UK Championship final LIVE: Ronnie O’Sullivan BEATS Mark Allen to clinch title
THE UK Championship has reached the final and Express Sport is on hand with the live updates from the York Barbican as Ronnie O’Sullivan bids to defend his title against Mark Allen.
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Ronnie O’Sullivan came into the UK Championship as hot favourite following his impressive victory over Shaun Murphy 12 months ago.
The York Barbican has hosted the Triple Crown event since 2011 and a total prize fund of £850,000 has been made available this year.
Live televison coverage of the tournment will be shown on BBC and Eurosport, with live streaming availble on their respective apps and through selected betting sites.
The final of the UK Championship takes place this afternoon with a top prize of £170,000 going to the winner.
UK Championship live scores and results
FINAL
Ronnie O'Sullivan 10-6 Mark Allen - O'Sullivan WINS
Second session underway
Best of 19 frames
Semi-finals results
Ronnie O’Sullivan 6-1 Tom Ford
Stuart Bingham 5-6 Mark Allen
Quarter-final results
Mark Allen 6-1 Stephen Maguire
Stuart Bingham 6-1 Kyren Wilson
Joe Perry 2-6 Tom Ford
Ronnie O'Sullivan 6-1 Martin O'Donnell
Last 16 results
Mark Allen 6-5 Neil Robertson
Lu Ning 6-5 Tom Ford
Ronnie O'Sullivan 6-1 Jack Lisowski
Stephen Maguire 6-5 Mark Williams
Akani Songsermsawad 2-6 Stuart Bingham
Kyren Wilson 6-2 Barry Hawkins
Martin O'Donnell 6-4 Ding Junhui
Judd Trump 4-6 Joe Perry
UK Championship news
World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn has told Ronnie O'Sullivan his public outbursts have got to stop.
Hearn said O'Sullivan's threat to form a breakaway snooker tour was damaging the sport and urged the five-time world champion to meet him or put his complaints in writing.
"It is damaging to the game," Hearn said.
"When you're talking to major broadcasters around the world, for them to read about 'breakaway' - it's a word that tips you away from the sport because it's controversy.
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"So that is damaging and that must stop. The rules are very specific that it can't take place and I'll be talking to Ronnie about that."
Hearn added: "I want to put an arm around Ronnie rather than hit him on the head with a rock because he needs to understand the way we work and we need to understand he may have some points that are worthy of consideration.
"It doesn't mean we are going to do anything because we're going to run the sport for the benefit of 128 players, not one.
"No one is bigger than the sport. Not me, not Ronnie O'Sullivan, not Steve Davis."
O'Sullivan wants a playing schedule that is fairer on leading players, a different way of allocating ranking points and improved playing conditions at venues he considers remote.