Month: August 2020
Ronnie O’Sullivan and Kyren Wilson held their nerve in extraordinary deciding frame shoot-outs to defeat Mark Selby and Anthony McGill 17-16 respectively and reach the 2020 World Championship final. An astonishing climax to both Semi-Finals saw each go down to the wire as Wilson held off McGill in an historic hour-long exchange before O’Sullivan completed […]
The UK government has given the green light for fans to return to The Crucible for all sessions of the World Snooker Championship final this weekend. The government has announced that the programme of pilot events, which were paused at the end of July, can resume as of Saturday August 15. The entire World Championship […]
Kyren Wilson came from behind to take a giant step towards a place in the World Snooker Championship final after moving 13-11 up in his last-four showdown with Anthony McGill in Sheffield. World number eight Wilson had work to do as he trailed 6-2 heading into day two of his second appearance in a Crucible […]
Two titans of the modern game renew their rivalry on snooker’s greatest stage as Ronnie O’Sullivan faces Mark Selby in a mouth-watering World Championship Semi-Final. With eight world titles and 53 ranking titles between them, the pair are two of the most successful players of the last two decades and have formed a fascinating rivalry […]
World number eight Kyren Wilson and qualifier Anthony McGill face off for the right to reach a landmark first World Snooker Championship final at The Crucible. The duo have progressed through a wide open top half of the draw to move to remain in with a golden opportunity of a life-changing world title triumph. Their […]
Ronnie O’Sullivan recovered from 7-2 down to defeat Mark Williams 13-10 for a place in the Semi-Finals of the 2020 World Snooker Championship in Sheffield on Tuesday. O’Sullivan trailed 6-2 following Monday’s first session and saw Williams snatch Tuesday’s opener, but turned on the style to win 11 of the next 14 frames to remain […]
It is the dream of every snooker player to one day walk down the steps at the Crucible Theatre. The scene of some of snooker’s most iconic moments since the World Championship was first staged there in 1977, the intimate 980-seater venue is like no other in the sport. Dreams are made and shattered in […]
Kyren Wilson ended the reign of Judd Trump as World Snooker Champion with a 13-9 victory in the Quarter-Finals at The Crucible. Wilson had established a commanding 10-6 lead going into the final session on Tuesday and kept the world number one at bay to close out a memorable victory. The three-time ranking event winner […]
Judd Trump’s World Snooker Championship title defence is under serious threat after the reigning Crucible king fell 10-6 behind in his quarter-final encounter with Kyren Wilson on Monday. The world number one, who lifted the title last year, is in danger of becoming the latest player to fall foul of the notorious Crucible Curse by […]