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Fallon Sherrock Defeats Luke Littler in One Leg Match to Earn £501,000

Fallon Sherrock defeated reigning world champion Luke Littler in a single-leg darts event in Manchester to earn a £501,000 prize.

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Fallon Sherrock defeated reigning world champion Luke Littler in a single leg of darts on Friday to win a prize of £501,000. BBC Sport, Sky Sports News, and Yahoo Sports all reported the result from the live Beat Luke Littler event at Manchester Central, which was broadcast globally on Netflix. [1][2][3][7][8]

The event allowed non-PDC Tour card holders to challenge world number one Littler in single-leg matches, according to BBC Sport and Sky Sports News. Littler defeated 14 amateur opponents before facing 32-year-old Sherrock, who pulled ahead, hit a score of 180, and completed the victory by hitting double 20. [1][3]

Sherrock had previously earned £25,000 for reaching the last 32 of the PDC World Championship in December 2019, as noted by BBC Sport and Yahoo Sports. BBC Sport reported that she has achieved 21 victories on the Women's PDC Series. [1][2]

Sky Sports News reported that the Grand Slam of Darts will take place live in Wolverhampton from November 14 to November 22. [3]

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In short

  • Fallon Sherrock defeated Luke Littler in a single leg of darts to win £501,000.
  • The Beat Luke Littler event took place at Manchester Central and was broadcast live on Netflix.
  • Sherrock secured the victory by landing a 180 and finishing on double 20.
  • Littler defeated 14 amateur players before playing against Sherrock.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]Sherrock upsets Littler to claim £501,000 prizeBBC Sport Front Page, 4d ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]Sherrock upsets Littler to claim £501,000 prizeYahoo Sports Top, 4d ago
  3. [3]Sherrock wins leg to beat Littler and claim £501,000 prizeSky Sports News, 4d ago
  4. [4]Beat Luke Littler: Farron Sherrock upsets world champion to claim £501,000 prizeBBC, 4d ago
  5. [5]Beat Luke Littler: Fallon Sherrock wins one-off leg to defeat 'The Nuke' and take £501,000 prizeSky Sports, 4d ago
  6. [6]Beat Luke Littler: Fallon Sherrock stuns world darts champion to win £501k prizeESPN, 4d ago
  7. [7]Fallon Sherrock beats Luke Littler to win £501,000 in Netflix showThe Independent, 4d ago
  8. [8]Fallon Sherrock beats Luke Littler to secure mammoth £501,000 prize live on NetflixAOL.com, 4d ago

Background

  1. [9]2025 Women's World Matchplay on Wikipedia
  2. [10]2026 PDC World Darts Championship on Wikipedia

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 10 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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