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

Luke Littler got his Bahrain Darts Masters defence off to a winning start against Lourence Ilagan to make it into the quarter-finals; Rob Cross suffered a shock defeat to Paolo Nebrida; watch Premier

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.

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

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 winner will go on to meet either Paulo Nebrida or Peter Wright in the semi-finals, thus avoiding the half of the draw featuring world number one Luke Humphries and defeated World Darts Championship semi-finalists Chris Dobey and Stephen Bunting.

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.