A lot of people there that have made me the player i am today. probably go down there, open the bar up and, you know, see all the people that deserve to celebrate this with me. because that was one thing i definitely thought about, if i win this world title, i want to celebrate with all the people that i ve grown up with throughout the years that have helped me to get to this position. you know, i ll be truly thankful for them for the rest of my life. luke humphries is the young boy from newbury who took on the world and one. lewis coombes, bbc news. he and his family soaking up that victory. well, the beaten finallist, luke littler, said he s confident he ll be back for more after taking the tournament by storm and upsetting former champions along the way. he was named in the premier league line up for the first time today, too. a remarkable couple of weeks for the teenager, who celebrates his 17th birthday later this month and with it £200,000 in prize money as runner up. matt gra
From the bbc sport centre. by the end of the day we will have our two finallists at the world snooker championship in sheffield. the four time champion mark selby resumed his semifinal 7 6 ahead against mark allen. he still has a one frame advantage. he s11 10 up heading into the evening session at the crucible. it could be a late finish there. china s sijiahui is looking to become the youngest finallist at the crucible. the 20 year old who is making his world championship debut leads the belgian luca brecel14 10 in their semi final but it could have been more had it not been for this missed green. brecel , who knocked out ronnie 0 sullivan in the quarters, pinched the final frame and trails by fourframes. they are back out in a few minutes to play their final session
International with 58,500 there. it has been an amazing tournament, todayit it has been an amazing tournament, today it came altogether and we got readers out. it feels amazing. there is no ceiling for us, what we have done over the last year, the sky is the limit. by the end of the day we will have our two finalists at the world snooker championship. china s sijuahei is looking to become the youngest finallist at the crucible. the 20 year old who is making his world championship debut leads the belgian luca brecel. these are live pictures from the crucible, where they are playing their final session. they resumed with si 14 10 up. brecel took the opening frame. he has been a long way off
Of the match against the chinese debutatant, butjust as he did against ronnie o sullivan in the quarters, he now looks unstoppable. at 20, si is looking to become the youngest finallist in crucible histiory, but all the momentum is with brecel. it s the first to seventeen in the other semifinal mark allen won the final frame of their morning session to stay one frame behind the four time champion mark selby. he leads 11 10. they ll play to a finish this evening at the crucible and it could be a late one given the very cagey nature of the match. both men taking a saftey first approach for long spells championship side inverness caledonian thistle are through to the scottish cup final after beating falkirk 3 nil at hampden park. this was a repeat of the 2015 final which inverness also won and they were rarely threatened by the league one side. billy mackay scored in each half and man of the match dan mackay added the other goal at hampden park. they will will play the either rangers or c
Take a two frame lead. now, they didn t manage to complete the scheduled number of frames, eight usually in a session, yesterday. both men are adopting a very safety first approach. they will play to the finish this evening but it is going well for the four time champion, selby at the moment. 10 9 up champion, selby at the moment. 10 9 up at the moment, looking to go 11 9 up up at the moment, looking to go 11 9 up and every chance that he will do that. china s si ja wee is looking to become the youngest finallist at the crucible. the 20 year old leads the belgian luca brecel14 10 in their semi final but it could have been more had it not been for this missed green. brecel, who knocked out ronnie o sullivan in the quarters, pinched the finalframe and trails by four frames. it s the first to 17. it s scottish cup, semi final weekend. rangers and celtic play tomorrow. inverness caledonian thistle and falkirk are playing right now at hampden.