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Luke Humphries steps up rivalry with kebab-loving Littler as former World Darts champ reveals Nando's ritual

Luke Humphries steps up rivalry with kebab-loving Littler as former World Darts champ reveals Nando's ritual

The Sun02-05-2025

LUKE HUMPHRIES is eyeing up a £130k McLaren and thanks NANDO'S for his oche success.
The World No.1 is on course for the Premier League play-offs at the O2 after reaching six nightly finals this year already.
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But Hump, 30, has revealed the secret recipe of his success and how he wants to get in the fast lane on four wheels.
He told Red Dragon of his pre-match meal: 'Usually, it's chicken butterfly with rice and chips, Peri Tamer.
'Sometimes it can be medium heated, four chicken thighs, mash and broccoli.
'My pre-match meal before every time I play is Nando's. I have some good rewards.'
Cheshire thrower Humphries sits second in the Premier League table, nine points behind Thursday night's winner Luke Littler, who prefers a kebab to a cheeky Nando's.
He suffered a 6-5 defeat to Gerwyn Price in the quarter-final on Night 13 in Birmingham, even with a monster 107 average in the loss.
Off the oche, classy star Humphries is thinking fast and plotting a serious upgrade to his garage.
He added: 'There's a few cars I like and want to get next year.
List of all-time Darts World Champions
BELOW is a list of darts world champions by year.
The list does not include winners from the pre-Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) era or BDO world champions.
That means Raymond van Barneveld, for example, is only listed once - Barney also won four BDO titles - and none of Eric Bristow's five BDO titles are included.
1994 - Dennis Priestley
1995 - Phil Taylor
1996 - Phil Taylor (2)
1997 - Phil Taylor (3)
1998 - Phil Taylor (4)
1999 - Phil Taylor (5)
2000 - Phil Taylor (6)
2001 - Phil Taylor (7)
2002 - Phil Taylor (8)
2003 - John Part
2004 - Phil Taylor (9)
2005 - Phil Taylor (10)
2006 - Phil Taylor (11)
2007 - Raymond van Barneveld
2008 - John Part (2)
2009 - Phil Taylor (12)
2010 - Phil Taylor (13)
2011 - Adrian Lewis
2012 - Adrian Lewis (2)
2013 - Phil Taylor (14)
2014 - Michael van Gerwen
2015 - Gary Anderson
2016 - Gary Anderson (2)
2017 - Michael van Gerwen (2)
2018 - Rob Cross
2019 - Michael van Gerwen (3)
2020 - Peter Wright
2021 - Gerwyn Price
2022 - Peter Wright (2)
2023 - Michael Smith
2024 - Luke Humphries
2025 - Luke Littler
Most World Titles
14 - Phil Taylor
3 - Michael van Gerwen
2 - John Part, Adrian Lewis, Gary Anderson, Peter Wright
1 - Dennis Priestley, Raymond van Barneveld, Rob Cross, Gerwyn Price, Michael Smith, Luke Humphries, Luke Littler
'I like the McLaren 540C, Ferrari California and the Aston Martin Vantage as well.
"Hopefully, one of them is my next car. I also like the Audi RSQ8 as well."
Luke Humphries hits incredible NINE-DARTER and bags £30k solid prize but celebrations ruined by Sky Sports interruptions
'Cool Hand' also opened up on the hardest player to play against mentally on tour and singled out big rivals Price and James Wade.
He confessed: 'James Wade and Gerwyn Price, they are tough people to play against because they are sort of in your face a little bit.
'Gerwyn is hard because when he celebrates, you just want to do something to celebrate back.
'He drags you into that a little bit. But he is not off-putting, just hard to play against.'
And things got even hairier in a running bet with Michael van Gerwen over chest fuzz.
He said: 'Apparently, we made a bet that I was going to have to shave it off if I won the World Championships.
'It's the maintaining, I can't be bothered with that.
"He thinks he is like God because he shaves his chest hair.'
Seven-time major winner Humphries returns to action tomorrow at the European Grand Prix in Sindelfingen, Germany this weekend.

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