Marco Fu lost his cue tip but not his nerve as he levelled his World Snooker Championship semi-final against Mark Selby at 8-8. Fu had started Friday afternoon trailing 5-3 but outplayed the world No 1 and was looking to take the lead in the 15th frame when the unthinkable happened.While chalking his cue and glancing at the table mid-break, Fu nudged the tip off and joined the Crucible crowd in shock as he realised what had happened. Stephen Hendry and Steve Davis, owners of 13 world titles between them, were equally surprised, suggesting the incident could upset Fus progress in the best-of-33 encounter, which resumes on Saturday morning.But, after an interlude for running repairs, he showed no concerns with his amended equipment and closed out the frame with a break of 81. Mark Selby in action against Fu Selby, who had been short of his best throughout, won the last to ensure they would resume with nothing between them, but not before both men made big errors.Fu looked to have it won before he missed the final red, a mistake his rival then matched before a sloppy safety shot from Fu finally settled matters in Selbys favour.He finished with a break of 81, his best of the day compared to a pair of centuries from Fu, who made 135 and 114.Alan McManus had earlier scored three centuries of his own as he clawed back a six-frame deficit to trail Ding Junhui 9-7 in a pulsating match. Alan McManus eyes up a shot against Ding Junhui McManus, at 45 the oldest man to make the last four at the Crucible since Ray Reardon in 1985, looked down and out as Ding took three of the first four frames to build an imposing 9-3 advantage.But the Scot won four in a row after the interval to bring himself right back into the match ahead of their resumption on Friday evening.The four centuries scored by McManus and Ding between them - added to Dings four from Thursdays opening session - matched the record for the number of 100-plus breaks in a single World Championship match.Ding, 16 years his opponents junior, had struck first with a 138 clearance to extend his overnight lead to 7-2, only for McManus to fire straight back with a 107 to bring the deficit back to four frames.But the Chinese star looked in irresistible form as back-to-back clearances of 90 and 97 took him into the mid-session interval having extended his advantage to six.McManus, who had defied the odds to beat John Higgins and reach his first semi-final in 23 years, won the next and a superb 136 clearance - including a trick-shot black - brought it back to 9-5.And as Ding showed signs of faltering, McManus took a second chance to make it 9-6 then came close to making a maximum in the final frame of the session but over cut the final black. 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Nike Odyssey React Wholesale . "Were just throwing s--- at the wall hoping something sticks," said Tortorella about the possible line combinations for Fridays game against Columbus. The Canucks have lost five straight games and six of their last seven, leaving them in a logjam in the Pacific Division, currently sitting fifth - good for ninth in the Western Conference. Nike Air Presto Wholesale . The Dane followed up his first European Tour title last weekend with eight birdies and just a single dropped shot on Thursday for a one-stroke advantage over South Africas Allan Versfeld and Portugals Ricardo Santos.David Beckham says FA Cup semi-finals are too sacred to be played at Wembley and only the final should be held there. The former midfielder was a two-time FA Cup winner with Manchester United, lifting the trophy in 1996 and then again in 1999.United reached the final in 1999 after Ryan Giggs memorable winner in the semi-final replay against Arsenal at Villa Park, but from 2008 all semi-finals have been played at Wembley. Speaking on Beckhams 25 Years of Sky Sports, which will be broadcast on Tuesday, former England captain Beckham said: Wembley is a sacred place, Wembley is for finals.There shouldnt be semi-finals at Wembley. The FA Cup is about reaching the final and its about being in a final at Wembley. Ryan Giggs scored the winner against Arsenal in 1999 We had played in a couple of semi-finals at Villa Park, I remember scoring the winning goal against Chelsea in one of my first games as a Man Utd player. Those atmospheres are so special when you travel around. Those occasions are what football is all about.Beckham has been speaking to Sky Sports about his 10 favourite moments from 25 years of live coverage.Along with the FA Cup semi-final win was Kevin Keegans infamous Monday Night Football rant against Sir Alex Ferguson for playing mind games in the climax of the 1996 title race. When youve got Sir Alex Ferguson, when youve got Kevin Keegan, when youve got manaagers like that mind games is an important thing and it worked with some teams and some managers, he recalls.dddddddddddd.I love Kevin, I think hes a great manager and an amazing person but you could tell he felt so strongly about what our manager had been doing. We came into training and we knew wed won the league by then. 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