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Darts player Luke Littler has been named BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year 2024.

The 17-year-old has enjoyed a breakthrough year after finishing runner-up at the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship in January.

The Englishman, who has won 10 senior titles on the Professional Darts Corporation tour this year, is the first darts player to claim the award.

"It shows how well I have done this year, not only for myself, but I have changed the sport of darts," Littler told BBC One.

• Read the full story on Littler's award here

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Teenager Luke Littler has certainly had a year to remember.

This time last year, the then 16-year-old was ranked 164th in the world and preparing for his first outing at a PDC World Darts Championship.

A year on, Littler is the bookmakers' favourite to win the title next month, having finished second in this competition at the start of this year.

Littler has risen 160 places in the PDC Order of Merit and since his last Alexandra Palace bow, has won the Premier League, World Series and Grand Slam titles.

Fans of his will have to wait to see his first match, however. He gets under way in the second round on Saturday, taking on fellow Englishman Ryan Meikle.

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On Tuesday, there were eight matches. Six of those were in the first round, with the other two coming in round two.

In the first round, Fallon Sherrock missed out on a second round meeting with Luke Littler after losing 3-2 to Ryan Meikle.

Luke Woodhouse pulled off one of the shocks of the tournament by beating World Grand Prix champion Mike De Decker.

Peter Wright also sealed his place in the tournament beyond Christmas with his win over Wesley Plaisier.

Afternoon session

First round

• James Hurrell 3-0 Jim Long
• Kevin Doets 3-1 Noa-Lynn van Leuven
• Ryan Joyce 3-1 Darius Labanauskas

Second round

• Mike de Decker 1-3 Luke Woodhouse

Evening Session

First round

• Jeffrey de Graaf 3-1 Rashad Sweeting
• Ricardo Pietreczko 3-0 Xiaochen Zong
• Ryan Meikle 3-2 Fallon Sherrock

Second round

• Peter Wright 3-1 Wesley Plaisier

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With no afternoon session today, all of Wednesday's four matches take place in this evening session.

The first three matches are in the first round, with the winners of those matches going on to face a seeded player in the second round.

The night concludes with a meeting between former World Matchplay and UK Open champion Nathan Aspinall and American Leonard Gates, who earned cult hero status earlier this week during his win over Cameron Menzies.

First round

• Jim Williams v Paolo Nebrida - 19:15
• Madars Razma v Christian Kist - 20:15
• Ricky Evans v Gordon Mathers - 21:15

Second round

• Nathan Aspinall v Leonard Gates - 22:15

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Hello and welcome to Wednesday's live from the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship.

Tonight, Nathan Aspinall is the headline act, with the world number 12 looking to start his Alexandra Palace campaign for the year with a victory.

Elsewhere, there are three more first round matches where some of the tournament's lesser-known players will look to cause a few upsets and start a long run in this competition.

Let's get straight into it and look ahead at what is to come.