Ronnie O’Sullivan will be reported for failing to attend his after match press conference at the Irish Masters tonight.

Peter Ebdon lost his grip on the Irish Masters title in Dublin tonight but will be kicking himself all the way back to his Wellingborough home.

Crowd pleasers Ronnie O’Sullivan and Jimmy White are heading for a Rileys Club Masters semi-final showdown.

Ken Doherty has learnt that he will take on Barry Pinches in the opening round of the Irish masters following today’s draw.

Stephen Hendry knocked countryman and practice partner Stephen Maguire out of the £225,000 Welsh Open yesterday, edging into the last 16 with a 5-4 win.

Stephen Hendry knocked countryman and practice partner Stephen Maguire out of the Welsh Open today, edging into the last 16 with a 5-4 win.

John Parrott taught teenager Ding Jun Hui a snooker lesson en route to booking his place in the second round of the Welsh Open in Newport today.

Ken Doherty’s shock defeat to Andy Hicks rounded off a dramatic day at the Travis Perkins UK Championship in York capped by a maximum 147 break from David Gray.

David Gray recorded the 50th competitive maximum 147 break in his second-round match against Mark Selby at the Travis Perkins UK Championship in York today.

Illness has forced Jimmy White to retire from his second-round match at the Travis Perkins UK Championship in York today when trailing 7-0 to Ali Carter.

Illness forced Jimmy White to retire from his second-round match at the Travis Perkins UK Championship in York today when trailing 7-0 to Ali Carter.

Ken Doherty will face Andy Hicks in the third round of the British Open after his 5-1 victory over Quinten Hann last night.

Graeme Dott’s heroic performance in reaching the final of the Embassy World Championship final – with a cue which cost him nothing – has enabled him to cling onto his place in the top 16 for the 2004-2005 campaign.

Joe Perry held a 6-3 advantage over Robert Milkins after the opening session of their first-round match at the Embassy World Championship in Sheffield today.

Chris Small has withdrawn from the Embassy World Championship just an hour after completing the opening session of his first-round game with fellow Scot Alan McManus.

Mark Williams made an ideal start to the defence of his Embassy World Championship title in Sheffield this morning.

Marco Fu is one player who will not be thinking about the Crucible during this week’s Players Championship.

Ronnie O’Sullivan has been handed a tough opening assignment in the first round at next month’s Embassy World Championship.

Ten years ago, when big-time pro-snooker first arrived on Maltese shores, Tony Drago ended the tournament in a flood of tears.

Latest results from the European Open in Malta.

Ronnie O’Sullivan kept his European Open title defence on track at the Hilton Conference Centre, Portomaso, Malta today.

RONNIE O’SULLIVAN avenged his most disappointing defeat of 2003 by beating Marco Fu 5-1 to reach the second round of the £400,000 European Open at the Hilton Conference Centre in Malta yesterday.

Ronnie O’Sullivan avenged his most disappointing defeat of 2003 by beating Marco Fu 5-1 to reach the second round of the European Open at the Hilton Conference Centre in Malta today.

Golden oldies Steve Davis and Jimmy White suffered mixed fortunes on day three of the Travis Perkins UK Championship in York today.

Nigel Bond knocked out Ken Doherty, a UK runner-up for the past two seasons, 9-7 at the York Barbican Centre last night.

World number one Mark Williams added another trophy to his collection in Preston on a night of mixed emotions for John Higgins.

Welsh wizard Matthew Stevens looks back to his best form after a stunning 5-0 whitewash of Ronnie O’Sullivan in the last-16 of the LG Cup at the Guild Hall in Preston.

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

Former finalist Matthew Stevens reached the last 16 of the Embassy World Championship in Sheffield this morning and then dashed off to play in a local league match.

Ronnie O’Sullivan had 169,000 reasons to be cheerful in Sheffield last night but the ‘Rocket’ was not exactly over the moon.

Matthew Stevens rekindled his love affair with the Crucible this afternoon but Chris Small looks as though he will soon be divorced from the tournament.

The Crucible Theatre always seems to bring the best out of Welshman Matthew Stevens.

FORMER champion John Higgins recovered from a poor start to clinch a commanding lead over Ian McCulloch at the Crucible.

Alan McManus became the third Scottish player to reach the last 16 tonight but only after an epic against Northern Ireland's Patrick Wallace.

Michael Holt, fresh from a coaching assignment in the Middle East, beat local favourite Chris Small 5-3 to reach the second round of the Regal Scottish Open in Edinburgh today.

STEVE DAVIS black-balled Scotsman Chris Small to defeat to reach his second quarter-final of the season.

CityWest Irish Masters, Dublin results

Chris Small hit out at a partisan crowd – and a streaker – after beating People’s Champion Jimmy White 5-1 to reach the second round of the Citywest Irish Masters in Dublin last night.

Peter Ebdon will open the defence of his Embassy World Championship title at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield next month against a player in the best form of his career.

PAUL HUNTER’S bid for back-to-back ranking titles came to an end as Ken Doherty became the first player to reach the last eight of the stg£615,000 PowerHouse UK Championship.

Ken Doherty will take on Paul Hunter in the next round of the Powerhouse UK Championship in York.

Irish duo Ken Doherty and Fergal O’Brien are in action at the British Open in Telford today.

World number 29 Chris Small picked up his first ranking tournament title with a fine victory over Alan McManus in the all-Scottish LG Cup final in Preston.

LG Cup, Preston