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“In the next round I could play a lot better but I don’t think my game is ready to win four tough matches to get to the Crucible yet. “Hopefully if I can keep getting better and keep improving, my technique becomes reliable and I can get to a better pace, then next year will be the goal to get back to the Crucible.” It was a candid admission of his shortcomings by the Scot, in what was only his second professional match since he returned after a nine-year absence with defeat to Matthew Selt in the first round of the Gibraltar Open last month.

RTÉ Sport journalist Six of those players, including 2020 EBSA European Under-21 champion Aaron Hill and 1997 World Champion Ken Doherty, are starting off in round one, meaning that they need to win four matches before Wednesday week to get through to the Crucible Theatre. There is a guarantee of at least one Irish winner in the first round on Wednesday when the two Fergals - O'Brien from Dublin and Quinn from Tyrone - meet one another. It's fair to say that the pair are at opposite ends of their careers, but O'Brien, who was ranked as high as No 9 in the world in the 1999-2000 season, sa...

Stephen Hendry is set to rekindle his famous rivalry with Jimmy White (Andrew Matthews/PA) Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Stephen Hendry is relaxed about the prospect doling out one final snooker indignity to his great rival Jimmy White when the pair meet again in the first qualifying round for the World Championships in Sheffield on Monday. The 52-year-old’s comeback after a seven-year absence from the tour was g...

By Paul Durrant The 2021 ProTour season kicked off at Whites Hotel, Bolton last week, four Players Championship events over consecutive days starting Thursday. A total of £300,000 in prize money, 75k per day, with 10k to the winner, 6k for the runner up. Thursdays winner was Joe Cullen, narrow victor over newly crowned Ladbrokes Masters Champion, Jonny Clayton 8-7. Cullens winning average a paltry 86.5, Clayton 92.8, they are long tiring days starting at 2-00pm. No excuse though, as Clayton recorded a semi average of 109.6 in his demolition of Jon Worsley 7-0. Thursdays winner was Joe Cullen...

The builder who left his darts career down to a coin toss – who is Jason Lowe? PA 24 December 2020, 1:18 pm Jason Lowe produced a seismic upset at the PDC World Championship on Wednesday night, eliminating fourth seed Michael Smith at Alexandra Palace. This is Lowe’s first year on the PDC Tour but he showed few signs of stage fright at the organisation’s biggest event, claiming a spot in the last-32 with a 3-1 victory over 2019 finalist Smith. Here, the PA news agency looks at a few things you might not know about the 48-year-old from Cradley Heath in the West Midlands.