Littler's Euro dreams ended by shock defeat to Ratajski

Luke Littler was bidding to win the one major he has yet to take in his career, but was unable to recover after losing seven of the first eight legs of Sunday's quarter-final; Watch the Grand Slam of Darts in Wolverhampton live on Sky Sports from November 14-22 Sunday 25 October 2026 15:49, UK Image: Luke Littler has been knocked out of the European Championship in Dortmund, Germany Luke Littler suffered a shock defeat to Krzysztof Ratajski at the European Championship Darts, as he failed in his attempt to claim the one major title he's never won.The world No 1 was beaten 10-6 in the quarter-finals on Sunday afternoon as his bid to sweep all of the PDC's major titles before his 20th birthday fell short. Poland's Ratajski remarkably won seven legs in a row to take a 7-1 lead over the world champion before Littler rallied to pull the game back to 8-6. But he missed bullseye to hold throw in the 15th leg and Ratajski pinned D16 to move 9-6 ahead.Littler then failed to take out 121 in the next leg and Ratajski hit D10 to beat The Nuke for the first time in eight meetings. Josh Rock loses dart on stage in DortmundEuropean Championship: schedule and results Darts in 2026: key dates, calendar, resultsMore to follow... Sky Sports remains the home of darts with the Grand Slam of Darts (November 14-22) and World Darts Championship (December 11-January 3) all live. Stream darts and more through NOW with no contract.