Sunday, January 22, 2017

Sports round-up

Snooker: Ronnie O'Sullivan (picture) recovered from a faulty cue tip to beat Marco Fu 6-4 at Alexandra Palace in London and reach the Masters final for the 12th time in his career. O'Sullivan was allowed to take an early interval as he trailed 2-1 to get his tip replaced and returned to produce some brilliant snooker, which included a break of 122 to level the match at 3-3 and then a further break of 95. The Londoner claimed afterwards it had been one of the best wins of his career in the circumstances. He had earlier looked on as the in-form Fu compiled breaks of 110 and 141, levelled it up again at 4-4 with two more half-century breaks and then clinched the next two with successive scores of 82 and 69. Alpine Skiing: Irrepressible Lindsey Vonn won the women's downhill at Garmish-Partenkirchen yesterday in only her second race since returning after an 11-month injury layoff. The four-times World Cup overall champion, and 2010 Olympic downhill champion, was fastest at every intermediate stage on the Kandahar course as she finished 0.15 seconds ahead of Switzerland's Lara Gut. Germany's Viktoria Rebensburg was third. Basketball, NBA: Having already delivered convincing statements...

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