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LUKE LITTLER BUYS PARENTS £1M MANSION FOLLOWING SECOND WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE

Luke Littler makes history again with a 10-year, £20m contract. Discover the details of the biggest darts deal ever signed.

Luke Littler buys parents £1m mansion following second World Championship title
Littler lands £20m contract: The biggest deal in the history of darts.

Luke Littler just landed a record-breaking £20 million deal with his dart supplier, Target Darts. At only 18, he’s already making headlines—and bank. Last Saturday, he took home the first-ever £1 million prize at the World Championship at Alexandra Palace. Now, with this new contract, he’s set to rake in £20 million over the next decade, thanks to earnings, bonuses, and a slice of product sales. No one in darts has seen a deal this big before.

Littler has been the face of darts’ leap into the mainstream ever since he stormed onto the scene as a 16-year-old, reaching the 2024 World Championship final on his debut. Since then, things haven’t slowed down for him.

“Target believed in me from day one, and I’m thrilled we’ve got more years ahead,” Littler said. “We’ve built everything together—from my playing career to my product line. Signing on for the long haul just feels right, and I can’t wait to see where we go next.”

He’s not just winning on the scoreboard, either. Littler recently gifted every Target staff member a pair of Apple AirPods for Christmas. In just two years, he’s pocketed almost £2.8 million in prize money and landed deals with brands like Xbox, KP Nuts, and Boohoo Man.

Target chairman Garry Plummer remembers meeting Littler at a youth qualifier when he was only 12. “His dad asked if we’d sponsor him. We’d never signed someone that young before, but I saw something special. Saying yes was easy,” Plummer said. “Watching him grow as a player and a person has been a privilege. What he’s achieved on and off the oche is incredible, and this new deal is a celebration of everything we’ve built—and what’s still to come.”

Right now, Littler’s getting ready for the World Series doubleheader in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. And if you’re already thinking about this year’s Premier League Darts, Luke Humphries is back to defend his title. You can catch the action every Thursday from February to May.

YANKEES DEBUT ALERT: LEFT-HANDER RYAN WEATHERS OFFICIALLY STARTS TOMORROW NIGHT AGAINST THE NATIONALS

Bronx debut: Discover how Ryan Weathers' new "bullet slider" and 97 MPH heat will lead the Yankees against the Nationals tomorrow.

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Weathers has Cy Young potential if he can just stay durable

Ryan Weathers is set to make his Yankees debut on the mound tomorrow night, according to Gary Phillips of the New York Daily News. The lefty will face a familiar team in the Nationals; he saw plenty of them back when he pitched for the Marlins in the NL East. The Yankees are still getting their starting pitchers ready for the 2026 season, so this outing gives them a chance to see what Weathers can do.

They picked up Weathers from Miami this offseason. He’s only 26, but he’s already been busy trying to sharpen his game. He's been working on a new two-seam fastball and a tighter bullet slider, hoping to finally show why he was once the seventh overall pick in the draft.

Before that, though, the Yankees take on Toronto today at 1:07 PM EST. Will Warren gets the start, and both Aaron Judge and Cody Bellinger are in the lineup.

Now, back to Weathers. Last year with the Marlins, he made eight starts and put up a 3.99 ERA, striking out over 22% of the batters he faced. The Yankees believe he has even more to offer. They’re betting that these new pitches, a better two-seamer and a firmer slider, will help him take that next step.

He throws hard; his fastball averaged 96.8 MPH last season, which got plenty of teams interested. The upside is real, but so is the risk. Injuries have slowed him down the last couple of years, cutting short what could have been breakout seasons.

First, Weathers has to prove he can stay healthy. Then, he needs to show that these tweaks to his pitch mix can help him avoid the hard contact that led to seven home runs allowed in just 38.1 innings last season. The Yankees are betting on his talent, though, and they see him as a possible future star in their rotation.

Tomorrow’s game is at George M. Steinbrenner Field, and it’ll be the Yankees’ first night game of the 2026 Grapefruit League, starting at 6:35 PM EST.

OLYMPIC FAMILY LEGACY: INSIDE TOM BRADY’S PLAN TO TURN VIVIAN INTO A SUPERSTAR OLYMPIAN

Sports news: Tom Brady's Olympic dream. Get the report on Vivian’s volleyball talent and Team USA’s wins in Milan.

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Tom Brady labelled Vivian a "Future Summer Olympian" in Milan?

Tom Brady, now retired and a seven-time Super Bowl champ, took his kids, Benjamin and Vivia,n to Milan for the 2026 Winter Olympics. They spent the week soaking up the city, meeting new faces, and cheering for Team USA on the ice. The real rush came on Thursday; the USA’s women’s hockey team pulled off a wild comeback against Canada, winning 2-1 in overtime. Megan Keller scored the game-winner, and Brady got to watch it all unfold right next to tennis legend Billie Jean King.

Four days later, the men’s team kept the momentum going. Jack Hughes scored another overtime winner against Canada on Sunday. You’d think that would be the biggest story from the Bradys’ trip, but no, what really got people talking was something way more personal.

Tom posted a sweet shoutout to his daughter Vivian on Instagram. Just after all the Olympic action, he shared a photo of 13-year-old Vivian, captioning it: “Future summer Olympian” with a string of volleyball emojis. Fans immediately caught on that Brady wasn’t just being a proud dad; he was dropping a real hint.

Vivian, whom he shares with Gisele Bündchen, already plays volleyball at school. She swims and plays soccer, too. What’s cool is that every sport she loves is a Summer Olympics event. Brady’s caption didn’t feel random; it felt like he meant it.

And this isn’t their first Olympic adventure together. Brady and Vivian hit up the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics and packed their days with nine different events: gymnastics, beach volleyball, swimming, and diving. Vivian even got to play some volleyball on the sand with Brazilian legend Juliana Felisberta da Silva.

After seeing all the winter action in Italy, Brady’s “summer Olympian” tag for Vivian sounds even more hopeful. He knows exactly where he sees her going.

With the Olympics set to land in Los Angeles in 2028, Vivian will be 15 when the Games kick off in July. Club volleyball is probably her next step. And Brady himself? He’s hinted he’s got his own Olympic goals for 2028, turning the dream into a full-on family mission.

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