Former world No 1 loses 4-2 to Jordan Brown in Belfast ‘I don’t see a future with snooker in it,’ says tearful Allen Mark Allen said he was in a “bad place” and his snooker career could be over after losing to Jordan Brown in the first round of the Northern Ireland Open in Belfast. The 40-year-o...
Source: [Guardian Sport](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/oct/20/mark-allen-snooker-northern-ireland-open-interview)