After ending 16 year old luke littler s sensational run. the world numberi coming through 7 4 in the final as matt graveling reports. the fairy tale is over for the 16 year old from the north of england luke the nuke littler who falls at the final hurdle. luke humphreys had done so well in the six games before, really disposing all of his opponents with ease, including former world champions, including his idle, three time world champion from holland. he s off rob cross who won in 2018. it was cool hand luke humphreys who leaves the competition with half £1 million in prize money. speaking to the press, 16 year old luke littler said he hopes anyone who s been inspired by hisjourney he hopes anyone who s been inspired by his journey to the
Negotiators are closing in on a bipartisan border security deal. but she added that there s still work left to do on any final package. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let s look at a story making headlines in the uk. a teenage darts prodigy has seen his fairy tale run to the world championship come upjust short. 16 year old luke littler stunned the tournment by rising from a lowly 164th in the world to reach the finals. but he was ultimately defeated by world number one luke humphries, by a score of seven sets to four. the bbc s nick garnett has more now from the saint helen s darts academy, where littler trained since he was a boy. luke littler it is just 16 years old, he is still at school and cannot even alone to drive it and cannot even buy himself applied to commiserate but he s still the youngest player in the final anything
Luke humphries has been crowned the new world champion after ending 16 year old luke littler s sensational run, the world number one coming through 7 4 in the final as matt graveling reports. the fairytale is over for the 16 year old from the north of england, luke the nuke littler, who falls at the final hurdle. at the world championship of darts at the hand of luke humphreys. he had done so well in the six games before, really disposing all of his opponents with ease, including former world champions, including his idle and hero, the three time world champion from holland. in the semifinals, he saw off rob cross who won in 2018. he was not really challenged until tonight when he came up against an opponent who was cool against an opponent who was cool, calm and collected. it was cool hand luke humphreys who leaves the competition with £500,000 in prize money. speaking to the press, 16 year old luke littler said he hopes anyone who s been
Championship. luke humphries has been crowned the new world champion, after ending 16 year old luke littler s sensational run. the world number1 coming through 7 4 in the final as matt graveling reports. the fairy tale is over for the 16 year old from the north of england luke the nuke littler who falls at the final hurdle. luke humphreys had done so well in the six games before, really disposing all of his opponents with ease, including former world champions, including his idle and hero, three time world champion from holland. he saw off rob cross who won in 2018. it was cool hand luke humphreys who leaves the competition with half £1 million in prize money. speaking to the press, 16 year old luke littler said he hopes anyone who s been inspired by hisjourney to the final, just go out
Tom brooke with talking movies. here in the u.k. s millions were glued to the tv screens last night. looking to see if luke the nuke littler would win the world championship and darts. hasjusti6 the world championship and darts. hasjust 16 years the world championship and darts. has just 16 years old. sadly he was by luke humphries at the tournament in london, however the winner described his progress through the championship over the past few weeks as absolutely unbelievable. it has captured the nation. that is official. so to luke littler but what an absolutely incredible achievement for the 16 year old. we will be back with a top business stories next on bbc news. stay with us. i will see you in just a
But he was ultimately defeated by world number one luke humphries, by a score of seven sets to four. the bbc s nick garnett has more now from the saint helen s darts academy, where littler trained since he was a boy. luke littler it is just 16 years old, he is still at school and cannot even alone to learn to drive yet and cannot even buy himself a pint to commiserate but he s still the youngest player in the final anything game s history. but what he has done to the game is a real legacy. he has brought in new people but also he has brought people here, more members, 90 or so children coming every week to play and to try and beat their real hero. he still walks away with $250,000 in prize money for his efforts. you re live with bbc news. japan s government is stepping up its emergency response to monday s earthquake, which has killed at least 73 people. this is the coastal town of suzu in the noto peninsula, where the epicenter
Recently won a youth darts championship. fans dub him luke the nuke. he has nuke written across his back. so it wouldn t help the winner since they both have the same first name. and the crowd was unbelievable. stories in the spotlight, they said it was not possible, but after 34 year, somebody has finally beaten tetras and it was a 13-year-old. oh, my god! so infectious when you see someone getting that excited. it took him 38 minutes to reach a level that no human has ever reached before. and to play the game until it glitched out and hit its kill screen. so far the only other player to beat the game was ai, which got to level 236 by manipulating the game parameters.
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