Darts legend who’s twice Luke Littler’s age spends his birthday enjoying FIFA
Luke Littler is celebrating his seventeenth birthday – however he isn’t the one darts star who is popping one other yr older.
While most youngsters will open some birthday playing cards with a tenner scrunched into it, Littler went into his seventeenth yr on the planet with a £20,000 cheque for profitable the Bahrain Masters. It was the most recent extraordinary chapter within the Warrington native’s younger life.
However, he was not the one one that was marking his birthday with a few video games of FIFA on the Xbox. Two-time world champion Adrian Lewis turned 39 and in addition spent it on his beloved video games console.
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Lewis, who was thought of one of the thrilling younger gamers on the planet when he broke onto the scene 20 years in the past, marked the event with a social media submit. He took to X and mentioned: “Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to send me birthday wishes, much appreciated. I’m spending the day playing a bit of FIFA and relaxing with the family. Also happy birthday to Luke Littler.”
Fans beloved the Jackpot’s submit on social media, flocking of their numbers to want him a cheerful birthday. They are additionally counting down the times till he someday decides to step again onto the oche.
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In April 2023, Lewis introduced he can be taking a break from the game. In an unique interview with Daily Star Sport in September, he mentioned: “Why am I taking a break? I believe after 20 years of doing it, I believe I simply wanted freshening up a bit.
“I used to be getting a bit stale. The buzz wasn’t there. My spouse hasn’t been very nicely, so I’ve been in hospital together with her plenty of the time. You might name it burnout however, for me, it had been occurring for some time. My thoughts wasn’t on the darts.
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“I still won a tournament last season. I was still going deep into tournaments and I qualified for all the TV events, so it wasn’t really about my form. It was just that I didn’t want to be there.
“My mind wasn’t there, and I didn’t think it was fair if I kept turning up when someone else could have had my spot – someone who could have given 100 per cent. The truth is, I wasn’t giving 100%. My mind was elsewhere.”
