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Mark Allen is determined to keep improving and moving further away from his rivals as he looks ahead to next week’s Duelbits Players Championship in Wolverhampton. An elite field of the top 16 players will head to Aldersley Leisure Village to compete in the second event in the 2023 Duelbits Series, from February 20 to… Read More

World number five and 2018 Masters winner Mark Allen has been the player of the season so far, but he admits a discussion with on table rival Ronnie O’Sullivan gave him a fresh perspective and has helped change his approach. So far this season the Antrim cueman has already defended the title at his home… Read More

  Mark Selby and Mark Allen have secured their places in the last 16 of the BetVictor Northern Ireland Open, as top seeds fell around them on day four at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast. Ronnie O’Sullivan and Kyren Wilson are out, joining Judd Trump who exited the competition last night. Selby will be hoping… Read More

Mark Allen made a strong start to his defence of the BetVictor Northern Ireland Open, claiming a 4-1 opening round victory over Chang Bingyu in front of a raucous crowd in Belfast. Allen defeated John Higgins 9-8 at the Waterfront Hall last season to secure his first professional title on home soil in what he… Read More

Coral Tour Championship semi-finalist Mark Allen has been doing his bit to help out the local community in Antrim during the coronavirus pandemic. The 2018 Masters champion recorded a thrilling 9-8 win over Shaun Murphy yesterday to book his place in the last four of this week’s elite Coral Series finale. After the match, he… Read More

Snooker ace Mark Allen hopes he can give sports fans in his homeland a boost with success in next week’s Dafabet Northern Ireland Open. A keen football fan, Allen was disappointed to see Northern Ireland miss out on a place at the World Cup when they lost their play off tie against Switzerland earlier this… Read More

A year on from the launch of the Mental Health Charter for Sport and Recreation, Mark Allen looks back on the mental health challenges he has faced in recent years and considers the support available to young snooker players. Click here to read about the WPBSA’s involvement with the Mental Health Carter Mark Allen When I… Read More

Mark Allen won his first title in 15 months by beating Ryan Day 4-0 in the final of the Victoria Bulgaria Open in Sofia. World number ten Allen dominated the final in the Bulgarian capital to take the 25,000 Euro top prize at the season’s fourth Kreativ Dental Clinic European Tour event. The 29-year-old from… Read More

Kyren Wilson reached the semi-finals of a ranking event for the first time with a shock 5-4 win over China’s Ding Junhui at the Bank of Communications OTO Shanghai Masters, In an epic match which finished at 12.30am, world number 54 Wilson cleared from brown to black in a dramatic final frame to clinch the… Read More

Shaun Murphy produced a marvellous spell of snooker to beat Mark Allen 6-2 and set up a final clash with Neil Robertson at the Dafabet Masters. Murphy recovered from the loss of the first two frames to reel off six in a row with a display of exquisite break-building. He goes through to meet Australia’s… Read More