Tag: John Parrot
It was a case of business as usual as John Parrott got set for his second-round showdown with Tony Knowles at the 1991 World Snooker Championship. After all, this was the world number three’s eighth appearance at the Crucible, and the eighth time he had successfully reached the last 16 of the competition. Parrott had […]
John Parrott had every reason to be feeling “quietly confident” heading into the 1991 World Snooker Championship. Parrott, then ranked number three in the world, had reached the Irish Masters final a couple of weeks earlier – losing 9-5 to six-time Crucible king Steve Davis – while he had also enjoyed a run to the […]
Former World Champion John Parrott is backing John Higgins to land a fifth Crucible title in Sheffield this year. Snooker’s blue-riband event is on the horizon with 32 players competing for the ultimate prize in the sport. Four-time champion Higgins is a man who knows what it takes to produce the goods on the biggest […]
The most iconic event of the horse racing calendar – the Grand National – takes place at Aintree on Saturday, and former BBC racing pundit John Parrott has selected his best bet. The 173rd annual running of the Grand National features many of the world’s top jump racers competing over four miles and two and […]