Snooker: World Snooker announced that the title sponsor of the 2014 UK Championship will be betting brand Coral. The tournament will run from next Tuesday to December 7 at the York Barbican with 128 players battling for the coveted trophy and a top prize of £150,000. The event will be televised by the BBC and international broadcasters in over 77 countries. An estimated 100 million viewers around the world will watch the action from York. The tournament has a history dating back to 1977 and was previously sponsored by Coral between 1978 and 1985. Ronnie O’Sullivan is the sponsor’s 5/2 favourite to win the championship with Judd Trump next best at 7/1.
Cycling: Great Britain’s Olympic champion Dani King has admitted she feared for her career after the crash earlier this month which left her in intensive care. The 24-year-old suffered five broken ribs and a collapsed lung after becoming involved in a pile-up on a training run in South Wales. “There were loads of things running through my mind, like I would never ride again,” she said. “I could feel my ribs moving and was scared. I was in the road for an hour, it was raining. I lost feeling in my feet, which worried me.” King spent two days in intensive care and 10 altogether in hospital, but was doing fitness work even then and hopes to soon return to riding in some form. King was part of the British trio, along with Laura Trott and Joanna Rowsell, who won gold in the team pursuit in world record time at London 2012.
Rugby Union: New Zealand marked Richie McCaw’s milestone 100th game as captain by rallying to defeat Wales 34-16 in the bearpit atmosphere of the Millennium stadium yesterday. The All Blacks capped their November campaign by again digging deep when Wales threatened a shock, showing their class as world champions to pull away with three tries in the final 11 minutes from Beauden Barrett (2) and Kieran Read. All the tries came in the second half with Julian Savea and Jerome Kaino also crossing for the All Blacks. Rhys Webb touched down for Wales who led 16-15 with 13 minutes left after Leigh Halfpenny’s third penalty.
Other results: Ireland vs Australia 26-23; Italy vs South Africa 6-22; Scotland vs Tonga 37-12; England vs Samoa 28-9.