it was a good night for london lions as they all but secured a play off place at basketball s eurocup for the second successive season. in a really tight game, they held off a late comeback from second placed hapoel tel aviv, winning by 100 points to 96. david nwaba was named player of the game, picking up 17 points and three rebounds on his debut. let s take you to the alexandra palace, where the round of 16 has just begun at the masters snooker. former champions mark allen, john higgins and mark selby all in action today. these are live pictures, where world number three mark allen is taking on two time winnerjohn higgins. john higgins hasjust taken john higgins has just taken the first frame, they are about to battle for the second. the last time they faced each other was just a few months ago in the semifinal of the champion of champions, where mark won
even agree with me. mark was always there politically, doing the right things, whether in congress or as governor, we were sort of in that small group of people. it s funny. in the book, i chronicle a little bit of his first campaign for congress which was back in 93 and 94 when you ran. he s still talking about the same things. he started with a logo on his bumper stucker that said reduce the deficit. he was always talking about limiting government growth and keeping spending down and watching out for our debts and our deficits. to this day, he has stayed true to those political principles. unfortunately it took a toll in his moral principles. do you think can i ask quickly, do you think politics played a large role in the arc? i remember there s no question it did. you guys coming in in 94, the first time we met in the room were you two standing up and basically the same story i had which nobody expected you all to win. right. and yet you ran the campaign, mark