in the PDC World Championship final continues. In addition to his outstanding start to the game, Littler became the youngest-ever player to achieve a nine-dart finish in a televised game after beating the previous record held by Michael van Gerwen.

As he begins a few days off after becoming the youngest ever finalist at the World Darts Championship, Luke Littler has maintained that he will remain 'level headed' and "keep myself to myself." After losing 7-4 to Luke Humphries in last night's final at Alexandra Palace, the 16-year-old, who stunned the world with his spectacular run in the tournament, fell just short of establishing darts history.

The former darts player, 50, has appeared in three PDC majors as a world semi-finalist and runner-up, losing to Phil Taylor on each occasion. Following Luke Humphries' victory last night, Channel 5's Walker tweeted: "Loving the coverage, but sport like this should really be focused on terrestrial telly #WorldDartsChampionship.' It came after Luke Littler's heroic run in the tournament gripped the nation. However, Mardle replied firmly, "Dan, terrestrial tv didn't want to know when darts needed it." When playing darts, Sky Sports stood alone.'

In a topsy-turvy World Darts Championship match that left audiences in Alexandra Palace and viewing on television around the world, the 16-year-old stood down to the world's number one - and his family is 'unbelievably proud.' Despite the momentary blip on Wednesday night, marketing experts claim the teenage sensation's record-breaking fairy tale is just getting off, and his only path for his future is up as he continues to chase his world championship dreams. The Warrington youngster's strange-than-fiction tale has captured the imagination of the country in a way that money cannot buy - and with a larger audience than ever invested in professional darts, Littler and prospective sponsors have opportunities to rake in the cash.

In a thrilling final today, Luke Humphries denied teenage darts phenom Luke Littler a triumph. In a topsy-turvy match that left the audience at London's Alexandra Palace on their feet, the world number one thrashed the 16-year-old who has taken the world of darts by storm. Humphries got off to a good start by pinching the first set, much like in the semi-finals, though Littler struggled to find his range. However, the teenager roared back to take three of the next four sets as a shell-shocked Humphries attempted to contend with his opponent's fine finishing. As Littler led by a 4-2 lead, 'Cool Hand' Luke's woes were summed up when he knocked one of his own darts off the board.' However, Humphries lived up to his name and regained his composure to be 5-4 in front as the final ebbed and flowed. He then switched to laser sharp focus to shut down Littler and win 7-4, crashing to his knees and weeping as he fulfilled his lifelong ambition. Littler's disappointing end to the tournament had left the world of darts awe. However, he will leave with a £200,000 consolation prize, and his stellar performances have boosted him to the world's top 32, bringing him a spot on this year's circuit.

KIERAN GILL AT ALEXANDRA PALACE: Walking around Alexandra Palace's Luke Littler wonderland, it became apparent that Mail Sport would have appeared less of a sore thumb if we hadn't arrived in costume as a sore thumb. As a result of turning up in normal clothing at the world's biggest fancy dress party. On Wednesday, tickets were being sold on the sly for up to £3,000 a pop - potentially witnessing history as Warrington's 16-year-old wunderkind took on new world No. 1 Luke Humphries - and those fortunate enough to be inside Ally Pally were dressed for the occasion. If you were not here as an Oompa Loompa or an orange traffic cone or contributing to this beer-drenched fever fever in some other strange get-up, you were the strange one, as we found when waiting in line at a kebab truck sandwiched between two nuns. If you did not finish the look with a £20 half-and-half scarf of the two Lukes from one of the salesmen outside, weirder.

The Sid Waddell Trophy will be crowned on Saturday by 16-year-old Luke Littler in the face of the new World No. 1 Luke Humphries. Littler has been following the tournament after winning six straight matches to advance to the final in his maiden World Darts Championship debut. Even if he falls short tonight, the teen star has performed more than enough to suggest that he will return to challenge the title for years to come.

Referee Russ Bray is proud of his position as the "voice of darts" as he prepares to call his final World Championship final on Wednesday. The 66-year-old has become one of the most coveted players in sport due to his signature sound and booming voice, while his 'game on' to signal the start of play is immediately recognisable. On Wednesday night, he would conduct his 28th and final final before going into semi-retirement while still serving as an ambassador for the Professional Darts Corporation.

The 16-year-old darts prodigy, also known as 'the Nuke,' recovered from an early slump that saw Cross claim the first set in the competition at Alexandra Palace in London, guaranteeing himself a minimum £200,000. Littler, the reigning junior and world youth champion, stormed hands with supporters as he strode onto the stage before stopping to receive a kiss on the cheek from Ms Milburn, 21, who played FIFA online. He then bounced back against Cross' first-set starter to win in consecutive sets in the second, third, and fourth sets. Although his 33-year-old rival claimed the fifth, Littler was unfazed and took the sixth, seventh, and eighth sets.

Luke Littler, the teen darts sensation, has revealed how he's going to spend his prize money from the PDC World Darts Championship. During the tournament, Littler, 16, was treated to a fairytale ride, with the newly named 'Prince of the Palace' causing a frightening surprise to the daring world in reaching the semi-finals. He is now the favourite to win the entire thing after losing 5-1 in his quarter-final match on Monday after entering the World Championship as a 66-1 outsider.

Rob Cross has information about his arrival on the World Darts Championship track. He made his debut at the Alexandra Palace and won the tournament, defeating 16-time champion Phil Taylor 7-2 in the final six years. Now, he is trying to put an end to teenage sensation Luke Littler's incredible run in his first appearance at the international competition, with the pair set to meet in the semi-finals tonight. Littler has defied the odds to win five straight matches at the age of 16, but only losing four sets along the way. Cross is certainly up against it, but he may not have guessed he was in the last four of the World Championship when he was Littler's age.

Luke Littler has shared how he threw his first darts while still in nappies. The 16-year-old has caused a stir at the World Championships by storming his way into the semi-finals, with Brendan Dolan named 'The Nuke's new victim.' A video of the prodigy at just 18 months old enjoying his magnetic dart board at home was unearthed on YouTube as the rage over the teen giant rises.

After the teen's success in the World Darts Championship semi-finals, Luke Litter's beauty consultant girlfriend sent a sweet note congratulating him. After his thrilling 5-1 victory over Brendan Dolan at Alexandra Palace on New Year's Day, the teen sensation's delighted other half, Eloise - who is an amateur darts player herself, was seen celebrating him. After the match, the 'Prince of the Palace' was seen kissing and hugging his new girlfriend before posting a photo of the pair of them together on Instagram, a sentiment she reposted with the tag 'The dream continues.' Incredibly proud of you!' Although the blonde has been seen at recent football matches supporting her boyfriend and his family at the championships, she has been keeping a low profile while assisting her boyfriend and his family. She is expected to be in his semi-final match on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the youngster's grandmother has made a plea to her parents to be allowed the day off work if he makes it to the final later this week, guaranteeing him at least £200,000 in the process.