Stephen Lee has high hopes that this week’s Malta Cup will prove to be a happy hunting ground in his search for a fifth ranking-event title.

Stephen Lee reached his first ranking event semi-final in two years with a 5-2 victory over Graeme Dott at the Welsh Open in Newport today.

Ronnie O’Sullivan, never far away from a headline, enters the LG Cup in Preston tomorrow denying recent reports he has become a Muslim.