Bowling with friends, playing FIFA and a chippy tea - How Luke Littler celebrated his 18th birthday
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He first became world champion at 17, but since early last week Luke Littler has officially reached the landmark age of 18. Unlike many Brits turning 18 though, "The Nuke" didn't celebrate with a trip to his local PopWorld.
Showing great maturity, Littler enjoyed a small celebration, keeping his focus on the upcoming darts tournaments. "Yeah, it was good. Went bowling with a few of my friends. Didn't play the best, but it was just good to get out and celebrate," Littler explained to Online Darts.
Before he went bowling, Littler also enjoyed a nice meal. Rather than the kebab takeaway he became known for during the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship though, this time it was a traditional chippy tea. "Yeah, it was weird obviously," he says of his dad's choice of meal. "Surely they know that I'm going to go out, but obviously before that I was on TikTok playing my FIFA in front of like 4,000 people. So obviously they thought I was staying in for the night, but unlucky for them, I went out."
Littler was in action last weekend at the Dutch Darts Masters, the second tournament of the 2025 World Series of Darts. In his first tournament as an 18-year-old, he went down 7-6 in the semifinals against Stephen Bunting, despite posting an average of over 107.
This week, another trophy is on offer as Littler is competing at the Winmau World Masters, the first PDC major of the new season. As the darts continue to come thick and fast at this early point of the season, just a week later, the world number two begins his Premier League Darts title defense.
Busy few days back home and wanna say a massive thank you for all the birthday messages❤️ ready to go again for the dutch darts masters🎯💪🏼 pic.twitter.com/fdHQaicxBq
— Luke Littler (@LukeTheNuke180) January 24, 2025
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- The next prodigy (prodigies) are just round the corner. Wonder if it gets to the stage of 180 after 180 being hit leg after leg whether there will be a modification to the equipment such as reduced doubles and trebles, reduce the size of the board or length of the oche?Mysstree25-03-2025
- obviously littler has the potential to surpass everybody simply because nobody has been this good at this age before, but people who think he would be any kind of favourite right now against prime taylor in a big final have short memories. it's obvious that prime taylor wouldn't win as many world titles if he was playing today, but there's also good reason to believe he'd be winning more than anybody else. hell, his statistical profile still stands alone in darts history and he might statistically be even better if he was playing today with better equipment, larger beds, more competition therefore more motivation, etc.colt24-03-2025
- Bad idea. Every other Major ranking title prize funds added together do not come to £1 million. Add £500k to the prize pot and spread it out evenly over the draw.Mysstree24-03-2025
- Jake Paul is an arrogant American attention seeker. It would be nice to see - Usyk knock the arrogance out of him... but take his time in doing so.MrYnyslas197123-03-2025
- The Premier League is a glorified promotional tool for piss heads to attend and shout abuse at dart players so averages are not the way to pick the best line up. Throw Peter Manley, Eric Bristow and Jocky Wilson into the mix for some real fireworks.Mysstree22-03-2025
- Concentrate on your darts, Jake Paul would knock seven sacks of **** out of you. Add free site please.Mysstree22-03-2025
- you've printed the wrong score for the final.colt18-03-2025
- Covid or the vaccine. Which one done him?Mysstree16-03-2025