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Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!When a snooker legend like Stephen Hendry says it was the “most intense match I have ever seen” you know the Battle of the Exes was no ordinary sporting clash.Record 12-time women’s world champion Reanne Evans will escape formal disciplinary action for snubbing the pre-match greeting offered by Mark Allen this week.Having missed match ball the 35-year-old from Dudley was then edged out 3-2 by former partner Allen at the British Open.Allen insisted it had been “horrible…and I’d rather have played Judd Trump”.

Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!Mark Allen survived a major scare before beating former partner Reanne Evans 3-2 in the British Open last night.But the Northern Irishman, who was facing defeat at 60-22 down in the fourth frame before battling back, later described the experience as "horrible" and admitted he was fortunate to prevail.The irony surrounding the clash had prompted widespread intrigue with the pair currently involved in a bitter legal battle regarding maintenance payments for their daughter, with fellow professional Shaun Murphy saying yesterday he felt even non-snooker fans would be tuning in to view the "car crash."And in front of a raucous crowd at the Morningside Arena in Leicester - most of who were

Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!Reanne Evans has insisted that she was told not to take part in any pre-match handshakes before her tense British Open clash against ex Mark Allen - before which she left him hanging.World No.10 Allen who won the 2018 Masters, had been drawn with 12-time women's world champion Evans in the first round of the returning tournament more than a decade after their split.The pair got together back in 2005 and had a daughter the following year before calling time on their relationship in 2008 and entering a custody battle ahead of further friction at the Crucible earlier this year.With all eyes on how the pair would interact having been drawn to play each other in Leicester, Evans has now

It’s not every day you have to play an intense game of snooker against one of your exes, but this is exactly the situation that Irish snooker player Mark Allen found himself in 14 years after he split from his ex Reanne Evans.

Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!Snooker star Mark Allen was brutally snubbed by ex Reanne Evans following his offer of a pre-match fist bump ahead of their tense meeting in the first round of the British Open.The professional pair got together in 2005 and had a child together, before splitting up in 2008 and getting involved in a lengthy feud.They were embroiled in a child maintenance row at the time of a now infamous incident at the Crucible, making the British Open draw one of heightened interest to say the very least.On Monday evening, all eyes were on the pair, and when Allen reached out for a fist bump Evans barely glanced over and ignored the greeting.With the drama already beginning before a ball had even been

Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!Mark Allen beat ex Reanne Evans in their bitter snooker match after the latter ignored the offer of a pre-match fist bump.In the lead up to the clash, Allen put his fist out but this was ignored as the crowd roared.Then after it finished, the duo didn't so much as look at each other as Evans left the arena following a dramatic event covered live by Daily Star Sport.The lead-up was dominated by the fallout between the pair.In an interview after the clash, Allen described facing his ex-partner as "awful".In the end, Allen won the contest by three frames to two, but Evans put up a brilliant fight and came close to snatching victory.Allen goes through to round two after the match that was

Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!It was the draw both will have envisioned in their worst nightmares, but former partners Mark Allen and Reanne Evans will have to face off at the snooker table despite being locked in a bitter personal feud. The pair learned of their impending meeting last month, when they were drawn together for the first round of the British Open in Leicester.

Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox! Mark Allen has incredibly been drawn to face his ex and 12-times women’s world champion Reanne Evans – just three months after having her thrown out of a TV studio. The 35-year-old former Masters champion from Northern Ireland must take on his ex Evans in the first round of next month’s British Open at the Morningside Arena in Leicester.

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Snooker star-turned-BBC pundit Reanne Evans was booted from a backstage area at the World Championships after her player ex Mark Allen complained.

Steven Gerrard because they were looking to turn around a fall in "standards" at Ibrox. The Liverpool legend was appointed in the summer of 2018 despite never having previously been a manager.

Rangers career winning eight titles, three League Cups and three Scottish Cups.Not when coaching youth and reserve stars through the ranks then travelling the globe as a club ambassador. Certainly not when infamously standing on the Ibrox steps in June 2012, turning the air blue in a bid to discredit Charles Green.

Mark Allen wanted a Rangers team under Steven Gerrard to look like.If they got there? He was convinced the Ibrox club would eventually take over from Celtic.And as the former director of football at Ibrox watches Gerrard’s side cruise to the Premiership title, the sense of pride he feels is tangible.Allen now works at Swansea City but his part in where Rangers are now, can’t be forgotten or underestimated.After all, along with former chairman Dave King, he’s the guy who chose Gerrard to be the club’s manager in June 2018.Get all the latest Rangers news sent straight to your Inbox every day by signing up to our newsletter.We cover every morsel of information regarding your favourite club in the form of articles, videos and podcasts.The

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Andy Halliday has revealed that his Ibrox career was nearly ended prematurely by Mark Allen having the wrong opinion of him. The versatile midfielder has hinted in the past that Steven Gerrard was given a false report about him and Halliday had to use the first four days of pre-season to change his mind.

Live sport will return to free-to-air UK television for the first time when Championship League Snooker kicks off on ITV4 from June 1.