Sport in Short: Snooker

DUBAI CLASSIC (Blackpool; Eng unless stated) First round: W King (Aus) bt J Donnelly (Sco) 5-4; F O'Brien (R of Irl) bt P Browne (R of Irl) 5-3; K Broughton bt J O'Boye 5-4; B Pinches bt D Coles 5- 3; S Suwannasingh (Thai) bt J Smith 5-3; N Fruin bt T Wilson 5-1; M Williams (Wal) bt J Weston 5-3; J Wallace bt J Wright 5-3; P Gibson bt J Burns 5-2; M Davis bt J Giles 5-1; J Burnett (Sco) bt P Medati 5-1; S Storey bt A Cheema 5-3; J Grech (Malta) bt R Dickson 5-1; A Trigg bt B Rowswell 5-1; C Edwards bt P Watchorn (Irl) 5-2; O King bt S Mellish 5-3; W King (Aus) bt G Burns 5-1; T Rampello bt C Cookson 5-1; M Pugh bt J Whittaker 5-1; J Woodman bt N Figgins 5-2; K Payne bt C Macgillivray (Sco) 5-2; S Ali bt M Fisher 5-2; J Smith bt S Prest 5-2; S Elliott bt R Foldvari (Aus) 5-3; J Weston bt S Ventham 5-2; M Rowing bt S Chong (Mal) 5-4; P McPhillips (Sco) bt P Webb 5-4; R Pincott bt R Edmonds 5-4; P Lines bt B Cassidy 5-2; A Higgins (N Irl) bt P Wykes 5-3; M Williams (Wal) bt J Chambers 5-2; M Macleod (Sco) bt K Ashby 5-3; A Halpin bt S Duggan 5-1; B Oliver bt M Gibson (Sco) 5-1; D Leary bt D Martin 5-2; A Fisher bt J Wright 4-3 (ret); Y Merchant (Ind) bt M Huznu 5- 1; S Longworth bt D McGlinchey (N Irl) 5-1; T Shaw bt D Lennox (Irl) 5-0; P Daubney bt D McLelland (Sco) 5-3; A Cairns bt P Houlihan 5-1; G Horne (Sco) bt R Williams 5-1; T Wilson bt C Johnston-Allen 5-3; D Harold bt B Jones 5-3; B Pinches bt M Dunn 5-4; C Small (Sco) bt S Macfarlane (Sco) 5-3; I Williamson bt A Kikis 5-3.