Former Musselburgh High School pupil Ross Muir is through to the last 32 of Event 2 of Q School at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield after a 4-2 victory over Josh Boileau.

Musselburgh snooker ace Ross Muir comfortably secured his place in the second round of Event 2 
of Q School in his bid to turn professional at the World Snooker 
Academy in Sheffield, writes MICHAEL GALLACHER.

Granton’s Craig MacGillivray made it a “Magnificant Seven” Scottish snooker 
titles this season when he won the Scottish Masters National Championship yesterday, 
defeating Stirling’s Jim Rushforth 5-2 at The Locarno Snooker Club in Edinburgh.

MUSSELBURGH’S Ross Muir hopes to build on last weekend’s victory in the Scottish National Championship as he cues up later today aiming to qualify for the professional World Snooker Tour as Q School gets underway at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield.

Ronnie O’Sullivan lifted the Betfair World Championship trophy for a fifth time last night after banishing his demons to secure Crucible glory.

Ronnie O’Sullivan found himself in a battle and came up with the response of a sporting gladiator to pull clear of Barry Hawkins after a superb opening day of the Betfair World Championship final.

RONNIE O’Sullivan rocketed to his fifth Betfair World Championship final as he brushed aside the challenge of Judd Trump at Sheffield’s Crucible yesterday.

RONNIE O’Sullivan admits Barry Hearn has the pulling power to ensure he is not lost to snooker forever.

STEVE Davis believes a Judd Trump victory over Ronnie O’Sullivan in their Betfair World Championship semi-final showdown could be exactly what snooker needs.

RONNIE O’Sullivan last night revealed he only returned to snooker because he needed the money and claimed he will walk away from the sport again soon.

Ronnie O’Sullivan insists he can avoid a Crucible meltdown as he closes in on a fifth world championship title.

Ronnie O’Sullivan powered past Ali Carter last night to clinch his place in the Betfair World Championship quarter-finals.

JUDD Trump has dismissed Shaun Murphy’s claim that his form may have nosedived because he began to take winning titles for granted.

GRAEME Dott fears Scotland’s era of snooker dominance may finally be coming to an end.

SHAUN Murphy felt the full force of an electrified Graeme Dott as the Scot hauled himself level in their high-stakes Crucible battle.

ON A night of comedy and high farce at the Crucible, the joke was on Dechawat Poomjaeng.

JOHN Higgins, Stephen Maguire and Marcus Campbell all crashed out in the first round of the World Championship earlier this week and, if Graeme Dott fails to overturn a 6-2 defcit against Shaun Murphy when their second-round match resumes today it will be the first time in 25 years that there has not been a single Scot in the quarter-finals at The Crucible.

STEPHEN Maguire said he did not think Dechawat Poomjaeng was “the full shilling” after the Scot lost to him in the World Championship first round late on Tuesday night.

A REINVIGORATED Alan McManus admits that he is already itching to get back into action, despite seeing his Crucible dreams ended at the first hurdle yesterday.

GRAEME Dott hit out at the slow play that he believes is killing the game of snooker despite the former world champion edging out Peter Ebdon in the first round at the Crucible.