A great luck kiss! Luke Litter locks lips along with his beautician girlfriend as teenage darts sensation begins World Championship defence

Luke Littler‘s beautician girlfriend Faith Millar has been cheering him on at the World Championship with the 18-year-old world champion started his defence of his crown, and wishes him good luck ahead of his first game with a kiss.

Littler, 18, played his first game of this year’s tournament at Alexandra Palace on Thursday night, taking on Darius Labanauskas in the third match of the evening in the first round.

The youngster, who is looking to pocket £1million by winning this year’s competition, has regularly been cheered on by his parents, Anthony and Lisa, during his competitions and it was no different on Thursday.

Recently, though, Millar, who is a year older than Littler, has also been by his side, and was seen in hospitality at the Palace as Littler played.

Littler confirmed his relationship with Millar in July after months of insisting they were merely friends. He had kissed the beautician during World Matchplay event in Blackpool, where the world champion triumphed to become the youngest player to complete dart’s prestigious Triple Crown.

Millar has since joined Littler in travelling to the Australian Darts Masters, with ‘The Nuke’ also emerging triumphant in Wollongong.

Luke Littler shared a kiss with beautician girlfriend Faith Millar before he started his World Championship defence

The duo locked lips as Littler completed his walk-on for his first match this year

Faith, who went public with Littler earlier this year, was alongside his dad Anthony (centre) and mum (front right)

Littler, speaking on DartsStream Live, opened up about his relationship with Millar. He admitted that it had initially been ‘tough’ with people trolling their relationship online, but insisted those making comments were jealous.

‘Yeah, it’s been tough,’ he said. ‘Obviously, at the start of last year, I was always looking at the comments. And she’s been having a look [at the] negativity.

‘But I just said, “They’re jealous. They wanna ruin us.” But I just said, “Just don’t look at it and just focus on what we’ve got”‘.

Littler also added that Millar presence Down Under was what he needed with his parents not making the long trip. ‘She’s a lovely lady, Faith,’ he said. ‘I think it’s sort of what I needed. I knew my mum and dad weren’t going to come.

‘And as soon as I asked the question, she was like, ‘Yeah, I don’t think I’ll ever get the chance.” So I said, ‘You can come with me.'”

The pair were first pictured together in May when Littler shared a photo of them together to his 1.9million followers on Instagram.