Forceful Littler two steps from pro sport history

Luke Littler in action against Brendan Dolan (not pictured) on day fourteen of the Paddy Power World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace, London. Picture: Zac Goodwin/PA Wire. 

Luke “the Nuke” Littler, a 16-year-old darts prodigy, kept a remarkable sporting dream alive on Monday, imperiously defeating a player three times his age and becoming the youngest player, by some margin, to get to the semi-finals of the world championships.

Littler, from Warrington, beat the 50-year-old Fermanagh man Brendan “the History Maker” Dolan in his quarter-final match at Alexandra Palace in London.