Fluent O’Sullivan cruises into last eight

RONNIE O’Sullivan’s winning comeback continued as he cruised into the quarter-finals with victory over Ali Carter. The Rocket, who had almost a year out of the game prior to the World Championship, was in superb form this evening as he ended Carter’s hopes of landing his first world title for a second year running in…

Ding and Bingham seal second round wins

DING Junhui’s hopes of winning his first World Championship title increased when he beat Mark King to reach the quarter-finals. The world number nine, who won the PTC Grand Finals last month, came back from 6-2 down to beat the Englishman and set up a last eight clash with Australian Open winner Barry Hawkins. Traling…

New Champions event planned for next season

A BRAND new Champion of Champions competition is to take place next season, World Snooker has today announced. The new six-day event, which will run from Tuesday, November 19 to Sunday, November 24, will be held at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry. Winners of this season’s major competitions will take part in the event which…