Peter Ebdon and Stephen Hendry were among the players to book their places in the second round of the Sanyuan Foods China Open today.

Andrew Higginson romped to a 5-0 win over Li Yan in the Wildcard round of the Sanyuan Foods China Open to set up a first-round clash with Stephen Hendry.

Former world champion Ken Doherty wasted little time marching past India’s Aditya Mehta 5-0 in the qualifying round of the Shanghai Masters.

Shaun Murphy set up a second-round showdown with Marco Fu after denying Andrew Higginson a dream debut at the Betfred.com World Championship.

Former champion Shaun Murphy was in trouble against Crucible newcomer Andrew Higginson this morning.

Supermarket giant Tesco reported its worst Christmas in almost 20 years today as it wrestled with difficult markets at home and abroad.

Jimmy White missed out on a place in the final stages of the Welsh Open when Andrew Higginson beat him 5-2 in the last round of qualifying at Prestatyn today.

Supermarket giant Tesco reported slower-than-expected UK growth today in a more “challenging” market for its non-food goods.

Neil Robertson held his nerve to defeat Andrew Higginson and win the Welsh Open tonight 9-8.

Andrew Higginson will be in dreamland when he takes on Stephen Maguire in the semi-finals of the Welsh Open in Newport tonight.

Little-known Andrew Higginson fired in a 147 break in Newport this morning as his remarkable success story in the Welsh Open continued.

Neil Robertson earned the respect of Stephen Hendry after keeping his cool to beat the seven-times world champion in Newport tonight.

Dubliner Michael Judge will face Andrew Higginson in the third round of the Welsh Open today.

Andrew Higginson did John Higgins a friendly favour on the Scot’s arrival in Newport but hopes to be firmly in the driving seat when they clash in the second round of the Welsh Open tonight.

Ringtones specialist MonsterMob today wrote off profits growth in the UK until 2007 at the earliest as it waited for more people to use 3G phones.

Supermarket giant Tesco shrugged off the resurgence of rival chains to report another strong Christmas sales performance in the UK today.

UK mobile phone entertainment group Monstermob today signalled a major international expansion with the acquisition of a US rival for up to £17m (€25.3m).

While Hanks is always worth watching, and while he isn’t bad here, this Coen brothers re-make of the classic l950s Ealing Studios dark comedy is a disappointment.

Supermarket giant Tesco today reported a 17.5% hike in sales ahead of Christmas – spurred by growth in its clothing division.