Sporting Digest: Snooker

EMBASSY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (Sheffield) First round: A McManus (Sco) bt F O'Brien (Irl) 10-7 (13-114 (100 break) 75-11 85-0 34-98 112-1 70-9 9-65 72-65 62-58 93-34 143-0 (143 break) 70-8 60-64 8-91 0-118 (118 break) 18-64 66-56; W Thorne (Eng) bt G Ponting (Eng) 10-2 (65-20 118-15 64-17 75-0 62-31 80-29 68-17 44-49 69-19 90-34 30-76 74-46); S Davis (Eng) bt D O'Keane (NZ) 10-3 (103-20 31-71 84-27 63-14 114-1 12-120 (114) 61-54 25-65 71-64 79-47 99-1 64-21 76-31).