Shanghai Masters 2013 – Day 1 Report

FORMER world champion Shaun Murphy was pushed all the way before winning a deciding frame to reach the last 16 of the Shanghai Masters. Breaks of 116 and 77 gave Murphy the perfect start but his Chinese opponent Yu De Lu fought back in fluent style to peg back level on the tournament’s opening day.…

Lee found guilty of match-fixing

STEPHEN Lee has been found guilty of match-fixing charges by the World Professional Snooker and Billiards Association. The verdict comes after Lee, a five times ranking event winner, faced a disciplinary tribunal hearing in Bristol last week following charges over seven matches played in four tournaments between 2008 and 2009 – charges the 38-year-old denied. His…