Month: August 2020
John Higgins ended an eight-year wait for a 147 break at the World Snooker Championship as he produced a magical maximum against Kurt Maflin on Thursday. No player had achieved the perfect frame on the sport’s greatest stage since Stephen Hendry in 2012, but Higgins emulated his fellow Scot with a memorable maximum in the […]
Judd Trump continues the defence of his world title when he kicks off his Second Round quest on Thursday as one of four World Champions in action at The Crucible. Trump is bidding to become the man to end the infamous ‘Crucible curse’ which has seen no first-time champion retain this crown since the event […]
Martin Gould stormed into the Second Round of the 2020 World Snooker Championship with a 10-3 rout of Stephen Maguire at The Crucible on Wednesday. Gould, the former world number 11, had been in danger of dropping off the tour prior to the qualifiers, but continued his remarkable resurgence with a crushing win over the […]
Ronnie O’Sullivan v Ding Junhui: World Snooker Championship 2020 preview – Rocket and Dragon collide
Two snooker icons collide in a mouth-watering Second Round tie at the 2020 World Snooker Championship as Ronnie O’Sullivan takes on Ding Junhui. England’s greatest cueist faces China’s top star over three sessions in Sheffield spanning as many days as they lock horns in the sport’s most iconic venue. A box office fixture which would […]
Round One draws to a close at the 2020 World Snooker Championship on Wednesday as the Last 16 commences at The Crucible. The sport’s show-piece event, held behind closed doors for the first time, has produced drama and quality in abundance, with four seeded stars bowing out so far. Just two places remain in the […]
Mark Allen is out of the 2020 World Snooker Championship after he was beaten 10-8 by world number 89 Jamie Clarke in the opening round on Tuesday. Despite making a record-equalling five centuries, the world number four was ousted by the Welsh debutant, who recovered from 6-4 down to cause one of the biggest shocks […]
The final three First Round matches get underway at the World Snooker Championship on Tuesday, while two former champions aim to avoid potential banana skins. Jack Lisowski became only the second seeded player to bow out at the first hurdle of this year’s show-piece on Monday, joining David Gilbert through the Crucible exit door. Shaun […]
Anthony McGill held his nerve in an epic deciding frame to deny Jack Lisowski and book his place in the Last 16 of the World Snooker Championship on Monday. McGill, a quarter-finalist on his Crucible debut in 2015, produced a granite performance to become only the second qualifier to progress in this year’s tournament so […]
Ronnie O’Sullivan admits he is “on a holiday buzz” at an empty Crucible after booking his place in the Second Round in emphatic fashion. The five-time World Champion swept aside Thailand’s Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 10-1 in the fastest match in the history of the tournament, lasting just one hour and 48 minutes. O’Sullivan established an 8-1 […]