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

John Higgins’ winning streak came to an end at the hands of Stephen Lee in the quarter-finals of the £597,200 LG Cup at Preston Guild Hall today.

Snooker world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan has recorded his fifth competitive maximum break at the LG Cup in Preston.