Month: August 2020
Two snooker stalwarts go head-to-head in a mouth-watering World Championship Quarter-Final as Ronnie O’Sullivan takes on Mark Williams. With eight world titles and 58 ranking titles between them, the decorated duo have achieved everything the sport has to offer since turning professional as part of snooker’s infamous ‘Class of 92’. They are living proof that […]
The 2020 World Snooker Championship enters its business end at The Crucible on Monday as the Quarter-Finals get underway in Sheffield. Drama, controversy and quality in abundance has compensated for the lack of crowd over the last ten days, and more of the same can be expected as the £2.4 million event enters the final […]
Anthony McGill pulled off a remarkable comeback from 8-2 down to defeat Jamie Clarke in a last-frame decider and was joined in reaching the Quarter-Finals by Ronnie O’Sullivan, Neil Robertson and Kyren Wilson. McGill looked down and out at six frames behind but produced a gutsy fightback to claw his way back into a marathon […]
Ronnie O’Sullivan has joked he would “need to lose an arm and a leg” to drop out of the world’s top 50 given the “poor” standard of the sport’s younger generation. O’Sullivan, 44, was a member of the sport’s infamous ‘Class of 92’, having turned professional that year alongside the likes of John Higgins and […]
Kyren Wilson moved to the brink of the World Snooker Championship quarter-finals after establishing a commanding 11-5 overnight lead against Martin Gould on a day of drama and controversy at the Crucible. World number eight Wilson was kick-starting his campaign in Sheffield after the withdrawal of first-round opponent Anthony Hamilton gave him a bye into […]
Kyren Wilson kicks off his 2020 World Championship campaign on Day Nine of the tournament as the final remaining Last 16 ties get underway at The Crucible. Wilson has been in the unprecedented position of watching the entire First Round unfold from home, having received a bye as a result of Anthony Hamilton’s withdrawal. The […]
Judd Trump continued the defence of his World Snooker Championship title with a hard-fought 13-11 victory over Yan Bingtao in Round Two at The Crucible on Friday. Trump, bidding to end the infamous ‘Crucible curse’, started the day 5-3 behind before a six-frame burst saw him take control in the second session. Yan, however, hit […]
The Second Round action continues at the 2020 World Snooker Championship on Friday as more titans of the baize collide at The Crucible. Kurt Maflin became the first player to secure a Quarter-Final spot on Thursday when he sensationally knocked out 147 hero John Higgins 13-11. The Norwegian has blown his quarter of the draw […]
John Higgins crashed out of the 2020 World Snooker Championship after he was stunned 13-11 by qualifier Kurt Maflin in the second round at the Crucible. Despite making the 10th maximum break of his career earlier in the day – and the 11th in Sheffield – the four-time World champion was sent packing by world […]