Month: April 2023
Mark Selby made the first maximum break in a World Snooker Championship final, but trails Luca Brecel 9-8 overnight at the Crucible. The Jester created history in the Sheffield showpiece on Sunday as he coolly compiled a brilliant 147 in the penultimate frame of the second session. Hitting the fifth maximum of his career, four-time […]
Mark Selby and Luca Brecel will battle it out for the right to be crowned 2023 World Snooker Champion in an unmissable final at The Crucible. A two-day date with destiny sees a stalwart of snooker’s greatest stage and a ferocious raw talent collide for the £500,000 top prize and the sport’s most sacred silverware. […]
Mark Selby will play Luca Brecel in the World Championship final after battling past Mark Allen 17-15 in a late-night Crucible thriller. Selby withstood a brave fightback from Allen, who recovered from 16-10 down to trail by a single frame in a hard-fought encounter, to eventually advance to his sixth Sheffield showpiece, where he will […]
Luca Brecel produced the greatest Crucible comeback of all time to deny Si Jiahui and reach his first World Snooker Championship final. The Belgian became the first player from mainland Europe to advance to the Sheffield showpiece, after recovering from 14-5 down to stun Si 17-15 on Saturday. Despite the hefty deficit, Brecel gave himself […]
Si Jiahui is three frames away from reaching the World Snooker Championship final after establishing a commanding 14-10 lead over Luca Brecel. The 20-year-old moved to the brink of breaking Stephen Hendry’s record and becoming the youngest player ever to appear in the Crucible showpiece after a dominant day’s play in Sheffield. Although, he will […]
Mark Selby and Mark Allen collide in a mouth-watering Semi-Final showdown at the World Snooker Championship. The players ranked second and third in the world go head to head in what promises to be a gripping battle of the Marks at The Crucible. And not only will the winner book their place in this year’s […]
A date with destiny awaits as Luca Brecel and Si Jiahui collide in their first World Snooker Championship Semi-Final at The Crucible. The two prodigious talents step out into the hallowed one-table setup at the sport’s spiritual home for the first time looking to keep their world title hopes firmly alive. Both have defied the […]
Si Jiahui continued his dream debut run to edge out Anthony McGill in a deciding frame for a place in the World Championship Semi-Finals, as Mark Selby swept aside John Higgins. Si, who won three qualifying matches to reach The Crucible, held his nerve in a tense, late-night decider to deny McGill and reach the […]
Luca Brecel admits he was “drunk as hell” and “partying until 6am” in the build up to his Quarter-Final win over Ronnie O’Sullivan at the World Snooker Championship. Brecel sensationally reeled off seven consecutive frames from 10-6 down to stun the reigning and seven-time World Champion at The Crucible on Wednesday. The Belgian had failed […]