He also won the Welsh Open twice, triumphing in 1998 and 2002, while the latter year also saw him claim the British Open title. However, just over a year on from winning his third Masters title ...

The WPBSA suspended the former Northern Ireland Open champion in March 2023 following suspicious betting activity reported on his match with Joe Perry in the previous month's Welsh Open.

Such has been his success that he has even taken some events off, choosing to skip the Championship League ranking event, Scottish Open and Welsh Open. However, that has not held him back in ...

The two incidents occurred at the Welsh Open and Turkish Open and involved former Masters champion Bingtao. Xintong, a former top-ten player, attempted to dissuade Bingtao, 25, from match fixing ...

He would take to the professional game just as smoothly, becoming the youngest player to reach the semi-finals of a ranking event when did so aged 17 at the 1996 Welsh Open. A first bump in the ...

Two cheats, ringleaders Liang Wenbo and Li Hang, were banned for life – with eight others suspended for a total of 27 YEARS – in the biggest match-fixing scandal in British sport. Yet Xintong ...

Before cancer struck, Paul was moving rapidly up the rankings and was already making the Masters his own, wins at the Welsh Open and British Open also part of his CV. His love of the big stage was ...

He pulled out of the Masters at Alexandra Palace on medical grounds, missed the German Masters in Berlin and apologised to fans after electing not to play at the Welsh Open. He also withdrew from ...

A group of MPs is urging the Welsh Rugby Union to pledge to treat all four of its regions equally, amid splits over WRU plans ...

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