Stephen Maguire pocketed a memorable 147 maximum as he battled his way past Ryan Day and into tomorrow's Honghe Industrial China Open final.

Ryan Day and Stephen Maguire will lock horns in the first of this year’s semi-finals at the Honghe Industrial China Open.

Graeme Dott’s miserable season continued as the defending champion crashed out of the Honghe Industrial China Open at the first hurdle.

Ronnie O’Sullivan raced into the final of the Welsh Open in Newport with an outstanding exhibition of break-building in Newport.

KEN DOHERTY and John Higgins will contest the first of the Malta Cup semi-finals.

Ronnie O’Sullivan admitted he had not taken his opportunities after he suffered a 6-5 defeat by Stephen Maguire in the SAGA Insurance Masters at Wembley Conference Centre.

Ronnie O’Sullivan’s reign as the SAGA Insurance Masters champion is over after defeat to Scotland’s Stephen Maguire at the Wembley Conference Centre.

Scotland’s Stephen Maguire is the first player through to this year’s Maplin UK Championship final after he beat former world champion Shaun Murphy.

Mark Selby kept his concentration to earn a semi-final showdown with crowd favourite Ronnie O’Sullivan at the Maplin UK Championship.

Scotland’s Stephen Maguire reached the semi-finals of the Maplin UK Championship with a convincing 9-5 win over Mark Williams in Telford.

STEPHEN MAGUIRE admitted tournament success had been “too long” in coming after clinching the Northern Ireland Trophy on Sunday night.

Scotland’s Stephen Maguire led Fergal O’Brien 4-3 after the first session of the Northern Ireland Trophy final.

Former British Open winner Fergal O’Brien booked his place in this year’s Northern Ireland Trophy with an impressive victory over local favourite Mark Allen.

Stephen Maguire became the first player through to the Northern Ireland Trophy final after a gutsy victory over former world champion Shaun Murphy.

It is semi-finals day at the Northern Ireland Trophy. Mark Allen will take on Irishman Fergal O'Brien.

Fergal O’Brien caused the biggest upset of this year’s Northern Ireland Trophy so far by dumping out crowd favourite Ronnie O’Sullivan.

Shaun Murphy and Stephen Maguire will play each other in the first of this year’s Northern Ireland Trophy semi-finals.

Former world champion Shaun Murphy is relishing the chance to lock horns with seven-times Crucible champion Stephen Hendry at the Northern Ireland Trophy.

WORLD champion John Higgins crashed to a shock defeat at the Northern Ireland Trophy yesterday.

Last year’s runner-up Ronnie O’Sullivan avoided a shock defeat in his opening match at this year’s Northern Ireland Trophy tonight after being taken the distance by Leicester qualifier Tom Ford.

Australian ace Neil Robertson had plenty to smile about after powering his way into the last 16 stage of the Northern Ireland Trophy today.

Jimmy White's disappointing season went from bad to worse today when he was beaten 5-0 by Chinese teenager Xiao Guodong in the second qualifying round of the Northern Ireland Trophy at Prestatyn.

Ken Doherty has gone 7-1 up against Mike Dunne at the midway point of the second round of the UK championship.

Stephen Maguire will be hoping history repeats itself when he meets Ronnie O’Sullivan in the third round of the Maplin UK Championship in York tomorrow.

Stephen Hendry has crashed out of the Royal London Watches Grand Prix in Aberdeen after his third successive defeat.

Crowd favourite Jimmy White and rising star Ding Junhui have been handed wild cards into January's SAGA Insurance Masters.

Jimmy White faces an uphill battle to qualify for the final stages of the Royal London Grand Prix after losing his first two group matches in Prestatyn.

Ding Junhui joined the select group of players to have won three ranking titles before their 20th birthdays by beating Ronnie O’Sullivan to lift the Northern Ireland Trophy in Belfast tonight.

Teenager Ding Junhui sunk Stephen Lee in the semi-finals of the Northern Ireland Trophy tonight.

Ronnie O’Sullivan gave Dominic Dale a potting masterclass and rewrote the record books at the same time to book his place in this year’s Northern Ireland Trophy final.

CHINESE prodigy Ding Junhui knocked out last Irish hope Ken Doherty at the Northern Ireland Trophy last night.

Ronnie O’Sullivan blew away Welshman Ryan Day to reach the semi-finals of the Northern Ireland Trophy.

Ronnie O’Sullivan wasted little time in reaching the quarter-finals of the Northern Ireland Trophy this afternoon.

World champion Graeme Dott battled back from behind to book a quarter-final berth at the Northern Ireland Trophy today.

Local favourite Gerard Greene dumped six-time world champion Steve Davis out of the Northern Ireland Trophy this afternoon.

Stephen Hendry powered his way into the last 16 of the Northern Ireland Trophy in Belfast.

Last season’s Crucible finalist Peter Ebdon had little to smile about this afternoon after he was surprisingly dumped out of the Northern Ireland Trophy in Belfast this afternoon.

World champion Graeme Dott was forced to dig deep to book his place in the second round of the Northern Ireland Trophy this morning.

Stephen Maguire is hoping Portomaso’s luxurious Hilton hotel and conference centre triggers some happy memories as he struggles to regain the form which won him the Malta Cup two years ago.

Chinese rising star Ding Junhui showed he is ready to become a major contender for snooker’s top prizes by cruising into the second round of the Travis Perkins UK Championship in York.

Mark Allen won a quickfire shoot-out with Tony Drago to book his place in the final stages of the UK Championship at Pontin’s, Prestatyn today.

Stephen Hendry will meet Matthew Stevens in the final of the inaugural Northern Ireland Trophy at Belfast's Waterfront Hall.

Home favourite Mark Allen’s fantastic run at the Northern Ireland Trophy finally came to an end as experience told against Stephen Hendry.

World champion Shaun Murphy was unable to fend off a spirited fightback from Neil Robertson as he crashed out in the Northern Ireland Trophy quarter-finals.