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Phil Taylor eased to a second successive Players Championship victory with a 6-0 whitewash of Mark Dudbridge in Wigan.

Three-time world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan has been handed a tricky tie against China's Liang Wenbo in the first round of the World Championship.

Snooker chief Barry Hearn says annual qualifying for a tour card would help prevent a "circuit for mediocrity".

Seven times Crucible King Stephen Hendry will play new Chinese sensation Zhang Anda in the first round of the Betfred.com World Snooker Championship next month.

Phil Taylor continues to lead the Premier League but he was made to work by Mervyn King as the top two players in the table shared a 7-7 draw on Thursday night.

The draw for the last 32 of the Betfred.com World Snooker Championship 2010 at the Crucible Theatre has been made.

Chinese teenager Zhang Anda registered the shock of the Betfred.com World Snooker Championship qualifiers with a 10-8 defeat of Ricky Walden to reach the Crucible for the first time.

Ken Doherty admitted he was "almost in tears" after missing out on the TV stages of the Betfred.com World Snooker Championship last year, but he was all smiles today after a 10-1 demolition of Joe Swail in the final qualifying round.

Steve Davis earned his 30th appearance at the Crucible with a 10-4 defeat of Adrian Gunnell at the Betfred.com World Snooker Championship qualifiers.

Adrian Lewis was at his best in Germany on Sunday as he claimed the second German Darts Classic Players Championship event of the weekend by beating Mark Walsh in the final.

Phil Taylor maintained his 100 per cent start to the Whyte & Mackay Premier League after brushing aside old rival Raymond van Barneveld in Exeter.

The BBC are making a programme about the 1985 World Championship final between Dennis Taylor and Steve Davis, and would like to hear from anyone who has an interesting tale to tell about that match.

Former champion John Parrott is beaten 10-6 by Chinese teenager Anda Zhang in qualifying for next month's World Championship.