PDC world darts: Van Veen dumps Humphries out as Littler wins over crowd

Former world champion beaten 5-1 by rising star Littler cheered during rout of Krzysztof Ratajski For the third time in this match, Gian van Veen is lining up the bull finish for a 170. This time, though, he steps away from the oche, and as the noise builds and swells around him, as the applause hardens into a tribal rhythm, he smiles. And in that moment, with millions of pairs of eyes on him, with glory within his grasp, he just knows. Knows that after all the years of hope and toil, of dream