Luke Littler fires brutal four-word dig at World Cup of Darts winner who taunted him as The Nuke continues to hit back
On June 21, 2025, Luke Littler, the 18-year-old PDC World Champion, unleashed a biting four-word retort, “How’s Neil Duff doing?” on his Instagram Story, targeting Northern Ireland’s Neil Duff after Duff mocked England’s World Cup of Darts exit, per The Irish Sun. Littler and world No. 1 Luke Humphries, both MBEs, suffered an 8-4 loss to Germany’s Martin Schindler and Ricardo Pietreczko in the round of 16, prompting Duff, the 2022 WDF world champion, to post sarcastically on Facebook, “How’s England doing?” per SPORTbible. Duff’s taunt followed criticism from Dennis Priestley, who claimed the duo “let their country down” and didn’t deserve their MBEs, per Express.
Littler seized the moment to clap back when Duff lost 4-1 to Martin Thomas in the MODUS Super Series, sharing a screenshot of Thomas’ match-winning dart with his cheeky caption and a smiley emoji, per Dartsnews.de. This marked Littler’s second fiery response in days, having previously countered Priestley’s remarks with a deleted Instagram Story: “Don’t deserve an MBE but done more in 12 months than he ever did,” per Daily Mail. X posts, like @DartsNews02, amplified the spat, noting Littler’s “brutal dig” at Duff, per. Despite the drama, Littler, who has won five major PDC titles, is set to compete at the U.S. Darts Masters on June 27, per Sporting News.
