Stephen Maguire has passed one of the toughest tests of his career to nail down a place in the Embassy World Championship at the Crucible next month.

Ken Doherty says he would love to be one half of an Irish sporting success story in Dublin this weekend.

Quinten Hann will tomorrow become the first Australian for 14 years to contest a ranking tournament semi-final when he meets Peter Ebdon in the Citywest Irish Masters.