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'A great experience' – Watch Mark Allen produce some golden form on the pool table during break from snooker

Mark Allen used the break in the snooker calendar to show off his cue sports skills at the Ultimate Pool Players Championship with some dazzling breaks. The Northern Ireland Open champion is not due to return to competitive action on the snooker table until the opening round of the British Open on Monday 26 September against Stuart Carrington in Milton Keynes. Ad Allen lost 2-0 to three-time champion Mick Hill in Sunday's final of Group 5, being edged out 9-8 and 9-3 by the 8-ball specialist in Newcastle-under-Lyme, but admits the experience has inspired him to try the smaller baize in future.

Canada's Shapovalov falls to Rublev in 5-set marathon at U.S. Open

Andrey Rublev won the final point in a match that lasted more than four hours and beat Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4, 7-6 (10-7).

Brandon Jones wins Xfinity Series pole at Darlington Raceway

DARLINGTON, S.C. — Brandon Jones won the pole position Saturday morning for Saturday afternoon’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Darlington Raceway.

Liam Davies is UK snooker’s brightest prospect but his legendary practice partner keeps him grounded

Liam Davies cemented his position as the brightest young star in UK snooker last month when he became the first player ever to win the IBSF Under-16, Under-18 and Under-21 World Championships in the same year, not that his practice partner Mark Williams was congratulating him.

From Castle Corner to Castle Hill, Zimbabwe experience generational journey

TOWNSVILLE, Australia : Just a few feet shy of being classified a mountain, Castle Hill towers over the city of Townsville and on Saturday it will serve as the backdrop for a sporting event which has had North Queensland buzzing for a week.

From Castle Corner to Castle Hill, Zimbabwe cricketers experience generational journey

Australia are playing their first ever international series in the region but it is not the one-day cricket that is so exciting locals and packing out the city hotels. Zimbabwe, perpetual minnows of the game, have waited 18 long years to travel Down Under and face the might of Australia, and now, finally given the chance, they are being overshadowed by a rugby league match. The hometown North Queensland Cowboys play the reigning champion Penrith Panthers on Saturday night in a sold-out National Rugby League clash and in this part of Queensland, that cannot be topped.

Shapovalov picks up four-set victory to advance to third round at US Open

NEW YORK — Canada's Denis Shapovalov will be moving on to the third round of the U.S. Open after a 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 win over Roberto Carballes Baena on Thursday.

Rivalry aside, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a UNC grad, honors Duke's Mike Krzyzewski

RALEIGH, N.C. — Setting aside the heated college basketball rivalry, recently retired Duke University coach Mike Krzyzewski was honored Thursday by Gov. Roy Cooper — a two-time graduate of the University of North Carolina — with the state's highest honor.

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'A great experience' – Watch Mark Allen produce some golden form on the pool table during break from snooker

Canada's Shapovalov falls to Rublev in 5-set marathon at U.S. Open

Brandon Jones wins Xfinity Series pole at Darlington Raceway

Liam Davies is UK snooker’s brightest prospect but his legendary practice partner keeps him grounded

From Castle Corner to Castle Hill, Zimbabwe experience generational journey

From Castle Corner to Castle Hill, Zimbabwe cricketers experience generational journey

Shapovalov picks up four-set victory to advance to third round at US Open

Rivalry aside, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a UNC grad, honors Duke's Mike Krzyzewski