Luke Humphries beats Luke Littler to win the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship final

Luke Humphries burst the teenage dream of Luke Littler to become this year’s PDC World Darts Championship champion in an enthralling spectacle.

Humphries, 28, overcame the 16-year-old sensation 7-4 in a pulsating match at Alexandra Palace to become world champion for the first time in his career and claim the £500,000 in prize money.

It’s been an incredible few months for ‘Cool Hand’ who went into the match as the newly-appointed world No 1 following a brilliant run of firm that has seen him win four of the last five majors.

Trailing 4-2 to Littler, he won five consecutive sets to close out victory.

‘I could not put into words how great this feels,’Humphries told Sky Sports.

In the back of my mind throughout today, I was thinking ‘get this one now because he’s going to dominate world darts soon’. He’s an incredible player. When I was on the brink of winning there, he was relentless.

“That double eight [to win], my hands were shaking like mad and it just fell in for me. I’m world champion and world number one and I can’t ask for more.’