"final in China to feature both players, previous one, at the Shanghai Masters, being won 10–6 by Ding. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: The ""rolling 147 prize"" for a maximum break stood at £5,000. These matches were played in Daqing on 23 October 2016. These matches were held between 29 September and 1 October 2016 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. Matches involved John Higgins, Ding Junhui, Liang Wenbo and Mark Selby, were played on 23 October 2016 in China. All matches were best of 11 frames. 2016 International Championship (snooker) The"
"won the WEPF World Eight-ball Championship, beating Darren Appleton 11–7 in the final at Blackpool. On 2 February 2015, Selby played in the 2015 Chinese Pool World Championship , but lost to Darren Appleton 19–21 in the final. Selby is a fan of Leicester City, whom he has supported since childhood. His 2014 World Championship victory came on the same day as City celebrated their promotion to the Premier League with an open-top bus parade, while his 2016 World Championship victory came on 2 May 2016, which he won just 11 minutes after the team sealed their first Premier League"
"from 16-11 behind to 16-14 - Selby eventually clinched the match by 18 frames to 14 to claim his second world title, along with the £330,000 prize. The match ended just minutes after Selby's home city of Leicester celebrated Leicester City F.C.'s first ever Premier League title win. The total prize money of the event was raised to £1,500,100 from the previous year's £1,364,000. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: The ""rolling 147 prize"" for a maximum break stood at £20,000. Shown below are the results for each round. The numbers in parentheses beside some"
"They included Ronnie O'Sullivan (five titles: 2001, 2004, 2008, 2012–13), John Higgins (four titles: 1998, 2007, 2009, 2011), Mark Selby (three titles and two-time defending champion: 2014, 2016–17), Mark Williams (two titles: 2000 and 2003), Shaun Murphy (one title: 2005), Graeme Dott (one title: 2006), Neil Robertson (one title: 2010), and Stuart Bingham (one title: 2015). O'Sullivan was making his 26th consecutive appearance in the final stages of the World Championship since his debut in 1993. This is one short of Stephen Hendry's record of 27 consecutive appearances and four short of Steve Davis's record of 30 total appearances. Five"
"out of 14 frames after being 10–4 behind John Higgins and closed out the match 18–15 to win his third World Championship and become the fourth player after Steve Davis, Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O'Sullivan to retain titles at the Crucible. He made a record £932,000 during the season. It was also Selby's fifth ranking title of the season after he had previously never won more than two titles in a campaign before. This tied him with Hendry and Ding as the only players to have won five ranking events in one season. Selby's 2017/2018 season began with a defeat"
"Mark Selby won the world title in 2014 by beating defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan 18–14 in the final, having trailed 5–10. Selby won a record £300,000 for his victory; the prize exceeding the previous highest of £270,000 in 2003, although prize money for first-round losers remained at £12,000. Selby lost 9–13 in the second round of the 2015 Championship to Crucible debutant Anthony McGill. Stuart Bingham won the title, defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan 13–9 in the quarter-finals, Judd Trump 17–16 in the semi-finals, and Shaun Murphy 18–15 in the final to win the first world title of his 20-year professional career."
"2017 UK Championship The 2017 Betway UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament taking place from 28 November at the Barbican Centre in York, England. It was the eleventh ranking event of the 2017/2018 season. Mark Selby was the defending champion, but he was defeated by Scott Donaldson 3–6 in the last 64. Ronnie O'Sullivan equalled Steve Davis's record of six UK titles by defeating Shaun Murphy 10–5 in the final. This was O'Sullivan's 31st ranking title and 18th Triple Crown title, equalling Stephen Hendry's record of most major titles. The breakdown of prize money for this year is"
"Boxing's 2012 Olympic flyweight representative Andrew Selby. Lee attended Barry Comprehensive School from 1998 to 2003. Lee Selby Lee Selby (born 14 February 1987) is a Welsh professional boxer. He held the IBF featherweight title from 2015 to 2018, and previously the European, Commonwealth and British featherweight titles between 2011 and 2014. As of May 2018, Selby is ranked as the world's fourth best active featherweight by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, fifth by ""The Ring"" magazine, and sixth by BoxRec. Selby began his professional career on 12 July 2008 with a win over Sid Razak (3-8) at the Newport"
"winner Judd Trump, who had recovered from 9–4 to take the match into a decider. In 2015, the final featured Australia's Neil Robertson and China's Liang Wenbo, the first time that a UK Championship final had been contested between two overseas players. The 2016 final between Selby and O'Sullivan saw five century breaks in the final six frames of the match as Selby won 10–7. The tournament has had many different sponsors over the years, including Super Crystalate, Tennents, StormSeal, Royal Liver Assurance, Liverpool Victoria, PowerHouse, Travis Perkins, Maplin Electronics, Pukka Pies, 12BET.com, williamhill.com,Coral, and Betway. It is one of"
"shown below: The ""rolling 147 prize"" for a maximum break stood at £15,000 ""Source: World Snooker"" Total: 99 2017 UK Championship The 2017 Betway UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament taking place from 28 November at the Barbican Centre in York, England. It was the eleventh ranking event of the 2017/2018 season. Mark Selby was the defending champion, but he was defeated by Scott Donaldson 3–6 in the last 64. Ronnie O'Sullivan equalled Steve Davis's record of six UK titles by defeating Shaun Murphy 10–5 in the final. This was O'Sullivan's 31st ranking title and 18th Triple Crown"
"Daryl Selby Daryl Selby, (born 3 November 1982 in Harlow) is a professional squash player who represented England. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 9 in April 2010. His sister is the professional squash player Lauren Selby. He attended the UK Brentwood School, Essex as his secondary school between 1994 and 2001. Selby won the British National Squash Championships in 2011, defeating the reigning World Champion and World No.1, Nick Matthew in the final 9-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-9, 11-7 (84m). He beat Nick Matthew in straight games in the round of 16 Psa Kuwait Cup in the"
"At the age of 38, Bingham became the oldest player to win the title since Ray Reardon in 1978. The tournament set a new record for the most century breaks made at the Crucible, with 86. Defending champion Stuart Bingham lost 9–10 against Ali Carter in the first round of the 2016 Championship. Mark Selby defeated Ding Junhui 18–14 in the final to claim his second world title. Ding was the first Asian player to reach a World Championship final. There were 86 century breaks made during the Championship, equalling the record set in 2015. A new record of 10"
"in the first session and never recovered, succumbing to a 4–10 defeat. With that victory, Perry became the first player to beat the 3 time World Champion since Anthony McGill did so in the 2015 edition. Despite this, he finished the season as the world number one for the seventh year in a row. Selby's first appearance in the season 2018/2019 was the World Open, in which he reached the best 32, losing 4–5 to Noppon Saengkham. The appearance in the 2018 China Championship tournament ended in victory, in the final he defeated John Higgins 10-9. In July 2006, he"
"Lee Selby Lee Selby (born 14 February 1987) is a Welsh professional boxer. He held the IBF featherweight title from 2015 to 2018, and previously the European, Commonwealth and British featherweight titles between 2011 and 2014. As of May 2018, Selby is ranked as the world's fourth best active featherweight by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, fifth by ""The Ring"" magazine, and sixth by BoxRec. Selby began his professional career on 12 July 2008 with a win over Sid Razak (3-8) at the Newport Leisure Centre in Wales. He compiled a record of 4-0 before losing for the first time"
"second of the season after Robertson), and also the twelfth player to win the World and UK Championship double in their career. In winning the world title, Selby also retook the world number one spot. In the first ranking event of the season, the Wuxi Classic, Selby lost 3–5 to Liang Wenbo in the last 32. He won the minor-ranking Riga Open, defeating Mark Allen 4–3 in the final, but lost 5–6 to Allen in the semi-final of the ranking Shanghai Masters. He suffered a surprise early exit in the last 128 of the ranking International Championship when 19-year-old tour"
"semi-finals of the European Masters.<ref name=""2016/17""></ref> Selby saw off Bingham 9–3 to reach the final of the International Championship and won the event for the first time by thrashing Ding Junhui 10–1 in the final in Daqing, China. Selby dominated the contest, winning the last seven frames in a row, in the most one-sided ranking event final since the 2012 Haikou World Open when Mark Allen beat Stephen Lee by the same scoreline. Selby made seven breaks over 50 while Ding managed a top run of just 47. In a high quality quarter-final match lasting five hours against John Higgins"
"players have won consecutive titles at the Crucible: Steve Davis (1983–1984 and 1987–1989), Stephen Hendry (1992–1996), Ronnie O'Sullivan (2012–2013) and Mark Selby (2016–2017), but only after they experienced the ""curse"". Even before the World Championship was staged at the Crucible, no player in the modern game successfully defended his first world title. Of all first-time world champions, only three retained their title at the next World Championship: Joe Davis in 1928, his brother Fred Davis in 1949 and John Pulman at his first challenge match in 1964. Additionally, Ray Reardon, Alex Higgins and John Spencer won the World Championship before"
"the final and went on to lose the final 4–10, receiving the runner-up prize of £90,000. In the World Open, Selby defeated Alan McManus 5–1 in the quarter-finals and Marco Fu 6–4 in the semi-finals, but lost 6–10 in the final to Shaun Murphy. At the World Championship, Selby beat Michael White 10–9, Ali Carter 13–9, and Alan McManus 13–5 to reach his first semi-final at the Crucible since 2010. He played world number one Neil Robertson in a repeat of the UK Championship final, and this time came out a 17–15 winner in a match described by commentators as"
"since Mark Williams 10 years before. This was Selby's 11th professional title. Defending champion Neil Robertson was the number 1 seed. World Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan did not compete. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the latest world rankings (revision 3) except that Stephen Lee, ranked 9, did not play because he was suspended. As a consequence Mark Davis, ranked 17, was invited and seeded 16. The total prize money of £500,000 was unchanged from the previous year but the distribution was changed with the winner receiving £175,000, an increase of £25,000. The breakdown of prize money for"
"of the Springboks' first game abroad. South Africa won 32–7. The stadium hosted matches for the 2015 Rugby World Cup, hosting three pool matches: Argentina–Tonga, Argentina–Namibia and Canada–Romania. King Power Stadium The King Power Stadium (also known as the King Prawn or Leicester City Stadium due to UEFA sponsorship regulations and formerly known as the Walkers Stadium) is a football stadium in Leicester, England. It is the home of Leicester City, the 2015–2016 champions of the Premier League. The all-seater stadium opened in 2002 and has a capacity of 32,312, the 20th largest football ground in England. It is named"
"2015 saw the first competition with guest teams. Championship title was won by England. Runners up were South Africa with Northern Ireland third. Fourth place were Wales. Fifth place was Trinidad and Tobago with Scotland sixth. The 2016 saw the Championship title was won by England. Runners up were Wales with Scotland third. Fourth place were Northern Ireland. The Challenge was won by Grenada. Runners up were Ireland with United States third. Other countries playing were Gibraltar fourth, Malta fifth and Israel sixth. The 2017 saw the Championship title was won by England. Runners up were Northern Ireland with Scotland"
"World title by defeating qualifier Mark Selby 18–13 in the final. The tournament was sponsored by online casino 888.com. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: Shown below are the results for each round. The numbers in parentheses beside some of the players are their seeding ranks (each championship has 16 seeds and 16 qualifiers). The first round draw was done by presenters Bill Turnbull and Sian Williams of BBC Breakfast on 19 March and it was announced on Breakfast at 7.30 am BST the next day. The preliminary qualifying rounds for the tournament took place"
"in China. All matches were best of 11 frames. Total: 39 Total: 75 2017 International Championship (snooker) The 2017 OPPO International Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 29 October to 5 November 2017 in Daqing, China. It was the eighth ranking event of the 2017/2018 season. Qualifying for the tournament took place between 26–30 September 2017 in Preston. Mark Selby was the defending champion, having beaten Ding Junhui 10–1 in the 2016 final. Selby retained his title by beating Mark Allen 10–7 in the final of this year's edition. Kyren Wilson made the 133rd official"
"of Le Mans winner and one-time winner of the 1000 km Silverstone, the major endurance race of the country, formerly part of the World Sportscar Championship and currently part of the FIA World Endurance Championship. Britain hosts one round of the MotoGP World Championship at Silverstone in early September, and celebrated its first motorcycle grand prix world champion since the late Barry Sheene with Danny Kent's title in Moto3 in 2015. The UK also hosts one round of the Superbike World Championship, at Donington Park. In the race had become the third Superbike World Championship round in Britain, but since"
"and became Ribbon British champion 2015. Sherlock represented Great Britain at the 2014 World Championships in Izmir and at the 2015 World Championships in Stuttgart. She won five golds and became English Champion on 3 July 2016. On 8–10 July Sherlock finished 32nd in the all-around at the 2016 Kazan World Cup. She won the Senior All-around Championships 2016 on 29–30 July 2016 at the British Championships in Liverpool. She also took the Gold in the Ball final at the same event. In the 2017 season, Sherlock competed at the 2017 Moscow Grand Prix finishing 22nd in the all-around. On"
"quarterfinal he lost to Mohamed El Shorbagy. In 2012, he reached the semifinals of the Tournament of Champions, losing James Willstrop in semifinals. In June 2013, he was gold medalist with the England Team during the 2013 World Team Championships. In the same year, in reached for the first time the quarterfinals of the World Championships. Daryl Selby Daryl Selby, (born 3 November 1982 in Harlow) is a professional squash player who represented England. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 9 in April 2010. His sister is the professional squash player Lauren Selby. He attended the UK"
"2018 China Championship The 2018 Evergrande China Championship was professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place between 24–30 September 2018 in Guangzhou, China, with qualifying took place from 19 to 22 August 2018 in Preston, England. It was the fourth ranking event of the 2018/2019 season. Luca Brecel was the defending champion, but he lost to Martin O'Donnell 3–5 in the first round. Mark Selby won the event, defeating John Higgins in the final 10–9. Selby's win was his 15th professional ranking event win. The event had a prize pool of £725,000, with the following breakdown for the player's reaching"
"Rod Lawler. It was Allen's first maximum break, and it was the fifth time in a row, that a maximum was made in a UK Championship. 105 centuries were made during the tournament, breaking last year's record of 104, which included 10 from both Selby and O'Sullivan. Mark Selby claimed his second UK title by beating Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–7 in the final. This was Selby's 10th ranking title. This also made him the sixth player to have completed the Triple Crown twice. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: The ""rolling 147 prize"" for a maximum"
"1,000th century to be made at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield since the World Championship was first staged there in 1977. In the final, Higgins held a 12–4 advantage over Mark Selby overnight, but Selby reduced his arrears to a single frame on day two. However, at 14–13, Higgins rediscovered his form to win four consecutive frames to clinch the match 18–13 to secure his second World title at 12:54 am, the latest finish to a World final (equalled when Neil Robertson beat Graeme Dott in 2010); and nine years after his first title – the longest time span between successes"
"the World Grand Prix and Welsh Open. The new World Seniors Tour comprised four events, including the World Seniors Championship which has returned to Scunthorpe in 2018. The second edition of the Home Nations Series was being held in this season with the English Open, Northern Ireland Open, Scottish Open and Welsh Open tournaments. A winner of all four tournaments would earn a bonus of £1 million. Ronnie O'Sullivan earned a joint-record five ranking titles in the season. He joined Stephen Hendry (1990/1991), Ding Junhui (2013/2014), and Mark Selby (2016/2017) in winning five ranking titles in the same season. The"
"Park Arena and Sports Centre in Wigan, England. All matches were best of 9 frames. 2016 German Masters The 2016 918.com German Masters professional ranking snooker tournament took place between 3–7 February 2016 at the Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany. It was the fifth ranking event of the 2015/2016 season. The defending champion Mark Selby lost 3–5 against Stephen Maguire in the last 16. Martin Gould won the first ranking title of his professional career, defeating Luca Brecel 9–5 in the final. German referee Maike Kesseler officiated at her first ranking final. The breakdown of prize money for this year is"
"2017 International Championship (snooker) The 2017 OPPO International Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 29 October to 5 November 2017 in Daqing, China. It was the eighth ranking event of the 2017/2018 season. Qualifying for the tournament took place between 26–30 September 2017 in Preston. Mark Selby was the defending champion, having beaten Ding Junhui 10–1 in the 2016 final. Selby retained his title by beating Mark Allen 10–7 in the final of this year's edition. Kyren Wilson made the 133rd official maximum break in the 10th frame of his last 32 match against Martin"
"delivered more than 85 world championship races in over a dozen different countries over 10 years. The 2017 UK Championships was a three-round competition hosted in Aalborg, Greenock and Milford Haven. The eventual winners were Sam and Daisy Coleman in the Pertemps Panther, sealing the win on the final race of the series in Wales. Second went to Milford Waterfront who claimed the event win on home waters in Milford Haven, while third was Experience Kissimmee. Also racing in the 2017 UK Championships was teams from Typhoo, Spirit of Inverclyde, PickfordsFX, Platinum Products, South Street and Arthur J Gallagher. P1"