Luke Littler finally gets his wish after cheeky dig at David Beckham at BBC Sports Personality of the Year
LUKE LITTLER has finally got his wish after making a cheeky dig at David Beckham.
The darts sensation is a massive fan of the Manchester United legend and was sent a good luck text by him ahead of BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
Littler, 17, finished as the runner-up to Olympic hero Keely Hodgkinson in the race for the award.
While being interviewed by Gabby Logan, he admitted one of the biggest “pinch me” moments was being texted by Becks.
However, he did fire a cheeky dig at the former England captain by saying he was not yet followed by him on social media.
But now, Littler has revealed that his wish has come true.
He shared a screenshot of his followers list on Instagram and showed that Beckham had started following him on the platform.
He accompanied the snap with a heart-eyed and hailing hand emoji.
Littler did not leave SPOTY empty-handed as he was named the BBC’s Young Sports Personality of the Year.
The Warrington wizard said of winning his award: “It just goes to show how well I’ve done this year.
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“But not only for myself changed the sport of darts [with] all the other professionals.
“But I have played a big part in it.”
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He will start his campaign off on Saturday by facing Ryan Meikle in the second round.
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List of all-time Darts World Champions
BELOW is a list of Darts world champions by year.
The list does not include winners from the pre-Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) era or BDO world champions.
That means Raymond van Barneveld, for example, is only listed once – Barney also won four BDO titles – and none of Eric Bristow’s five BDO titles are included.
- 1994 – Dennis Priestley
- 1995 – Phil Taylor
- 1996 – Phil Taylor (2)
- 1997 – Phil Taylor (3)
- 1998 – Phil Taylor (4)
- 1999 – Phil Taylor (5)
- 2000 – Phil Taylor (6)
- 2001 – Phil Taylor (7)
- 2002 – Phil Taylor (8)
- 2003 – John Part
- 2004 – Phil Taylor (9)
- 2005 – Phil Taylor (10)
- 2006 – Phil Taylor (11)
- 2007 – Raymond van Barneveld
- 2008 – John Part (2)
- 2009 – Phil Taylor (12)
- 2010 – Phil Taylor (13)
- 2011 – Adrian Lewis
- 2012 – Adrian Lewis (2)
- 2013 – Phil Taylor (14)
- 2014 – Michael van Gerwen
- 2015 – Gary Anderson
- 2016 – Gary Anderson (2)
- 2017 – Michael van Gerwen (2)
- 2018 – Rob Cross
- 2019 – Michael van Gerwen (3)
- 2020 – Peter Wright
- 2021 – Gerwyn Price
- 2022 – Peter Wright (2)
- 2023 – Michael Smith
- 2024 – Luke Humphries
Most World Titles
- 14 – Phil Taylor
- 3 – Michael van Gerwen
- 2 – John Part, Adrian Lewis, Gary Anderson, Peter Wright
- 1 – Dennis Priestley, Raymond van Barneveld, Rob Cross, Gerwyn Price, Michael Smith, Luke Humphries