SNOOKER: 2024 World Champion Kyren Wilson beat John Higgins 10-6 to win the Masters title at London’s Alexandra Palace on Sunday evening. 

As well as picking up the Paul Hunter trophy, Wilson won £350,000 in prize money while Higgins pocketed £140,000 and China’s Wu Yize collected £15,000 for the tournament’s highest break. 

On his Masters debut, Yize scored 137 in a first round victory over defending champion Shaun Murphy. 
 

AMERICAN FOOTBALL: New England saw off Houston 28-16 on Sunday evening to set up a Super Bowl semi-final with Denver, who had edged to 33-30 overtime win over Buffalo. Denver’s quarter back Bo Nix broke his ankle during the game’s finale. 

LA Rams also needed overtime to beat Chicago 20-17 and will play Seattle in the other last four clash. Seattle eased to a 41-6 thrashing of the San Francisco 49ers in their quarter-final.

ICE HOCKEY: Defending champions Belfast top the Elite League after enjoying a thumping home-double over the Sheffield Steelers. 

Karl Boudrais netted twice in a 5-1 win before Ryan Smith bagged a brace in their 7-1 thrashing. 

Second-placed Nottingham, who were busy beating Kazakhstan’s Torpedo 4-2 to win the Continental Cup final on Saturday evening, are level on points with Belfast but have played two games more.

MEN’S RUGBY UNION: Champions Cup holders and top seeds Bordeaux will face Leicester in the last 16 of this year’s competition, while last year’s runners-up Northampton host Castres. 

Six-time winners Toulouse meet Bristol and Leinster, the only Irish club left in the draw, take on Edinburgh. 

Pretoria’s Bulls are at second seeds Glasgow, Bath play Saracens, Harlequins take on Sale and the Cape Town Stormers travel to Toulon.