Ronnie O’Sullivan and Ali Carter will face each other in the second of this weekend’s Northern Ireland Trophy semi-finals.

John Higgins and Dave Harold will lock horns in the first of this year’s Northern Ireland Trophy semi-finals in Belfast tomorrow.

The quarter final line-up at the UK Snooker Championship is now complete and the first of the matches gets underway at 2pm this afternoon.

World number five Ronnie O’Sullivan raced to a 9-1 victory over former practice partner Mark King to book a place in the quarter-finals of the Maplin UK Championship but, typically, was still not satisfied with his performance.

Ronnie O’Sullivan wasted little time in winning the two frames he needed for a place in the quarter-finals of this year’s Maplin UK Championship.

Mark Williams and Shaun Murphy are the first two players to qualify for the quarter-finals of this year's Maplin UK Championship.

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

Ken Doherty's campaign at the Snooker Grand Prix is effectively over after the Dubliner suffered a third straight defeat in the group stages last night.

Ireland's Ken Doherty has suffered defeat to fellow Dubliner Michael Judge in his opening game of the Snooker Grand Prix.

Former New Order star Peter Hook has enlisted the help of Liam Gallagher, Ian Brown and Echo & the Bunnymen star Ian McCulloch to front his new all-star band.

Ryan Day leads fellow Welshman Dominic Dale 6-3 after the first session of today’s £250,000 Roewe Shanghai Masters final.

Graeme Dott believes a summer away from the practice table will pay off in the new season after revealing he was “mentally drained” when his world title defence ended in the first round.

Former champion John Parrott produced a spirited fightback to draw level with Shaun Murphy today and give himself a chance of reaching the World Championship quarter-finals for the first time in eight years.

Ronnie O’Sullivan cruised into the last 32 of the China Open today with a routine first round win.

Marco Fu held his nerve to send world number one Stephen Hendry crashing out in the first round of the China Open today.

RONNIE O’SULLIVAN will meet Chinese teenager Ding Junhui in the first round of this year’s World Championship.

Ronnie O’Sullivan will meet Chinese teenager Ding Junhui in the first round of this year’s World Championship.

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

Dave Harold expects nothing less than a “battle” with UK champion Peter Ebdon at the Welsh Open today.

KEN DOHERTY secured his passage through to the last 16 of the Welsh Open at the Newport Centre yesterday with a 5-3 victory over Belfast’s Joe Swail.

Defending champion John Higgins called on all of his battling qualities to book his place in the quarter-finals of the Royal London Watches Grand Prix.

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

Ireland's Ken Doherty is through to the knock-out stages of the Snooker Grand Prix in Aberdeen after beating Joe Swail 3-0 in the round-robin stage last night.

Former world champion Ken Doherty and Australian ace Neil Robertson both booked their places in the last 16 of the Royal London Watches Grand Prix tonight.

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

Ronnie O’Sullivan is out of form.

Ronnie O’Sullivan’s dismal season suffered another setback when he was whitewashed 5-0 by Thailand’s James Wattana in the first round of the Star Group China Open in Beijing today.

Putting friendship to one side for the evening, Anthony Hamilton finished with a flourish to book his place in the last four of the Welsh Open at the Newport Centre tonight.

The line-up for the Welsh Open quarter-finals is not so much a who’s who of snooker as a who’s that?

Ireland's Ken Doherty in action in the third round of the Welsh Open at the Newport Centre today.

Ryan Day made short work of an out-of-sorts Jimmy White to blast into the third round of the Welsh Open at the Newport Centre.

Ryan Day is hoping to make it a black night for Jimmy White when they clash in the Welsh Open at Newport.

Struggling fellow countrymen Matthew Stevens and Mark Williams go into this week’s Welsh Open at the Newport Centre increasingly desperate to re-discover winning ways.

If Barry Pinches shocks Stephen Hendry in the last 16 of the Malta Cup tonight, expect thanks to be extended to Norwich bank manager Stephen Feeney.

FORMER world champion Ken Doherty won a high-quality all-Irish battle to secure a place in the second round of the Malta Cup.

Former world champion Ken Doherty won a high-quality all-Irish battle to secure a place in the second round of the Malta Cup.

Ronnie O’Sullivan will not be throwing in the towel when he begins the defence of his Masters title next week.

Paul Hunter, who has been battling against cancer, returned to action at the Travis Perkins UK Championship in York today as the big names entered the fray.

World number 18 Barry Pinches was in danger of a shock first-round exit as the Travis Perkins UK Championship got under way in York today.

World number one Ronnie O’Sullivan is halfway there to making a successful defence of his Grand Prix title in Preston.

Last year’s runner-up Ian McCulloch was sent crashing out of the Grand Prix in Preston tonight after defeat at the hands of an in-form John Higgins.

Australian hot-shot Neil Robertson enjoyed an impressive 4-0 victory over world semi-finalist Ian McCulloch on the opening day of the Northern Ireland Trophy at the Waterfront Hotel in Belfast yesterday.

World champion Shaun Murphy takes to the green baize tomorrow for his first tournament since last season’s heroics at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.

NEW Embassy World Champion Shaun Murphy revealed he had a “quiet night” after his heroic final victory over Matthew Stevens at the Crucible.