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Emotional Luke Littler breaks down in tears during interview after Premier League Darts win

An emotional Luke Littler broke down in tears after his 2026 Premier League Darts final win over Luke Humphries at London's O2 Arena

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An emotional Luke Littler broke down in tears after his 2026 Premier League Darts final win over Luke Humphries at the O2 Arena on Thursday night.

Littler is now a two-time Premier League Darts champion at the age of just 19 by beating Humphries 11-10. Littler revealed in his post-match interview that he told his partner, Faith Millar, that he wanted to quit the sport entirely.

"It was a rollercoaster first four weeks, bottom of the table, but then the fifth night I won my first night," he said. "I had to pick myself up, some tough times.

"I think I had a 79 average in Brighton or something like that and it was tough. But I am here with the trophy."

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Littler then broke down in tears as he turned away from the camera before Humphries embraced his rival. He then returned to his interview after Humphries spoke and said: "After Brighton and the incident in Manchester, I was sat at home saying to Faith: 'I don't want to do it anymore, just the crowd every week'.

"I said to her 'I'm down bad'."

The incident in question involved Gian van Veen, the World Championships runner-up to Littler, with the latter appearing to make a gesture toward the Dutchman after he missed a double 15 to win the match.

Humphries had given his take on why Littler was so emotional after scooping the 350,000 prize on offer to the winner of the 2026 edition of the Premier League Darts competition.

"It is emotional, you have seen it from Luke there," he said. "You are playing in big finals and it shows how much it means to us as players.

"You are on the road for 16 or 17 weeks and I don't get the chance to take my family with me. You want that trophy in your hands.

"It was a great final, one of the best the Premier League has seen. I am proud that I made it a tough game."

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