WORLD OF SPORT

Five-TiMe winner Ronnie o’Sullivan reached the last four of the UK Championship yesterday with a comfortable win over Martin Gould. The Rocket, who beat world no 84 Sunny Akani 6-5 late on Thursday night, raced into a 5-0 lead before clinching the match 6-3. He plays Stephen Maguire, who defeated Joe Perry 6-3, in today’s semi-final.