Happy Dartsmas everyone! 

Your daily 'Love the Darts' podcast returns for the opening night of the 2026 World Championships, as defending champion, Luke Littler, began his bid for back-to-back titles at Ally Pally. 

Polly James brings you the best of the action - and the reaction, as we hear from Littler and Michael Smith, who also stepped up to the oche on the first night. 

We’ll bring you shows every day of these World Champs, so make sure you give us a follow wherever you listen to us so you don’t miss out.

Sky customers can watch all the darts at home or on the Sky Sports App. Non-Sky customers can stream the action with a flexible NOW day or month pass.

Love The Darts is a Sky Sports podcast. Listen to every episode here: skysports.com/love-the-darts

You can listen to Love The Darts on your smart speaker by saying "ask Global Player to play Love The Darts".

For all the latest darts news, head to skysports.com/darts

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