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Leicester City shock the world, Mark Selby claims biggest ever snooker prize and what to watch out for

Leicester City fans celebrate outside the King Power stadium after their team won the Premier League title. Photograph: Eddie Keogh/Reuters
Leicester City fans celebrate outside the King Power stadium after their team won the Premier League title. Photograph: Eddie Keogh/Reuters
Tue May 03 2016 - 08:57

Soccer

Leicester City's fairytale was last night completed as Chelsea's late equaliser against Tottenham crowned them as the Premier League champions for 2016.

From relegation battlers last season to champions has been the most remarkable of journeys, with the new champions vaulting the huge financial gulf between the traditional big clubs and beaten the best along the way.

Tottenham came into the game knowing that only a win would keep them in the race, and as they led 2-0 at the interval things were looking good - but the reigning champions struck back in the second half. First Gary Cahill scored on the hour mark, before a late effort by last season's Player of the Year Eden Hazard broke the Spurs' resistance.

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It was a magical day all round for Mark Selby, the lifelong Leicester fan defeated Ding Junhui to claim his second world title.

Selby led from start to finish and was a worthy champion, collecting snooker’s biggest ever prize cheque of £330,000 to go with the silverware.

There were celebrations last night in Burnley too - as Sean Dyche's team claimed promotion back to the promised land just 359 days after last year's relegation. A 1-0 win over QPR secured Premier League football next season.

Rugby

In his column this morning Gerry Thornley writes that were four teams to qualify for the Champions Cup it would be some feat, a positive Pro12 campaign for Irish rugby indeed - "Coming after the most draining international season in yonks and in with the moving on of a golden generation, most notably in Munster, it could be attributed in large measure to the way young players have come through the academy/developmental structures."

Meanwhile ongoing issues with his neck and knee have thrown Cian Healy's participation in Leinster's remaining games this season in doubt.

GAA

Roscommon joint managers Fergal O'Donnell and Kevin McStay were shocked by their side's inept display against New York in Sunday night's Connacht championship opener - "It's just not good enough. The Roscommon jersey, people have been talking this week about being proud to wear the Roscommon jersey, we didn't wear it with pride today and that's very disappointing."

What to watch out for

Bayern Munich and Pep Guardiola look to turn around a 1-0 deficit back in the Allianz Arena tonight as they host Atletico Madrid for the second leg of their Champions League semi-final. Kick-off is at 7.45pm.

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