Newly crowned darts world champion Luke Littler, despite his meteoric rise and impact on the sport, remains humble and avoids claiming the title of 'best.'
Newly crowned world champion Luke Littler says he will never describe himself as the best darts player in the world. 'People will say I am the best at the minute but I've said I will never admit I am the best,' Littler told BBC Breakfast.The teenager was making only his second appearance at the tournament having reached the final on debut 12 months ago, losing to current world number one Luke Humphries.
Since his Alexandra Palace debut in December 2023, Littler has risen from 164th to second in the PDC Order of Merit.Since lifting the Sid Waddell Trophy, Littler has received congratulations from across the world of sport. The most meaningful to Littler was from former England captain David Beckham, a hero when he was at Littler's beloved Manchester United. At last month's BBC Sports Personality of the Year, Littler said he wanted Beckham to follow him on Instagram and he has since done so.'That's the biggest one . He said 'well done and wow'.'Littler's World Championship win finishes off a year in which his success has helped the sport grow massively. In 2024, Littler was the most searched for sports person on Google in Great Britain and the third most searched person overall. As well as winning the BBC's Young Sports Personality of the Year award and finishing second in the main award, Littler has featured on TV chat shows and is in Forbes' 30 Under 30 Europe list, uncharted territory for a darts player. Dubbed the 'Littler effect', 'The Nuke' is aware of what his success has done for darts, with significant growth in the number of academies for children being formed across Great Britain in the last 12 months.'I know what I have done for the sport and good for kids to experience Alexandra Palace.As well as his older brother, Littler's parents joined him on stage at Alexandra Palace to see him celebrate his World Championship crow
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