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Snooker

Ronnie O'Sullivan pulls off great escape

Ronnie O'Sullivan's hopes of appearing at this year's world championship at the Crucible were all but gone at one point yesterday in Berlin – but a comeback brilliant even by the standards of the 36-year-old saw him keep the door ajar for a little longer at least.

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Inside Snooker

Mark Allen fined over UK Championship outburst

Thursday, 26 January 2012

Mark Allen has been fined £250 and warned as to his future behaviour after he swore during a rant directed at World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn during last month's williamhill.com UK Championship in York.

Snooker: Allen’s great rally not enough as Trump takes UK title

Monday, 12 December 2011

Mark Allen will have to wait a little longer for his first major victory after going down 10-8 to Judd Trump in last night’s thrilling UK Championship final in York.
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UK Snooker Championships: Allen has a rant at colleagues... and makes semi

Friday, 9 December 2011

A defiant Mark Allen believes his fellow players “don't have the b***s” to speak their mind when it comes to their feelings on the governance of the game.
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Barry Hearn to seek legal advice over Mark Allen's comments

Wednesday, 7 December 2011

World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn has said he will seek legal advice following Mark Allen's comments about his running of the sport.

Foul-mouthed Allen riles snooker bosses

Wednesday, 7 December 2011

Mark Allen could be charged with bringing the game into disrepute after he used “inappropriate language” during a post-match tirade against World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn.

Short, sharp and to the point - that brings in the cash for snooker

Wednesday, 7 December 2011

Mark Allen needs to get real — the days of wall-to-wall coverage of lengthy snooker matches are long since over.

Allen in savage blast at snooker boss Hearn

Tuesday, 6 December 2011

Mark Allen booked his place in the second round of the williamhill.com UK Championships in York yesterday afternoon and immediately launched an attack on World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn, during which he suggested he should leave his post.
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Ronnie O'Sullivan slams snooker bosses

Wednesday, 19 October 2011

Three-time world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan claims he is being “blackmailed” by the game’s governing body, saying they are “raping” him by making ranking points available for smaller tournaments.

Snooker legend Len Ganley dies aged 68

Monday, 29 August 2011

One of Northern Ireland's most recognisable faces in snooker, legendary referee Len Ganley, has died at his home at the age of 68.
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China hold on for World Cup win

Sunday, 17 July 2011

China won the first Snooker World Cup since 1996 after Ding Junhui and Liang Wenbo beat Northern Ireland's Mark Allen and Gerard Greene in Sunday's final in Bangkok.

Jimmy White: I cried all day when Alex Higgins died

Friday, 27 May 2011

Jimmy White said he cried all day when he learned that Alex Higgins had died at the age of 61 on July 23 last year.
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World Snooker Championship: Scandal will always sting, says Higgins

Wednesday, 4 May 2011

John Higgins accepts he will never be allowed to forget the scandal which threatened to end his career — no matter how many world titles he wins.
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John Higgins celebrates fourth World Snooker Championship title

Tuesday, 3 May 2011

John Higgins capped an "unbelievable 12 months" as he won his fourth world championship by beating Judd Trump last night.
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World Snooker Championship: Defeat for Allen... but better days lie ahead

Thursday, 28 April 2011

Mark Allen will wake up this morning knowing he had a far better World Championship than he had any right to expect.
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World Snooker Championship: Williams sees off Allen's challenge

Wednesday, 27 April 2011

Mark Williams reached his first Crucible semi-final since the year he won his second world title as he finished off Mark Allen's challenge this morning.
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Snooker: Allen’s hopes rest on another fightback

Wednesday, 27 April 2011

Mark Allen’s chances of making the semi-finals of the World Championship in Sheffield are hanging by a thread after he finished last night’s session with Mark Williams 11-5 behind.
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World Snooker Championship: Sad Hendry exits Crucible and ponders retirement

Tuesday, 26 April 2011

Stephen Hendry signed off from the Crucible possibly for the final time and insisted: “I've not had a bad time here.”
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World Snooker Championship: Fighter Allen eyes big prize

Monday, 25 April 2011

Mark Allen is ready to fight all the way for glory at the Betfred.com World Championship after delivering two final-frame knock-outs.
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World Snooker Championship: Allen’s geared up for Saturday night fever

Saturday, 23 April 2011

Mark Allen could be in for a dramatic Saturday night at the Crucible Theatre.
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Mark Allen can be Ulster’s next world champion, says Dennis Taylor

Friday, 22 April 2011

Snooker legend Dennis Taylor last night tipped Mark Allen to become only the third Ulsterman to win the World Championship.
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GAA Writers Annual Dinner

In Pictures: Rugby World Cup Fans

Columnist Comments

• Blame for this awful mess lies squarely with Capello

Unusually for Fabio Capello, a man who owns some highly valued pieces of art but is not given to too many flights of poetic fancy, he once said that he had a dream. It was right at the start of his England reign and it was that he would lead his team into the final of the World Cup in Johannesburg.

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• Proof there’s life in the old dogs yet

The notion that players who are fortunate enough to reach inter-county standard can now expect rather shorter careers at this level would appear to be gaining in substance — if we are to believe all we hear, that is.

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• The strife of Brian in quest for Holy Grail

One down, four to go, as the Six Nations burst back onto our screens on Saturday lunchtime with the game no-one gives a monkeys about — France v Italy.

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• Wales on course for joy of six

Controversial decisions may have denied Ireland of victory against Wales in Dublin but at the stark fact is the Irish did not deserve to win. Wales did as they were much the better side.

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• Tyrone Howe: Ireland need pride after big fall

Let’s be honest, Ireland may have been minutes away from recording a home victory, but for the majority of the game they were out-thought, outgunned and outplayed by Warren Gatland and his men.

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• Bridge battle was a game that makes it all worthwhile

Have you ever wanted to quit your job and live the life of a football commentator instead? Being offered a prime seat at all the best games and not having to pay for it? Better still, someone is paying YOU to be there!

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• Title race is wide open again and AVB’s job is safe

It's game on in the Premier League title race. Manchester City aren't invincible in England after all. And Chelsea have become a force again.

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• Ulster bonus material finally shown

A week ago, in the wake of their 24-17 RaboDirect Pro12 victory over Scarlets, I wrote in terms of Ulster having achieved the first of five pre-Christmas goals.