SNOOKER:

World number one Mark Selby suffered a 6-3 first-round loss to amateur James Cahill in one of the biggest shocks in recent UK Championship history on Thursday night.

The two-time champion struggled throughout against the 22-year-old 126th seed, who dropped off the main tour at the end of the 2016-17 season. Cahill led 4-0 and 5-1 and closed out the win by potting a superb long pink in frame nine.

“It’s a great win” he said. “Hopefully I can take confidence from that.The standard wasn’t amazing. But to beat the world number one, such a great player, is brilliant.

“I am good enough to compete with the best, but I need to be more consistent.”

Cahill had not been past the first round of a ranking event at all this season.