A proud achievement - Singapore’s Paul Lim, 71, becomes oldest player to win a world championship darts match

Singaporean Paul Lim will face former world champion Luke Humphries next at the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace in London. -- PHOTO: COURTESY OF PAUL LIM

LONDON (Reuters/AFP): A year after Luke Littler became the youngest winner of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) World Darts Championship, 71-year-old Paul Lim on Dec 13 became the oldest winner of a match in the tournament’s history.

Roared on by the usual raucous Alexandra Palace crowd in London, the Singaporean veteran stunned Dutch-born Swede Jeffrey de Graaf.