Hendry had previously weighed in on Murphy's feud with Mark Allen, saying that slow playing styles made him feel that snooker was no longer fun to watch.

Judd Trump is on course to pick up another huge cash bonus in his quest to become snooker's first £2m man. The world No. 1 moved onto 65 centuries for the season with a 3-0 win over Joe O'Connor ...

The intertwined fates of these three strangers is the propulsive force driving the second novel in Joseph O’Connor’s excellent Escape Line trilogy. The book’s predecessor, My Father’s ...

Fans of the novelist Joseph O’Connor will be happy to learn that the second part of his Escape Line trilogy, The Ghosts of Rome is published this week. There’s an opportunity to hear him ...

Six time snooker world champion Steve Davis has hinted that he would support the sport becoming an Olympic event. Presenter Hazel Irvine added: "There is certainly plenty of pushing for that and ...

Joe Mixon rightfully had some harsh words for the NFL on Twitter after a pretty costly blunder had the Houston Texans’ running back invoking Connor McDavid, of all athletes, in his rant. KANSAS ...

The commentary team were left as devastated as snooker player Joe O’Connor himself after he agonisingly missed out on a 147 in his Championship League match. Leading Tom Ford 1-0, the 29-year ...

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Actress Natacha Karam and her real-life boyfriend, John Clarence Stewart, may be headed down the aisle on the Fox drama. Watch a scene from season 5, episode 10, "All Who Wander." Patrick Gomez is ...

Oh, to be Mom and Dad’s VIP. When discussing whether or not parents have a favorite child, mom’s usually the word. But new research is blowing the lid off the ugly truth — there’s almost ...

No matter what they say to their children, parents really do have a favourite, a study has found. Daughters are 11 per cent more likely to be the apples of their parents’ eyes than sons ...

The Masters is into the quarter-final stages at Alexandra Palace, with a blockbuster line-up in the last eight in north London. There were a string of impressive performances in the opening round ...