Matthew Stevens threw himself a lifeline by winning the last two frames of the opening session to prevent Ronnie O’Sullivan from running away with the Failte Ireland Irish Masters final in Dublin today.

Ronnie O’Sullivan set up a mouth-watering semi-final with his fellow crowd-pleaser Jimmy White at the Rileys Club Masters by blasting past Chinese teenager Ding Jun Hui on Friday night.

Ricky Walden has another big name in his sights after dumping out John Higgins for the second time in three tournaments at the Travis Perkins UK Championship in York.

John Higgins produced an awesome display to march into the British Open final at Brighton today – and put it down to a small piece of wood.

Hard-working Ronnie O’Sullivan took another step towards winning a third successive ranking title by blasting into the semi-finals of the British Open in Brighton today.

Ronnie O’Sullivan’s avowed intention to “raise the bar” may drive his snooker rivals to drink.

Ronnie O'Sullivan leads Ian McCulloch 502 in the final of theTotesport Grand Prix, Guild Hall, Preston.

IRELAND'S Michael Judge and England’s Joe Perry have reached the quarter-finals the Totesport Grand Prix quarter-finals in Preston.

Dubliner Michael Judge beat Marco Fu 5-1 today to reach the last eight of the totesport Grand Prix today.

Paul Hunter brushed aside veteran Steve Davis to reach the Totesport Grand Prix quarter-finals and then offered a cheeky word of advice to his vanquished opponent.

Dubliner Michael Judge will play Marco Fu in the third round of the Totesport Grand Prix in Preston today.

Ronnie O’Sullivan today locks horns with Graeme Dott, the Scotsman he beat last May in the Embassy World Championship final at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.

PRESTON’S Ian McCulloch left a good share of his home crowd deflated last night despite achieving a brave victory to reach the last 16 of the Totesport Grand Prix.

Ronnie O’Sullivan and Graeme Dott will re-run their World Championship final on Thursday night for a place in the Totesport Grand Prix quarter-finals.

Aussie bad-boy Quinten Hann swaps his boxing gloves for a snooker cue today as the Totesport Grand Prix enters its third day at Preston’s Guild Hall.

Stephen Hendry began his new snooker campaign with a fortuitous win in Preston tonight.