DARTS is BACK with the Bahrain Darts Masters now underway in the Middle East – with Luke Littler on RIGHT NOW. Teenage sensation Littler and the rest of the field feature for the first time

The crowd on the opening night of the Bahrain Darts Masters was branded 'embarrassing' after hordes of fans left the arena following Luke Littler's victory over Lourence Ilagan. The newly-crowned world champion was made to work hard but eventually secured a 6-3 victory over his Filipino opponent to book his place in the next round.

World champion Luke Littler survived a mid-match scare to advance to the quarter-finals of the Bahrain Darts Masters with a 6-3 victory over Philippine challenger Lourence Ilagan.

Newly crowned world champion Luke Littler starts his Bahrain Masters title defence with a 6-3 victory against Lourence Ilagan in Sakhir.

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.

World champion Luke Littler survived a mid-match scare to advance to the quarter-finals of the Bahrain Darts Masters with a 6-3 victory over Philippine challenger Lourence Ilagan. The opening round saw the eight PDC superstars take on the eight Asian representatives for a place in Friday’s final rounds.