To be fair to Luke Littler, he would probably have won whatever he did, however he threw his darts, whether he did it kindly or not. View image in fullscreen Luke Littler celebrates after his victory against Gerwyn Price at the World Matchplay final. Photograph: Ben Roberts Photo/Getty ImagesThis was Littler’s second consecutive World Matchplay crown, to go with a second consecutive world championship in January and a second consecutive UK Open in March. View image in fullscreen Tadej Pogacar went solo with a little over 15km remaining of stage 10 into Le Lioran, where he was memorably beaten by Jonas Vingegaard in 2024. Pogacar, Littler, Duplantis, Jannik Sinner, Barcelona Women, Australia Women: hate them if you must.