Luke Littler: Darts sensation reveals corrective eye surgery in childhood - 'I'm thankful parents got it sorted'
Darts sensation Luke Littler reveals he underwent corrective eye surgery for strabismus at age of 'four or five'; World No 1 says he's thankful parents got it 'sorted'; watch tournament at Alexandra Palace resume on Saturday from 12.30pm and 7pm, live on Sky Sports Darts
Friday 26 December 2025 21:31, UK
Luke Littler has revealed his life could have taken a different path had he not had corrective eye surgery when he was a child.
Littler was sent in to Warrington hospital as a youngster to repair strabismus, a condition commonly known as cross eye, where the eyes do not align.
It was an operation his parents wanted and it has paid dividends as the teenager now has treble-20 vision and is the best darts player in the world.
Asked if things could have been different, he said: "Well, who knows? It's one of those things, obviously, it had to be sorted. My mum and dad wanted that sorted.
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"But obviously, when I was younger, I didn't really care. But now you look at it, it was a good thing to get done at the time, but I don't have memories of it now. But obviously it had to be done. And it got done.
"I think that's the last time I was in there. So, like when I was four or five, got it sorted.
"Obviously, eyesight is really important. I don't have many memories of that happening. There are pictures that my family put on. I was very tired at the time, obviously resting. But yeah, now we're all good."
Littler resumes his tilt at retaining the historic World Championship title he won in January when the tournament resumes at Alexandra Palace on Saturday.
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