Luke Littler to lead new darts tournament at summer festival as he threatens German boycott

is one of the major stars set to lead a new darts tournament in London this summer. "The Nuke" will appear at The Hyde Park Darts Championship on July 8 alongside names like , and Fallon Sherrock.

The tournament is part of Hyde Park's Open House summer festival and will also feature appearances from celebrities like Olly Murs, Roman Kemp and former striker Dion Dublin. Organisers have hailed the tournament as a "really exciting concept" and have promised fans they'll be treated to a " class darts show".

PDC chief Matthew Porter said: "We’re really looking forward to putting on a world class darts show as part of this year’s BST Hyde Park Open House Festival. It’s an iconic part of British Summer Time and darts is an iconic part of British culture so to bring the two together is a really exciting concept and we can’t wait for what will be a fun, entertaining evening."

Littler's involvement continues his position as the biggest household name in the sport after winning the World Darts Championships earlier this year at the age of just 17.

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He has brought a legion of new fans into darts after also featuring in a number of events this year, including the Darts.

But the latest announcement comes after he suggested he would boycott events in Germany following his defeat to Gian van Veen in Munich.

Littler was thrashed 7-4 by Van Veen in the German Darts Grand Prix on Monday night and he claimed he might not feature in another German event until the European Tour finale in Dortmund this October.

"Shouldn't have been in Munich but had to play anyway," he said. "Next one in Germany for me is Dortmund and I am glad to say that."

Littler's new tournament this summer is the latest event to be put on an increasingly packed schedule and will feature Humphries too despite his concerns that he was playing too much darts.

Speaking after competing in the International Darts Open in Germany earlier this month, he said: "I feel a bit emotionless. I feel like I'm up here and my emotions are all over the place.

"It's not that I don't want to be here, it just seems a chore for me at the moment. I'm playing too much."