Zhao Xintong wins World Snooker Championship with steely defeat of Mark Williams at Crucible
China’s first World Snooker Championship winner withstands stirring comeback from Williams to complete 18-12 victory
Snooker
Mark Allen celebrates 147 at World Championship but trails 12-4 against Chris Wakelin
English qualifier Wakelin just one frame away from securing a quarter-final slot
Ronnie O’Sullivan back with a bang to beat Ali Carter in World Snooker Championship
Seven-time champion rockets to 10-4 victory at Crucible
From Steve Davis to Rory McIlroy, sport strips the souls of even the best
Steve Davis was the world’s greatest snooker player but his biggest victories - and an epic defeat by Dennis Taylor - were about much more than talent
Crucible Curse continues as champion Kyren Wilson is knocked out of world championship
Englishman became the 20th first-time winner to fail to defend his title
Kyren Wilson keeps his cool to win German Masters in last-frame decider
Young Irish player Aaron Hill reached the quarter-finals in Germany
Shaun Murphy makes 147 break as he beats Mark Allen in Masters semi-final
Murphy completed the sixth 147 break in the history of the Masters
Shaun Murphy on a roll at the right time as he targets Masters glory
Dublin-based Englishman missed a glorious chance of a maximum 147 in his quarter-final win over Neal Robertson but is keeping his eye on the main prize
Ronnie O’Sullivan abandons Masters snooker title defence on health grounds
Neil Robertson replaces 2024 winner at Alexandra Palace, who was supposed to face John Higgins in opening match on Sunday
Judd Trump shrugs off Ronnie O’Sullivan comparisons after UK Championship win
Englishman clinched his second crown in York on Sunday
Former world snooker champion Terry Griffiths dies aged 77
Griffiths won 1979 Crucible title, and also won Masters and UK Championship to complete sport’s illustrious triple crown
Mark King banned for five years in snooker match-fixing case
Independent disciplinary panel found the English player guilty of one count of match-fixing and sharing inside information about the same match
‘The table needs to be burned’: Mark Allen hits out at British Open conditions
World number three says that conditions are ‘absolutely embarrassing’ ahead of clash with Cork’s Aaron Hill
Snooker mourns Ray Reardon after his death at the age of 91
The popular Welshman died on Friday night from cancer
Return to Goffs glory days could be break Irish snooker needs
Ken Doherty, Dennis Taylor and Stephen Hendry return to the scene of past glories in Co Kildare
Mark Allen makes brilliant 147 in Masters win over Mark Selby
Former champion and Antrim native will face Ali Carter in semi-final
Ding Junhui makes 147 maximum break in defeat to Ronnie O’Sullivan at Masters
The 36-year-old recorded only the fourth maximum in the event’s history, repeating feat he achieved in 2007
Luca Brecel defeats Mark Selby to win World Snooker Championship at the Crucible
The 28-year-old Belgian becomes the first winner of the title from mainland Europe
Mark Selby’s late, late show denies Mark Allen a place in world final
Four-time champion holds off semi-final comeback from Northern Ireland’s Allen
Luca Brecel pulls off finest Crucible comeback to reach World Championship final
Brecel won 11 frames in a row to reach his first final at the Crucible
‘It was not pretty’ - Stephen Hendry criticises semi-final between Allen and Selby
Session was halted three frames earlier than scheduled due to slow pace of play
Luca Brecel stuns defending champion Ronnie O’Sullivan to reach World Snooker semi-finals
Mark Allen reaches last four at The Crucible with hard-fought win over Jak Jones
‘I’ve got nothing to lose’ says Ronnie O’Sullivan after crushing Hossein Vafaei 13-2
O’Sullivan made a point of embracing his vanquished opponent after the second-round win
Mark Allen makes short work of final frame to seal World Championship win over Stuart Bingham
Belfast player makes it through to quarter-finals at the Crucible for the first time since 2018
Kyren Wilson produces 13th 147 in Crucible history to drive Sheffield crowd wild
Wilson’s maximum break was the first of the 2023 World Snooker Championship
Protesters force stoppage at World Snooker Championship in Sheffield
Orange dye thrown on one table at the Crucible by ‘Just Stop Oil’ protester
Hossein Vafaei steps up war of words with Ronnie O’Sullivan at the Crucible
Vafaei produced a brilliant display of scoring to beat Ding Junhui 10-6 in the first round of Cazoo World Championship
Neil Robertson storms into second round at Crucible after beating Wu Yize
The Australian left-hander will face Welshman Jak Jones in the next stage of the Cazoo World Championship
‘Never count me out’: Ronnie O’Sullivan ready and relaxed for Crucible record tilt
Serial winner will attempt to take title for eight time, topping Stephen Hendry’s haul of seven
Ronnie O’Sullivan begins World Snooker Championship defence against Pang Junxu
The first round draw of the World Snooker Championship has been revealed
Stephen Hendry consigned to the foothills of the peaks he once commanded
How could one of the greatest snooker players that ever lived descend from such imperiousness to such fragility?
Ken Doherty to face Reanne Evans in World Snooker Championship qualifying
The Irishman faces the 12-time women’s world champion in the opening qualifying round
Mark King suspended from World Snooker Tour amid betting investigation
Allegations of irregular betting patterns in defeat by Joe Perry in last month’s Six Nations
Former Masters champion Yan Bingtao among six snooker players charged with match-fixing
An independent disciplinary tribunal will now be convened to consider the evidence
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