WORLD OF SPORT

HULL KR secured their Super League spot for 2019 with a 30-0 win over relegated Widnes at KCOM Craven Park yesterday. Rovers went into the final match of the Super 8s needing to win by 14 points to pip Toronto to third place in the Qualifiers and, with Danny McGuire leading the way, had the game sewn up by half-time. Toronto face London Broncos on Sunday to determine the final Super League place.

Mark Selby won a nail-biting snooker final against John Higgins at the China Championship yesterday. The 35-year-old leicester player came through 10-9 against Scotsman Higgins to take the title and £150,000 top prize. Despite building a 5-4 lead in the first session, Higgins could not pull away and the players were never more than a frame apart in the evening. Higgins moved 9-8 up but Selby forced a decider and edged over the line to secure his 15th ranking title.

JONATHAN REA has celebrated his World Superbike championship victory with a second win at Magny-Cours. The Northern Irishman secured a fourth straight world title on Saturday with victory on the French circuit in race one. And Rea, now level with record title holder Carl Fogarty, claimed another win yesterday — his 14th victory from 22 races. He said: ‘I’m living the dream but I feel the best is yet to come.’