Eight players remain in the hunt for the 2016 UK Championship in York this week. The favourite is still undoubtedly Ronnie O’Sullivan but there are plenty of other names left in the draw well capable of preventing the ‘Rocket’ from capturing a sixth UK crown. Four of the other seven[Read More…]
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Selby, Higgins and O’Sullivan Cruise into Last 16
It was an easy day at the office for three of the UK Championship’s favourites for its title on Monday in York. Ronnie O’Sullivan lost his first frame of the tournament but then reeled off another six in a row to record a 6-1 drubbing over Michael Georgiou. The former champion[Read More…]
Fergal O’Brien Fires Record Five Centuries
The second round of the UK Championship began with a bang at the Barbican Centre in York on Saturday. World champion Mark Selby survived a major scare in overcoming Daniel Wells 6-4 but Stuart Bingham, the world number two, wasn’t so lucky as he fell by the same scoreline to[Read More…]
UK Championship: Second Round Preview
Live coverage of the UK Championship gets under way on the BBC and Eurosport on Saturday with the second round in York. An initial field of 128 competitors has already been whittled down to 64 with defending champion Neil Robertson on his way home after a shock 6-3 loss to[Read More…]
Praying Ronnie O’Sullivan Wins in Style
Ronnie O’Sullivan took to Twitter before and after his first round match at the UK Championship, where he destroyed Boonyarit Kaettikun 6-0 in York. It had been a while since headlines about O’Sullivan’s regular hints of retirement had surfaced but his odd musings on social media on Wednesday had some[Read More…]
UK Championship Preview
The Northern Ireland Open isn’t even 24 hours old but thoughts already turn to the next ranking event, the Betway UK Championship, which starts on Tuesday in York. Once again, 128 players descend on the Barbican Centre to contest one of the most prestigious tournaments on the calendar each season.[Read More…]
Ronnie O’Sullivan Beats Jimmy White in NI
Ronnie O’Sullivan beat Jimmy White 4-1 in front of a capacity crowd to reach the third round of the Northern Ireland Open in Belfast on Wednesday. The clash was just as much about celebrating the occasion of a clash between two of the sport’s most loved players, as it was[Read More…]
John Higgins Hits 147 in Belfast
John Higgins has compiled his eighth career maximum break in the Northern Ireland Open on Wednesday. The Scot, in a rich vein of form at present, recorded the feat in the last frame of a 4-1 victory over Sam Craigie at the Titanic Belfast. Higgins played a superb double on[Read More…]
Allen and Doherty Advance in Northern Ireland
Mark Allen won his grudge match with Mark Joyce to reach the second round of his home event at the Northern Ireland Open on Tuesday. In a fiery contest, the Antrim man ousted old foe Joyce 4-1 in front of an army of local supporters in Belfast. The origin of[Read More…]
Irish Start Well in Belfast
Josh Boileau earned his second win of the season with a hard-fought and nervy victory over Mike Dunn at the Northern Ireland Open on Monday. The Kildare cueist had only one other victory to his name in what is his rookie campaign on the Main Tour – a 4-2 victory[Read More…]