A sports club says there has been a "big surge in interest" after teenage darts player Luke Littler won the PDC World Championship. Darts Academy North East, in Blyth, Northumberland, caters for children from the age of seven and was averaging about 30 players. But that figure has now risen to 50, with about 25 children on the waiting list.

Luke Littler has won the world darts championship at the age of 17 after beating Michael van Gerwen 7-3 in the final in London.

It was an emotional, and seemingly inevitable, weekend for teenage darts phenom Luke Littler. The 17-year-old defeated Michael van Gerwen, one of the game’s greatest players, 7-3 in the PDC World Darts Championship final on Friday night to become the youngest world champion in the history of the sport.

Teenage phenomenon Luke Littler became the youngest ever darts world champion on Friday when he swept past three-time winner Michael van Gerwen 7-3 in the final.

The 17-year-old completed his coronation as King of the Palace by beating Michael van Gerwen and the sky is now the limit for one of sport’s greatest-ever teenagers

Darts star Dave Chisnall has criticised Stephen Bunting, accusing him of being too respectful to Luke Littler during the recent World Championship at Alexandra Palace. Littler became the youngest world champion in history with an emphatic 7-3 victory over Michael van Gerwen in the final earlier this month.