Jordi Murphy to retire at the end of the season
Ireland international forward Jordi Murphy has announced that he will retire from rugby at the end of this season.
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Shaun Murphy's warning to World Championship rivals after winning Tour Championship - 'A handful for anyone'
Shaun Murphy warns he can be a «handful for anyone» after winning the Tour Championship on Sunday to pick up his second title within five weeks. Murphy won the tournament, considered the biggest event outside of the Triple Crown, after coming from 4-0 down to beat Kyren Wilson 10-7, and he has now picked up £150,000 in prize money. Ad It is the first time in Murphy's career he has won two ranking titles in the same season and his total of 11 ranking titles puts him ahead of Jimmy White in the all-time list.
Shaun Murphy battles back to beat Wilson in Tour Championship final
Shaun Murphy battled back from four frames down to win the Duelbits Tour Championship final with a 10-7 victory over Kyren Wilson in Hull.
Shaun Murphy battles back from losing first four frames to down Kyren Wilson in Tour Championship final
Shaun Murphy shrugged off the shock of losing the opening four frames to rally superbly and beat Kyren Wilson 10-7 to win the Tour Championship. Murphy has been a man transformed this season, with back issues seemingly a thing of the past after undergoing gastric sleeve surgery to control his weight.
Tour Championship snooker 2023 final LIVE - Shaun Murphy and Kyren Wilson go head-to-head in final showdown
Head-to-head Shaun has had the better of Kyren in earlier meetings, leading their series 7-4. The most epochal meeting between them was in the semi-final of the 2021 World Championship, where Kyren let an 11-6 lead slip and watched on in horror as Shaun won 11 of the next 12 to reach the final. Ad Tour ChampionshipO'Sullivan handed major boost ahead of world title defence4 HOURS AGO Warrior Kyren has probably never played better in a multiple session match than he did in his semi-final against Ding Junhui, where he registered six centuries on the way to a 10-5 victory.
Shaun Murphy withstands Mark Selby fightback to set up Kyren Wilson showdown in Tour Championship final
Shaun Murphy withstood a typically dogged performance from Mark Selby to win a final-frame decider in the semi-final of the Tour Championship. The 2005 world champion emerged from a titanic tussle with a 10-9 win to set up a final showdown with Kyren Wilson at the Bonus Arena in Hull. Ad It was a tense, high-quality affair with Murphy’s 59 in frame 19 – his eighth 50+ break of the match to his opponent’s nine – ensured his progression to the final of the season’s penultimate ranking event of the season.
Sligo dedicate poignant League title win to the late Red Óg Murphy
SLIGO'S superb second-half saw then wrap up their Allianz Football League campaign in style as they won the Division Four title with a two-point defeat of Wicklow, 2-10 to 0-14, at a wet Croke Park.
Tour Championship 2023 live - Mark Selby faces Shaun Murphy in blockbuster semi-final with Kyren Wilson waiting in final
Superb Wilson notches six centuries as Ding is swept aside Kyren Wilson delivered a performance out of the top drawer to sink Ding Junhui 10-5 and power into the final of the Tour Championship. Ad The European Masters winner’s form has been trending in the right direction in recent weeks, and he followed his run to the semi-finals of the Players Championship last month by going at least one step further in Hull.