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Allen eyes O'Sullivan scalp

Mark Allen knows how it feels to beat Ronnie O’Sullivan on the big occasion — and it’s a feeling he wants to experience again tonight.
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Inside Snooker

Hearn can hit the right notes for snooker: Allen

Monday, 25 January 2010

Mark Allen enters the arena to Robbie Williams’ Let Me Entertain You in snooker’s brave new world.
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Allen battling to be Master

Friday, 15 January 2010

Mark Allen tonight embarks on what could be the biggest weekend of his life.
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Allen floors World Champion Higgins

Thursday, 14 January 2010

Ulsterman Mark Allen picked up one of the best wins of his snooker career yesterday and then dedicated the success to a close friend.
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Higgins up next for cue ace Allen

Wednesday, 13 January 2010

Mark Allen takes on John Higgins this afternoon aiming for a different outcome than when the pair clashed in the semi-finals of last season’s World Championship.
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Hendry left blue by Murphy

Tuesday, 12 January 2010

Shaun Murphy saw off six-time champion Stephen Hendry in a high-class second-round clash in the Masters at Wembley.
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King blows away Whirlwind Jimmy White at Wembley

Monday, 11 January 2010

Jimmy White bowed out of the Masters last night in front of a partisan home crowd at Wembley.
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O’Sullivan’s emotional journey

Saturday, 9 January 2010

Ronnie O'Sullivan has taken inspiration from Usain Bolt as he enters the new decade with a fresh approach to his snooker.
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Jimmy White will generate jungle fever at the Masters

Thursday, 7 January 2010

Mark Allen is about to play one of the biggest matches of his career — but he knows it won’t be his clash with World champion John Higgins at the Masters that most people want to see.
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O'Sullivan tests purple cue

Wednesday, 6 January 2010

Ronnie O'Sullivan is road testing a bizarre new purple cue ahead of the defence of his Masters title at Wembley.
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Viewers in China lap up Ding win

Tuesday, 15 December 2009

The most watched snooker match in history came at this year’s World Championship — and it illustrated where the game’s future lies.
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Ding sees off Higgins to become UK snooker champion

Monday, 14 December 2009

Ding Junhui won the Pukka Pies UK Championship final after a late-night thriller with world champion John Higgins last night.
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Higgins aims to snuff out Rocket

Friday, 11 December 2009

Ronnie O'Sullivan and John Higgins set up a stellar semi-final encounter at the UK Championship tomorrow by posting crushing victories in their respective last-eight matches in Telford last night.
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Maguire into last four in UK Championship

Thursday, 10 December 2009

Stephen Maguire booked his place in the semi-finals of the UK Championship with a 9-5 victory over plucky qualifier Peter Lines in Telford.
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O'Sullivan races into quarter-finals

Wednesday, 9 December 2009

Ronnie O’Sullivan last night booked his place in the quarter-finals of the UK Championship with a comfortable 9-3 win over Peter Ebdon at the Telford International Centre.
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O'Sullivan back in the groove

Tuesday, 8 December 2009

Ronnie O’Sullivan came back after losing the first two frames to Matthew Stevens to easily book his place in the second round of the UK Snooker Championship, winning 9-3.
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Deciding frame drama sparks early Allen exit

Monday, 7 December 2009

The Christmas holidays have come early for Mark Allen, the 23-year-old going out of the UK Championship last night after suffering the heartbreak of a deciding frame defeat to Stephen Lee.
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Winning on snooker table tougher than the jungle, says Allen

Friday, 4 December 2009

Mark Allen will this weekend begin his quest to win snooker’s most prestigious title outside the World Championship — and he reckons it will be a more daunting challenge than Jimmy White has been facing lately.
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Snooker set to go on tour

Friday, 27 November 2009

World Snooker have revealed major expansion plans which will see the number of ranking events more than double.
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Allen’s bid is shot to bits

Saturday, 10 October 2009

Mark Allen’s Grand Prix hopes were crushed in cruel fashion by John Higgins yesterday.
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Mark Allen marches into the last eight

Thursday, 8 October 2009

Antrim's Mark Allen is through to the quarter-finals of the Grand Prix in Glasgow.
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