Sport in Short: Snooker

EMBASSY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (Blackpool) Third qualifying round (Eng unless stated): B Chaperon (Can) bt C Waters 10-2; K Broughton bt B West 10-5; P McPhillips (Sco) bt E Hughes (Irl) 10-6; D Harold bt F Chan (HK) 10-3; S Dunn bt C Roscoe (Wal) 10-7; D Fynbow bt R Foxall 10-8; B Gollan (Can) bt N Dyson 10-9; A Higgins (N Irl) bt K Stevens (Can) 10-5; B Morgan bt M Flowerdew 10-8; R Lawler bt O King 10-1; D Dale (Wal) bt J Wych (Can) 10-8; R O'Sullivan bt P Davies (Wal) 10-5; P Ebdon bt S Longworth 10-3; D Henry (Sco) bt S Newbury (Wal) 10-4; L Dodd bt B L'Orange (Nor) 10-9; K Payne bt J Prince (N Irl) 10-9; P Tanner bt C Wilson (Wal) 10-3; J Swail (N Irl) bt N Terry 10-8; J Grech (Malta) bt S Murphy (Irl) 10-2; M Rowing bt J Virgo 10-7; D Leary bt J McLaughlin (N Irl) 10-6; N Gilbert bt A Hicks 10-9; J Read bt D McDonnell 10-7; J Birch bt S Duggan 10-5; J Giles bt T Meo 10-9; S Mellish bt I Graham 10-7; P Kenny bt M Price 10-6; S O'Connor (Irl) bt C Thorburn (Can) 10-7; T Chappel (Wal) bt C Morton 10-9.