Month: August 2020
Three former World Champions grace the green baize at the 2020 World Snooker Championship on Monday as the First Round action continues at The Crucible. Day Three saw David Gilbert become the first, and so far only, seed to crash out at the first hurdle in Sheffield, going down 10-8 to Norway’s Kurt Maflin in […]
Kurt Maflin recorded his first win at the World Snooker Championship by knocking out David Gilbert in a dramatic encounter on Sunday, as John Higgins and Neil Robertson also sealed their spot in Round Two. Maflin was beaten by Mark Selby in a deciding frame in his only previous visit to The Crucible, but created […]
Ronnie O’Sullivan launches his quest for an elusive sixth world title with a mouth-watering clash against Thai star Thepchaiya Un-Nooh in Round One at The Crucible. The two fastest players on the professional circuit lock horns in arguably the pick of the First Round ties as Un-Nooh looks to send shockwaves through the field. Un-Nooh […]
Mark Williams says lock-down forced him to abandon any retirement plans from snooker and has vowed that he will play on for as long as possible. The three-time World champion made a winning start at the World Snooker Championship on Saturday as he recovered from 5-3 down to beat Alan McManus 10-5 in the opening […]
Ronnie O’Sullivan is one of three former World champions in action on day three of the 2020 World Snooker Championship in Sheffield, along with John Higgins and Neil Robertson. The Rocket launches his record-breaking 28th consecutive Crucible campaign against Thailand’s Thepchaiya Un-Nooh in what promises to be a quickfire encounter between two of the fastest […]
Ding Junhui scraped through to the second round of the World Snooker Championship after edging past Mark King 10-9 at the Crucible, while Mark Williams and Stuart Bingham also progressed on day two. The Chinese ace was involved in a real neck-and-neck battle with the world number 46 that saw him forced into a deciding […]
John Higgins launches his quest for a fifth World Snooker Championship title against two-time runner-up Matthew Stevens at the Crucible, while 2019 semi-finalist David Gilbert also enters the fray on Saturday. Four-time champion Higgins is appearing in the final stages of snooker’s blue-riband event for a 26th consecutive year, with only Steve Davis, Ronnie O’Sullivan […]