Luke Littler finally gets his wish after calling out David Beckham with cheeky comment at BBC SPOTY
Daily MailLuke Littler has been given a boost ahead of his first match of the World Darts Championship on Saturday night. It will mark the end of a busy week for Littler, who finished second in the BBC Sports Personality of the Year on Tuesday evening after being named the Young Sports Personality of the year. Beckham had texted Littler a message of good luck ahead of his appearance in the final of the last World Darts Championship, where he was beaten by Luke Humphries. Luke Littler amused fans with a comment about David Beckham at the BBC SPOTY awards The darts sensation has now revealed that Beckham has followed him on Instagram Beckham had previously shown support for Littler but he was still waiting for a follow The 17-year-old shared a screenshot of Beckham's name in his followers tab while tagging the former England captain and adding the heart eyes and raised hands emojis. Littler finished second to Hodgkinson in the main award after his stunning breakthrough year, in which he reached the PDC World Darts Championship final in January at the age of 16.