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Special Olympics GB ambassador Mark Selby has teamed up with organisers of this summer’s event to offer 10 pairs of tickets to the opening ceremony.
The Games are being held in Mark’s home-town of Leicester, and the event will kick off on Saturday, July 25, at the Walkers Stadium, home of Leicester City FC.
Mark said: "It’s very exciting that the Games are being held in Leicester and I can’t wait for the action to begin.
"If you don’t manage to win one of these tickets to..

Mark Selby is taking part in a debate about the ‘State of Snooker’ on BBC Radio 5 Live on Tuesday, June 23.
Also due to appear on the panel are six-times world champion Steve Davis, WPBSA board member Lee Doyle, and sports journalist Matthew Syed.
The debate airs at 9pm and is scheduled to last 45 minutes.

Mark Selby joined the maximum club when he made the first competitive 147 break of his career at the Jiangsu Classic in China.
The Jester from Leicester potted al1 15 reds with blacks, followed by the colours, in the first frame of his final round-robin match against Joe Perry.
It broke Selby’s previous best top break, a clearance of 141 in the final frame of the Masters last year which clinched him his first title.
Selby went on to lose 2-1 against Perry, meaning he failed to qualify for..

Mark Selby got his campaign off to the perfect start at the Jiangsu Classic in Wuxi City, China.
After beating Ali Carter 2-0 in his opening Group Two match – which included a break of 92 – Selby followed up with a 2-1 win over home hope Jin Long.
He now faces Shaun Murphy and Joe Perry as he bids to qualify for the semi-finals.

Last year's runner-up Mark Selby hopes to go one better at the Jiangsu Classic in China this week.
The world No.7 is one of a dozen top players chasing glory at the Wuxi Stadium, in Wuxi City.
In the inaugural event last year, Selby was narrowly beaten 6-5 in the final by local hero Ding Junhui.
The Jester from Leicester gets his bid under way on Thursday, when he faces Ali Carter in the afternoon and then China's Jin Long in the evening.
Selby said: “I’ve been practising hard all week..

Mark Selby's hopes of winning the inaugural World Series of Snooker Grand Final were dashed in the Portuguese resort of Portimao.
Selby lost 5-4 to Shaun Murphy, who went on to lift the trophy after beating newly-crowned world champion John Higgins in the final.
Murphy's 6-2 win was some revenge for his 18-9 defeat to Higgins at the Crucible a week ago.

Mark Selby makes a quick return to the green baize when he takes part in the World Series of Snooker Grand Final in Portugal this week.
After his 13-12 defeat to John Higgins in the quarter-finals of the World Championships, Selby will be looking to make amends when he joins a star-studded field in Portimao, on the Algarve.
He is one of a host of top-16 players vying for the inaugural title, and he opens his campaign with a quarter-final clash on Saturday, May 9, against an as-yet-undecided..

Mark Selby insists he can still be world champion despite seeing this year's campaign end in heartache after a dramatic 13-12 defeat against John Higgins.
Despite leading at various stages, Selby could not get past the winning post during their topsy-turvy quarter-final clash at the Crucible, leaving double world champion Higgins to go through to a semi-final meeting against Mark Allen.
Selby, who created Crucible history by knocking in a century in each of the opening three frames of the..

Mark Selby will face John Higgins in the quarter-finals of the Betfred.com World Championships after a 13-10 victory over Graeme Dott.
The clash, which gets under way this afternoon, will be a repeat of the 2007 final when Higgins beat Selby 18-13 in a thriller at the Crucible.
Selby lived up to his billing as second favourite for the title this year by clinching the three frames he needed to win his second-round clash against Dott.
The Jester from Leicester resumed the evening session 10-6..

Mark Selby confirmed his status as one of the favourites for the title when he completed a comfortable 10-6 win over Ricky Walden in the first round of the Betfred.com World Championship.
Resuming 6-3 ahead after Sunday’s opening session, world No.4 Selby rattled in breaks of 127, 117 and 101 on the way to victory at the Crucible Theatre.
And it meant the Jester from Leicester avoided a repeat of last year, when he suffered a shock defeat in the first round to Mark King.
Selby said:..