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<title>Power strikes in Wigan</title>
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<description>Phil Taylor eased to a second successive Players Championship victory with a 6-0 whitewash of Mark Dudbridge in Wigan. </description>
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<title>Ronnie O'Sullivan handed tricky World Championship tie</title>
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<description>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.</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Barry Hearn wants annual qualifying school for snooker</title>
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<description>Snooker chief Barry Hearn says annual qualifying for a tour card would help prevent a "circuit for mediocrity".</description>
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<title>Hendry To Face Debutant Zhang At Crucible</title>
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<description>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.
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<title>Taylor made to work in Manchester</title>
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<description>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. </description>
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<title>World Snooker Championship 2010 Draw</title>
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<description>The draw for the last 32 of the Betfred.com World Snooker Championship 2010 at the Crucible Theatre has been made.
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<title>Giant Anda through to Crucible</title>
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<description>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.
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Doherty Thumps Swail To Book Crucible Return</title>
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<description>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. </description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 9 Mar 2010 18:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Legend Davis Reaches New Landmark</title>
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<description>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. </description>
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<title>German Jackpot for Lewis</title>
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<description>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. </description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 9 Mar 2010 18:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Power surges past Barney</title>
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<description>Phil Taylor maintained his 100 per cent start to the Whyte &amp; Mackay Premier League after brushing aside old rival Raymond van Barneveld in Exeter. </description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 5 Mar 2010 13:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Remember Taylor/Davis &amp;#146;85?</title>
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<description>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. 

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<title>Parrott fails in bid for Crucible</title>
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<description>Former champion John Parrott is beaten 10-6 by Chinese teenager Anda Zhang in qualifying for next month's World Championship. </description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 3 Mar 2010 22:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Barry Hearn's New Snooker World</title>
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<description>Up for a challenge: Barry Hearn, the chairman of the WPBSA, believes he can bring the good times back to snooker if the sport is brave enough to experiment</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Crucible Receives Royal Visit</title>
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<description>HRH The Earl of Wessex, better known as Prince Edward, was joined by Stephen Hendry as he officially re-opened the newly refurbished Sheffield Crucible Theatre last week. </description>
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<title>PDC launch Darts World Cup</title>
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<description>The PDC have launched an exciting new masterplan for darts, including a World Cup, Under-21 and women's World Championship after the BDO refused to even discuss the prospect of a merger. </description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lewis Powers Barney in Premier League</title>
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<description>Adrian Lewis saw off Raymond van Barneveld in the second round of Premier League Darts, while there were also wins for Phil Taylor and Mervyn King. </description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Stephen Lee released</title>
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<description>Released Stephen Lee expects no charge after snooker betting arrest</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Holt beats Harold</title>
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<description>Michael Holt white-washed Dave Harold 4-0 to reach the quarter-finals of Pro Challenge Five. 

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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Phil Taylor's Phase 5 Darts!</title>
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<description>The Power was using his Phase 5 tungsten/nickel alloy darts with the green 'Power' flights  in last weeks Premier League victory over Australian Simon Whitlock.</description>
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