Bunting beat Humphries 6-3 to win Premier League night 16 after the latter’s 6-1 semi-final hammering of Littler.

Humphries overcame a poor start to the campaign to book his spot at the O2 Arena next Thursday after winning in Birmingham last week.

The defending champion was victorious in Birmingham on Thursday.

The back-to-back world champion is targeting a record seventh nightly victory on Thursday.

Littler arrived at the First Direct Bank Arena just under an hour before his first match of the evening got under way, but he still claimed victory.

A quarter-final defeat for leader Jonny Clayton had opened the door for the world champion.

The 22-year-old beat three former world champions including Rob Cross at the Players Championship 11.

The back-to-back world champion was accused of celebrating when his opponent missed a match dart in Manchester.

The back-to-back world champion cruised past his biggest rival in his opening match of the night.

Littler has been booed during his last two Premier League outings after his spat with Gian van Veen in Manchester three weeks ago.

The 19-year-old has often posted social media messages about Liverpool’s footballing struggles.

Littler earned the wrath of the local fans following his spat with Dutchman Gian van Veen two weeks ago.

Van Veen called Littler’s behaviour a fortnight ago “childish”.

World champion Littler got involved in a heated exchange with the Dutchman when the pair met on night nine of the Premier League in Manchester.

Both Rooney and Littler burst onto the scene at 16.

Jonny Clayton ultimately moved three points ahead of Littler in the table.

Littler appeared to mock Van Veen during a 6-5 quarter-final loss at the AO Arena.

The world number one was beaten 6-5 by the Dutchman.

The Dutchman has undergone surgery to remove kidney stones.

Niels Zonneveld beat the two-time defending champion 6-5.

Boris Krcmar fell to a 6-2 defeat to Littler in Wieze.

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Littler had the last laugh after coming from 5-0 down in the final to beat Welshman Gerwyn Price 6-5.

The world champion reeled off six successive legs.

The back-to-back world champion edged a high-quality contest.

The 19-year-old won the UK Open at the weekend, successfully defending his 2025 crown, to make it five majors in a row.

The two-time world champion is the first-ever darts player to be shortlisted for the prestigious Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year Award.

The world champion beat veteran James Wade in the final for the second successive year.

The first five rounds of the competition have produced five different nightly winners.

‘The Bullet’ had not won any of his previous matches, while world champion Littler lost the opening quarter-final.

Littler was beaten by Jonny Clayton for the second week running.

The Doncaster thrower looked overwhelmed after achieving the feat against Mensur Suljovic in Leicester.

The world champion was beaten by debutant Gian van Veen in his opening match of this year’s competition.

Luke Littler lost his quarter-final contest against Van Veen.

The debutant surprised the world number one in Newcastle.

The 19-year-old is the reigning world champion.

The 19-year-old world champion has identified the short-format setplay tournament in Milton Keynes as one of his key targets in 2026.

The world champion will face Gerwyn Price later on Sunday.

The world champion had claimed the first set with a 116 average.

The tournament favourite held his nerve to set up a last-16 showdown with Ross Smith.

Littler is already joint-third on the list of all-time major tournament winners after a spectacular first two years on tour.

The two-time world champion will celebrate by heading to Dubai for a mini-break.

The two-time world champion, who turns 19 on Wednesday, saw off the evergreen 71-year-old Paul Lim for the second week in a row.