Lightning struck twice as a rampant Ronnie O’Sullivan breezed to a successful defence of his BetFred Premier League title in Manchester tonight.

Chinese teenagers Ding Jun Hui and Liang Wen Bo were men in a hurry at the Travis Perkins UK Championship qualifiers in Prestatyn today.

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.

Matthew Stevens finally won his first match of the season after suffering four successive opening round defeats to reach the last 16 of the Malta Cup at the Hilton Conference Centre, Portomaso today.

Stephen Maguire has been rewarded for his brilliant start to the season with a wild card into next year’s Wembley Masters.

Scottish snooker sensation Stephen Maguire has been rewarded for his brilliant start to the season with a wild card into next year’s Wembley Masters.

Former world champion John Parrott faces Mark King in the quarter final of the Travis Perkins UK Championship today while top remaining seed Stephen Lee faces Stephen Maguire.

Steve Davis has warned the top players cannot be written off in future despite the shocks this week at the Travis Perkins UK Championship in York.

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.

A bitterly disappointed Steve Davis is doing his best to look on the bright side after narrowly failing to land his first ranking title for nine years in Cardiff last night.

Barry Pinches, the surprise package of the circuit this season, pulled off a last gasp victory over Maltese number one Tony Drago to reach the second round of the Welsh Open at Cardiff today.

Ronnie O’Sullivan and Stephen Hendry were in defiant mood this afternoon as they powered their way into commanding 6-2 leads in their best-of-17 frame quarter-final matches at the Travis Perkins UK Championship in York.

Jimmy White continued the push to reach his first semi-final at a world ranking event for nearly three years after edging ahead of Nigel Bond at the £615,000 (€822,000) Travis Perkins UK Championship in York.

Paul Hunter showed his star quality with Mark King poised to remove another of the title favourites from the Travis Perkins UK Championship in York tonight.

Northern Ireland’s Gerard Greene continued his impressive form to race into a healthy 6-2 lead over countryman Joe Swail in the opening round of the Travis Perkins UK Championship in York today.