Gian van Veen has responded to Luke Littlers comments on social media regarding the tense exchange between the two players on Premier League Darts Night Nine in Manchester; you can watch Premier League Darts live on Sky Sports every Thursday

The world No1 and defending world champion has recovered from a slow start in the Premier League to top the table, and was hoping to continue to kick on when he faced the Dutchman.

The 19-year-old overcame Michael van Gerwen in Berlin on Thursday night

Luke Littler has climbed to the top of the Premier League table for the time this year after reeling in two Big Fish checkouts to beat Michael van Gerwen in the Night 8 final in Berlin

The world champion has a difficult relationship with German darts fans

The world No 2 was too strong for Jonny Clayton on Sunday night

Darts star Beau Greaves bounced back to winning ways with back-to-back titles following a record-ending loss on Saturday; you can watch Premier League Darts live on Sky Sports every Thursday

Luke Littler suffered a stunning 6-5 defeat to Niels Zonneveld in the third round of the Belgian Darts Open on Sunday afternoon as Luke Humphries collected title with victory against Jonny Clayton; you can watch Premier League Darts live on Sky Sports every Thursday

Beau Greaves’ record run of 114 consecutive wins in the PDC Women’s Series is ended by Fallon Sherrock.

A darts fan is £4,995 richer off a £10 bet on Luke Littler’s Premier League clash with Michael van Gerwen which has attracted huge interest on social media.

Darts sensation Luke Littler has applied to trademark his face with the Intellectual Property Office.

Luke Littler produced a remarkable comeback from 5-0 down to beat Gerwyn Price in a last-leg decider and win night seven of the Premier League in Dublin on Thursday.

Premier League darts star Josh Rock has lost again as he sits bottom of the table and fans have started to admit it’s ‘hard to watch’

Gian van Veen has pulled out of the Premier League Darts in Dublin due to medical reasons

Luke Littler was denied successive nightly Premier League wins in Nottingham.

Jonny Clayton struggles with gout but still wins night six of the Premier League in Nottingham by crushing Luke Humphries 6-1 in the final.

Luke Littler was back at Cheltenham Festival on Wednesday and the darts world champion celebrated in the stands as he pocketed £2,500 from backing 9/1 winner King Rasko Grey

Luke Littler has warned that despite defending his UK Open title, he is yet to reach his full potential; Watch Night Six of Premier League Darts, from Nottingham, live on Sky Sports Action from 7pm on Thursday

Luke Littler says Premier League victory in Cardiff massive ahead of successful UK Open defence, insists doubters spur him on; world No 1 praises James Wade as a gentleman after victory in Minehead; Littler now hoping to meet fellow Laureus World Sports Awards nominee Carlos Alcaraz

Luke Littler triumphed over James Wade on Sunday evening to win the UK Open for the second year running and claim the tournament’s top prize of £120,000

There is no stopping the Nuke after winning back-to-back UK Open titles at Butlin’s, Minehead

Reigning champion Luke Littler moves into the quarter-finals of the UK Open with a comfortable 10-5 win over Gary Anderson, while Luke Humphries is beaten 10-6 by Danny Noppert.

World number one Luke Littler gets his UK Open defence off to a winning start, overcoming Damon Heta 10-3 with his second ‘Big Fish’ checkout in as many days.

The 19-year-old defeated Jonny Clayton in Thursday night’s showdown in Cardiff

Will Luke Littlers first nightly win ignite his Premier League Darts campaign? World No 1 beat Josh Rock, Price and Jonny Clayton in Cardiff to move level with Gerwyn Price and Gian van Veen on nine points; watch Night 6 in Nottingham live on Sky Sports on Thursday

Highlights of the final between Luke Littler and Jonny Clayton on Night 5 of the Premier League in Cardiff.

Jonny Clayton says it would be amazing to meet fellow Welshman Gerwyn Price in the final on night five of the Premier League Darts in Cardiff.

The darts star won’t be facing, or teaming up, with KSI

Josh Rock has hit the first nine-darter of the Premier League campaign as he sent his home country into a frenzy setting off some amazing scenes

Stephen Bunting has responded to doubters writing him off before The Bullet won Night Four Premier League darts win in Belfast; watch Premier League Darts live on Sky Sports every Thursday all the way through until the finale at The O2 in London on May 28

Darts presenter Mark Webster has surprised fans after stepping away from his duties for an unknown reason.

Mark Webster regularly appears on Sky Sports to cover Premier League Darts and other major events, including the World Darts Championship

Jonny Clayton is keen to consolidate his position at the top of the Premier League table at Thursday’s fourth event of the competition at the SSE Arena in Belfast.

Beau Greaves hit a nine-darter to make history in her victory over Mensur Suljovic

World champion Luke Littler claimed the Poland Darts Open title with an 8-4 victory over Gian van Veen, who hit a nine-dart finish in the final in Krakow.

Luke Littler ready to kick-start his Premier League Darts campaign against Jonny Clayton in Belfast on Thursday; you can watch the tungsten action on Sky Sports every Thursday all the way through until the finale at The O2 in London on May 28

Popular Sky Sports darts commentator Wayne Mardle has shared a brave and heartfelt video about his grief having lost his wife Donna in 2024. 

World champion Luke Littler ruthlessly sweeps aside Mike de Decker 6-1 to reach the last 16 at the Poland Darts Open in Krakow.

The Welshman was victorious on night three

Jonny Clayton described as a “great honour” his impressive victory on night three of the Premier League season in Glasgow.

Josh Rock was given a heated reception at The Hydro as the Rangers-supporting darts star flashed a 3-1 scoreline before his Premier League clash with Luke Humphries in Glasgow

Premier League Darts star Josh Rock was left struggling to grip his darts after a trip to the toilet before his 6-2 defeat to Michael van Gerwen in the quarter-finals last week

The 19-year-old has opened up on the forward, who is currently at Barcelona on loan from Manchester United

Darts star Scott Williams joked he injured his penis while trying his hand at curling ahead of an exhibition event in Switzerland alongside Ricky Evans and Stefan Bellmont

The darts star suffered defeat to Michael van Gerwen on Thursday

Gerwyn Price says he is playing better now than when he won the World Championship in 2021 but Welshman admits: I still need more; you can watch Premier League Darts live on Sky Sports every Thursday all the way through until the finale at The O2 in London on May 28

Luke Littler again had a disappointing evening at Premier League Darts – but he has revealed he had been battling illness before Antwerp

The world champion was beaten by debutant Gian van Veen in his opening match of this year’s competition.

The darts star paraded his trophy at half-time during the match on Saturday

Beau Greaves reaches century of wins on PDC womens series with victories in double-header in Germany; you can watch Premier League Darts live on Sky Sports from February all the way through until the finale at The O2 in London on May 28