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Sportswear giant JD Sports has announced a slump in its pre-tax profits by more than £50m as bosses cautioned over inflation and supply chain disruption affecting trading over the rest of the year. Its comes days after the Bury-headquartered group handed a former executive chairman Peter Cowgill a £5.5m exit deal after he resigned in May.
Neil Robertson withdrew from the first ranking of the season as the Championship League got underway at Leicester's Morningside Arena on Monday. The 2010 world champion was due to meet Ashley Carty in his Group 3 opener, but was replaced by former Crucible qualifier Craig Steadman in a section that also contained Sean McAllister – who replaced Liam Highfield – and Adam Duffy. Ad 23-time ranking event winner Robertson joins world champion Luca Brecel – winner of the event a year ago – Mark Selby, Mark Allen and John Higgins in opting out of the early summer snooker action.
Former world champions Neil Robertson and Graeme Dott have the honour of breaking off the new 2023/24 snooker season at the Championship League on Monday in Leicester. Robertson – who denied Dott a second world title with an 18-13 win in the 2010 Crucible final – meets Ashley Carty in his Group 3 opener at 12:00 UK time in a section that also contains Liam Highfield and Adam Duffy. Ad It will be Robertson's first competitive match since he lost 13-7 to Jak Jones in the last 16 of the World Championship in April.
There are 12 spots available via snooker Q School in Europe and Asia which will see players earn a place on the main professional circuit for the next two seasons. Eight places were settled over two competitions at Leicester's Morningside Arena between May 26 — June 12 with 208 players competing.
Bai Yulu claimed the final two frames against Joshua Thomond to complete a thrilling 4-3 comeback win and book her place in the last 32 of Q School in Leicester. The 19-year-old women's British Open champion sealed victory on the final black just before midnight on Sunday to set up a meeting with Simon Bedford on Monday evening, the penultimate day of Event Two of the 208-player tournament. Ad Bai produced breaks of 59 and 75 with Thomond compiling 76 in the fifth frame, but it was the Chinese player who held her nerve superbly to edge a taut decider by two points.
Women's British Open champion Bai Yulu advanced to the last 64 of Event Two at Q School in Leicester courtesy of a 4-1 win over Zac Cosker in the first round. Cosker won the first frame but shipped the next four with this year's World Championship finalist finishing with breaks of 50 and 61 to seal her progress and a match against Joshua Thomond or Jamie Curtis-Barrett for a last-32 spot at the Morningside Arena on Sunday evening.
Michael Holt suffered a surprise 4-2 defeat to Hayden Staniland in the third round of Event One at snooker Q School in Leicester on Monday night as his hopes of regaining his professional tour card suffered a setback. 'The Hitman' had enjoyed a solid 4-1 win over Jeff Cundy in his tournament opener on Sunday, but was dumped out of the competition in his second match at the Morningside Arena chasing four more wins to earn a two-year card for the 2023/24 and 2024/25 seasons.
Former world champions Neil Robertson and Stuart Bingham advanced to round two of the inaugural World Snooker Tour Classic in Leicester.
Wins for O'Sullivan, Williams, Trump and Selby on day one Ad The big names came through mostly unscathed in the held over qualifying matches on day one of the Welsh Open. Welsh Open‘I feel like I'm back to my best’ – Trump sounds ominous warning to rivals after Grace winAN HOUR AGO Joe Perry made a winning start to his title defence with a 4-0 whitewash of Mark King, while Shaun Murphy produced a similarly emphatic performance to drub Brazil's Victor Sarkis 4-0.