Judd Trump has set his sights on being crowned world number one and returning to lift the Crucible trophy after coming up just short against John Higgins last night.

An emotional John Higgins claimed his fourth Betfred.com World Championship title tonight as the most harrowing 12 months of his life ended in triumph.

Judd Trump believes his biggest test of the Betfred.com World Championship will come if he falls behind in his semi-final against Ding Junhui.

A VAST collection of historic documents which sheds light on the early work in Cork of submarine inventor John Phillip Holland was presented to the country’s maritime college yesterday.

POLICE in the Bronx are investigating the murder a well-known GAA coach in New York.

THE director of an amusement park in which a 16-year-old was fatally injured on Sunday has promised to comply with a full health and safety and garda probe into the tragedy.