Teenage star Luke Littler has reached the final at the world darts championship — again. Still just 17, Littler routed Stephen Bunting 6-1 on Thursday to give himself another shot at the title, one year after his unlikely run brought waves of new fans to the sport.

Luke Littler turned down the chance to practice with Stephen Bunting ahead of the World Darts Championship, preferring to stick to his own routine. Littler and Bunting meet in the Alexandra Palace semi-finals on Thursday night after the Nuke beat Nathan Aspinall and the Bullet downed Peter Wright on Wednesday evening.

Luke Littler turned down the chance to practice with Stephen Bunting before the World Championship - and now the two will meet in a semi-final clash tonight.

World Darts Championship live updates, results, start time, order of play and scores from Luke Littler vs Stephen Bunting plus Michael van Gerwen vs Chris Dobey

The teenage phenom set up a semi-final against Stephen Bunting with victory over Nathan Aspinall at Ally Pally

Luke Littler has reached the World Darts Championship final for the second year in a row after defeating Stephen Bunting in the last four. The 17-year-old will face three-time champion Michael van Gerwen in a dream final at Alexandra Palace on Friday after ‘The Green Machine’ eliminated Chris Dobey.

Luke Littler became the youngest ever PDC World Darts Champion on Friday night after a stunning 7-3 victory over Michael van Gerwen at Alexandra Palace

Luke Littler became the youngest-ever darts World Champion on Friday night, beating Michael van Gerwen having already dispatched of Liverpool fan Stephen Bunting.

Luke Littler lifted the lid on what Michael van Gerwen told him after his historic victory in the World Darts Championship final on Friday evening. Having come up short in last year’s final on debut,

Luke Littler says he had premonitions of winning the World Championship title after watching a re-run of last year's final defeat to Luke Humphries. Littler became the youngest world champion ever when he demolished Michael van Gerwen in a one-sided final at Alexandra Palace to avenge the heartache of 12 months ago.