World champion Wu Yize fell in the third round of the English Open as Liam Davies scored an eye-catching 4-1 victory in Brentwood.
Welsh prospect Davies, 20, opened up a 3-0 lead on his way to the first ranking event quarter-final of his career, helped by a break of 105 in the second frame, then completed his victory as China's Wu struggled to find his dynamic best form.
Tantalisingly, Davies will face compatriot Mark Williams, the three-time world champion, in the last eight on Friday evening.
Williams, still a major force on the baize at the age of 51, had breaks of 76, 103 and 63 in a late-night 4-1 victory over England's Barry Hawkins.
Mark Selby, who was runner-up at last week's British Open and won the China Open in August, had his hopes of reaching another final ended by a 4-3 defeat against fellow former world champion Kyren Wilson.

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Jak Jones claimed the second ranking ******* le of his career by beating four-time world champion Mark Selby 10-6 in the British Open final.
The pair were tied at 4-4 after the afternoon session, which included a 139 from Selby.
Another century break brought Selby level at 5-5 before Jones, who beat Judd Trump in the semi-final, started to pull away by moving into a two frame lead at 7-5.
Breaks of 53 and 62 put Jones one frame from victory and, after England's Selby missed a green on the colours, the Welshman secured victory.
"I can't believe it to be honest," Jones, who won his first ranking ******* le with victory at the 2026 Championship League in July, told Channel 5.

#victory #mark

Ronnie O'Sullivan says he does not "want to throw in the towel just yet" after being well beaten in his 6-3 defeat by Chang Bingyu in the semi-finals of the Wuhan Open on Friday.
The seven-time world champion fought back against China Open winner Mark Selby in the quarter-finals on Thursday to seal a 5-3 victory, but he has spoken candidly at this week's ranking event about his struggles.
O'Sullivan has taken steps to prioritise his mental health in recent years, withdrawing from tournaments and discussing his battles with depression and anxiety.
"The disease came back big time today," said the 50-year-old Englishman. "If I'm honest I don't think I will ever get over it."
Artist defends 'unfinished' Ronnie O'Sullivan mural

#back #chang

The season kicked off in Nevada over the weekend, although the weather, specifically lightning storms, caused some delays and cancelations. Two of the state's top three teams suffered tough inter-sectional losses while top ranked Bishop Gorman looks ready for their ******* anic top five national matchup.
Another jam-packed slate is on deck as teams continue their quests for a state ******* le. Below are the top 25 Nevada high school football teams, according to the Massey Ratings, as of Aug. 18.
The Gaels beat Losee 41-0 in a game that was called at halftime due to weather. A lighting storm in the area delayed the game nearly two hours. Junior quarterback Ace Amina got the start and finished an efficient 4-4 for 70 yards and a touchdown and the defense was lights out led by fast rising sophomore edge Braylon Ivory. Next up for Gorman will be their highly anticipated matchup against national power Bellflower (Calif.) St. John Bosco August 21 in a game pitting a pair of perennial top 10 powers.
Liberty lost a tough one to a very good Honolulu (Hawaii) Mililani team 31-24. The Patriots led at halftime 24-14 but couldn't get the offense rolling in the second half. BYU running back commit Ezra Sanelivi had an impressive 1st half including a 56 yard touchdown run and athlete Selby Griego had nearly 200 all-purpose yards and a touchdown. The Patriots have a couple of weeks off and then will have another tough test in Lehi (Utah) Skyridge, ranked No. 5 in the state, on September 4.
The Cougars kick off their season on Saturday (Aug. 22) against Carson.

#weather #ranked

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During an appearance on Graham Stephan and Jack Selby's The Iced Coffee Hour Podcast, Schiff was asked about the common belief that, for many, a house represents their primary means of saving (1).
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Mark Selby claimed his fourth China Open **** le with a 10-6 victory over Noppon Saengkham in Taiyuan.
Four-time world champion Selby, 43, has now won 26 ranking events and this success lifts him from ninth to fifth in the world rankings.
"I'm happy to be standing here as champion, I played some good stuff all week, somewhere near close to my best," said Selby.
The Englishman, who was appearing in his first ranking final in China for eight years, had trailed 4-2 early in the contest despite compiling a wonderful 138 break in the third frame.
However, he took the final two frames of the first session to draw level at 4-4 and when play resumed he knocked in breaks of 58, 90, 69 and 53 to reel off the next four and establish a healthy advantage.

#selby #first #mark #open

Sometimes, you gotta make the tough call to put the old steer out to pasture.
Rhys Hoskins has a 95 wRC+ this season. That, especially on the Guardians, is not bad. However, this includes a 79 wRC+ since June 1st, during which time he has struck out 37% of the time. Even more prominently, since June 1st of LAST season, Hoskins has a 57 wRC+ against LHP. Why has Hoskins forgotten how to hit southpaws on a team that needs him to be able to be the career 130 wRC+ against them he has traditionally been like no other? I don't know. Because the baseball gods hate us, probably. It's likely one of two options: 1. small sample size and he'll eventually correct things, or 2. the canary in the coal mine that he is washed overall.
Regardless, Hoskins isn't helping the Cleveland Guardians win baseball games in his current role of supposed lefty masher who plays first base when LHP are on the mound. He's not a good defender. But, he is, from all accounts, great in the clubhouse. So great that the team is a game under .500 on August 8th. You can probably sense my skepticism that his clubhouse skills are indispensible to this team's success.
I think it's probably time to give Kody Huff a chance at a platoon first-base/occasional catching reps role. Huff has a .793 OPS against LHP and .914 OPS against RHP this season, but has traditionally hit LHP better than RHP as most RHH's do. Most importantly, he has a higher OPS away from the Columbus bandbox than at home (.888/.879). Zach Meisel of the Athletic has repeatedly mentioned on the Selby is Godcast that the team "LOVES" Huff and it was a big reason they were willing to trade Jacob Cozart and Bo Naylor at the trade deadline. Great opportunity to potentially get Huff some experience with Austin Hedges and Patrick Bailey and make use of the 235 innings he has played at first base to hopefully leverage their way to an improvement over what Hoskins has done against left-handed pitching.
By September, if Huff struggles and Ralphy Velazquez continues his recent breakout, I would love to see the team give Velazquez reps in a first base/DH role and let him hit LHP. (Cooper Ingle cannot hit lefties, in case anyone is wondering about him in a full-time DH role). Ralphy has consistently hit LHP slightly better than he has RHP over the past two seasons. He's a full-time hitter, eventually, and it would be great to give him a chance to experience big league pitching and potentially help a team trying to make the playoffs. But, for now, the team needs to take a shot at improving their roster in the Hoskins' role, even at the risk to clubhouse chemistry, and Huff seems to be the best potential option.

#huff #base

Lee Selby knows the risks, knows the danger.
He's already been in the corner for one fight, so knows all too well that bareknuckle boxing is fast becoming as popular as it is brutal.
But he also knows his own worth.
"They offered a great amount of money, which I declined," Selby tells BBC Sport Wales.
"Then they offered more money, which I declined again, and finally they offered me enough to make me say yes.

The Washington Commanders returned to the practice field on Tuesday for the second week of OTAs. Head coach Dan Quinn and offensive coordinator David Blough spoke to the media before practice.
It was another chance for quarterback Jayden Daniels to take snaps under center in Blough's new offense. Most importantly, the OTAs are an opportunity for some of Washington's current wide receivers to separate themselves ahead of training camp. And, according to Zach Selby of commanders.com, Luke McCaffrey and Treylon Burks are among those standing out.
Before practice, Quinn told the media to watch Washington's speed at multiple positions.
"A couple of things you'll see today, first off, you'll see speed, and that's I think one thing that should jump out to you at a number of different spots," Quinn said.
So, what else happened during Tuesday's OTAs? Courtesy of the Washington media in attendance in Ashburn, here is a collection of videos and photos from practice.

Bitcoin held near $89,127 in thin Boxing Day trade as Asian stocks edged higher and silver stayed in the spotlight after notching fresh record highs this week, with investors still leaning into the year-end risk bid.
With several Asia Pacific exchanges shut for the holiday, investors took cues from the last full session, when MSCI’s broadest index of Asia Pacific shares outside ***** an rose 0.35%.
Crypto traders framed the quieter tape as a liquidity story as much as a macro one. Gabriel Selby, head of research at CF Benchmarks, said Bitcoin remained pinned under a key level as markets drif

Bitcoin held near $89,127 in thin Boxing Day trade as Asian stocks edged higher and silver stayed in the spotlight after notching fresh record highs this week, with investors still leaning into the year-end risk bid.
With several Asia Pacific exchanges shut for the holiday, investors took cues from the last full session, when MSCI’s broadest index of Asia Pacific shares outside **** an rose 0.35%.
Crypto traders framed the quieter tape as a liquidity story as much as a macro one. Gabriel Selby, head of research at CF Benchmarks, said Bitcoin remained pinned under a key level as markets drift

Bitcoin is limping into Christmas week with no Santa rally in sight.
And Gabriel Selby, head of research at CF Benchmark, says it’s unlikely that the price will recover from its current downtrend until the US Federal Reserve gets a better grip on the economy.
With the record US government shutdown delaying inflation data, the central bank will tread lightly and that means buyers are unlikely to tap into the crypto and push up the price, Selby wrote in an investor note shared with DL News.
“Until we get several months of clean, uninterrupted inflation data, the Fed’s path remains murky,” Sel