it is the final of snooker�*s masters tonight at the alexandra palace and ronnie o'sullivan will play ali carter, after he beat sean murphy 6—2. the world number one took a 3—1 lead at the mid—session break. despite a century from murphy to bring him within one frame, o'sullivan then took the next three on the bounce to secure victory. he is the tournament's youngest winner, taking it for the first time almost 29 years ago. he could now become its oldest too, but o'sullivan isn't worried by his age. at the track european championships in the netherlands, katy marchant took another step towards the olympics, she is now the first british woman to become european 500m time trial champion. marchant crossed the line just under 4 hundredths of a second quicker than france's taky marie—divine kouame. it's her first european title, and she says — all being well — she should be heading to paris. meanwhile, ethan hayter won gold in the omnium with victory a in the final event, the points race.