Luke Littler 's first tournament as world champion ended in a quarter-final defeat as Stephen Bunting won the Bahrain Masters. The 17-year-old, who celebrates his milestone 18th birthday next week, was back at the oche for the first time since his memorable World Championship victory at Alexandra Palace earlier this month.

Premier League stars Stephen Bunting and Chris Dobey face-off in a quarter-final, whilst Scotland’s Peter Wright meets Philippines ace Paulo Nebrida, who stunned Rob Cross on the opening night. Price wasn’t able to maintain the pace of his Littler win, but he had enough. Wright was too loose too often and paid the penalty. Or Price, if you like.

Stephen Bunting won the opening event of the new season by defeating Gerwyn Price in the Bahrain Darts Masters final.

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.

DARTS is BACK with the Bahrain Darts Masters now underway in the Middle East – and Luke Littler has safely made it into the quarter-finals. The teenage sensation beat Lourence Ilagan 6-3 to

World champion Luke Littler was knocked out of the Bahrain Masters quarter-finals after a 6-2 defeat to Gerwyn Price. The 2021 world champion delivered a superb performance to surge into the last four,

Luke Littler claimed victory in his first match since winning the PDC World Darts Championship on Thursday, beating Lourence Ilagan in the opening round of the Bahrain Masters.

Luke Littler has unexpectedly crashed out of the Bahrain Masters after being beaten by former PDC World Champion Gerwyn Price. The 6-2 loss was Littler's first defeat since winning the PDC World Championship title as he exited at the quarter-final stage.

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