LUKE UP FOR THE DOUBLE

Superkid Nuke rocks Heavy Metal to seal final fling for the third consecutive time

- BY PATRICK AUSTEN-HARDY

LUKE LITTLER reached his third consecutive World Darts Championship final by dispatching Ryan Searle.

The 18-year-old walked out to a cacophony of boos with the Ally Pally crowd yet to forgive him over his “paying for his prize money” comment.

Searle, 38, arrived into his first-ever World Championship semifinal as the feelgood story of the competition.

His story of rising up to No.8 in the world, despite his incurable eye condition autosomal dominant optic atrophy, struck a chord with hardcore and casual darts fans.