Darts delight in king’s birthday honours as Littler and Humphries pick up MBEs

Darts pioneer Deta Hedman becomes an OBEWimbledon champion Virginia Wade made a CBELuke Littler and Luke Humphries have been awarded MBEs in the king’s birthday honours list in recognition of the heights to which their rivalry has taken them in darts.Littler became the youngest world darts champion at the age of 17 years and 347 days at the beginning of 2025 while Humphries, who beat the teenager in the world championship final 12 months prior, came out on top in Premier League Darts. Cont