Snooker: Allen faces ban as Fu ‘cheat’ row goes on

Northern Irishman Mark Allen could be banned from snooker for three months after his ‘cheating’ row with Hong Kong star Marco Fu overshadowed the UK Championships on Sunday. The 26-year-old Allen, the world number eight, is in trouble after repeating allegations he first made during the world championships in Sheffield in April. Following his first-round defeat to China’s Cao Yupeng at the world event, Allen accused his conqueror of playing a banned push shot. He also named Fu as a player he believed to have broken the rules in the past. “It was just another match, we’ve both moved on,” Allen told the BBC after his loss. “People make mistakes and I make mistakes like anyone else. It’s just one of those things.”


Published in The Express Tribune, December 4^th, 2012.