O’sullivan given tilt at his old enemy Ebdon
RONNIE O’SULLIVAN will tackle his Crucible nemesis Peter Ebdon in the first round of snooker’s Betfred.com fred.com World Championship. p. Ebdon looked the man to avoid in the draw after he won the China Open at t the start of April pril then demolished hed Alfie Burden 10-0 in the final qualifying round on Sunday. The Ebdon v O’sullivan quarter-final in 2005 ranks as one of the most memorable matches in World Championship history, as O’sullivan (left) let a 10-6 lead slip away for Ebdon to win 13-11. John Higgins begins the defence of his title against China’s Liang Wenbo on Saturday, day one of the tournament. First-round draw —
see left CASTLEFORD'S rangi Chase faces a ban after being charged over an incident that left Featherstone stone winger Tangi ropati with a broken jaw. Chase was put on report during Castleford’s 23-16 Carnegie Challenge Cup fourth round loss on saturday, and has been ordered to face the rugby football league’s disciplinary committee tonight. could receive a three-match ban.
Challenge Cup fifth round draw — see left BAHRAIN International Circuit chairman Zayed R Alzayani has admitted to taking a ‘calculated decision’ about staging the F1 Grand Prix this weekend, but bizarrely compared potential demonstrations to the Boat Race protest. He said: ‘In London we had a guy stop the Boat Race. Do you want to tell me there is no threat on the Olympics in London? What’s the difference?’