Sporting Digest: Snooker

EMBASSY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (Sheffield) First round: J Parrott (Eng) bt D Henry (Sco) 10-9 (43-62 80-10 11-68 6-78 59-28 72-13 117-0 0-134 0-80 59-60 64-16 37-76 73-35 31-80 110-13 71-29 0-134 71-66 74-26); S James (Eng) bt L Dodd (Eng) 10-9 (65-46 34-73 64-62 69-23 77-42 53-71 89-23 34-55 36-60 81-45 31-73 58-2 16-70 66-59 87-1 8-96 21-66 34-68 79-44); K Doherty (Irl) bt A Higgins (N Irl) 10-6 (89-18 87-26 85-32 113-8 68-77 1-75 114-11 29-79 80-15 131-0 86-29 0-83 58-50 25-61 22-84 82-22).