championship. shortly, he will have a lot of sponsorship deals ahead too, a lot of instagram and x followers as well. he took his gcses just six months ago. i understand his next ambition is when he turned 17 later this month, to start to i7 later this month, to start to learn to drive! thank you very much, joe and carl! thank you very much, joe and carl! thank you. let s talk now to jamie caven, himself a former world youth champion of darts and now a director at the professional darts players association, where he oversees youth darts. jamie, first of all, how are you feeling about what has happened tonight with luke? high. yes, it has been phenomenal. . hi. he has probably got an older head on young shoulders. i have known him forfive or six years, and when i first met him, he showed signs then. he was only i! or 12, so he has been phenomenal through the event, and the media coverage has been mayhem, really, and that is just down to the fact that this young lad has take
including pensions according to the think tank, the high pay centre. that s equivalent to wait for it £1,170 an hour 109 times the average worker whose median annual salary isjust under £35,000. chris roebuck is a global leadership expert who has worked in major organisations assessing senior leaders performance. i asked him if these huge payouts are justified. we will come back to that in a moment. but essentially he told me a little bit more about the talent poaching that the city had to be careful of unless they paid the ceos competitive salaries. this is what he told me. well, i think you need to ask the question. lobbyists are saying, yes, they are justified because we need to attract the best ceos to the uk or to keep them here. but, actually, this is not consistent across the world. if you look at some of the data on that ratio. if you say, if we re at 200, the us is at 270, but funnily enough german is only at 136, so the ratio of germany ceo play to empl
very well and this is rafael nadal we re talking about, a 22 time grand slam champion. i think the other advantage of winning two matches here already and having a third against jordan thomson of australia is that will be three matches in four days. if he wins the quarterfinal, then four matches in five days and this exactly what you need when you re returning to the tour having had a year away. there were two hours and 15 minutes on the clock when that third set began. we just need to be reliastic, if you ve been out since april and you have had three minor operations, two on her hand and one on her left ankle, then you re going to tire in the third set of a match of that quality and physicality. she was really going for her shots, we know that is the way she plays and wants to play. but her defence was very, very good. again, it s been a really encouraging couple of rounds for her. i think certainly above expectations given that she s had so little tennis in 2023. india hav
hard work and dedication as luke has and to have that major support network around him has been really into for him. tt is network around him has been really into for him- into for him. it is often down to the parents. into for him. it is often down to the parents, rarely into for him. it is often down to the parents, rarely seen - into for him. it is often down to the parents, rarely seen but. into for him. it is often down to i the parents, rarely seen but they provide all that support in the background, don t they? he certainly has got people talking about the game, watching it, lots of people who have never watched a darts match before. what kind of a boost can you give to the game, do you think? tie give to the game, do you think? he has give to the game, do you think? he: has catapulted youth darts to the forefront of every corner of the earth. for me, he has done for youth darts what fallon did for the women starts. so for me, he has captivated a whole new audience. people,
network around him has been brilliant for him. it is often down to the parents, rarely seen but they provide all that support in the background, don t they? he certainly has got people talking about the game, watching it, lots of people who have never watched a darts match before. what kind of a boost can he give to the game, do you think? he has catapulted youth darts to the forefront of every corner of the earth. for me, he has done for youth darts what fallon did for the women darts. so for me, he has captivated a whole new audience. people, like you say, who have never picked up a set of darts, never even entertained watching a game of darts, he has got the whole planet talking about it. so what a way to make your entrance into the professional game. what next for him, do you think? he has a busy 12 months coming up! i don t think his feet are going to touch the ground. i can imagine he will get so many