Sporting Digest: Snooker

EMBASSY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (Blackpool) Seventh qualifying round: M O'Sullivan (Eng) bt C Wilson (Wal) 10-9; S Storey (Eng) bt D Finbow (Eng) 10-8. Eighth qualifying round: M Davis (Eng) bt J Wych (Can) 10-4; S Mazrocis (Eng) bt N Terry (Eng) 10-8; B Morgan (Eng) bt J Weston (Eng) 10-3; L Dodd (Eng) bt N Gilbert (Eng) 10-3; S Lee (Eng) bt A Hamilton (Eng) 10-6; B Snaddon (Sco) bt S Newbury (Wal) 10-4; A Higgins (N Irl) bt A Cairns (Eng) 10-5; G Ponting (Eng) bt A Rosa (Eng) 10-6; R O'Sullivan (Eng) bt A Hicks (Eng) 10-8; D Henry (Sco) bt Storey 10-5; C Thorburn (Can) bt R Lawler (Eng) 10-6; S Gill (Eng) bt M Couch (Eng) 10-8.