Four-time winner John Higgins produced a sensational restoration from 8-3 and 9-4 down to defeat Ronnie O’Sullivan 13-12 in a final-frame Crucible epic to attain the World Championship quarter-finals. Seven-time champion O’Sullivan was searching for an eighth title to set a brand new outright document in the fashionable period, and twice held five-frame leads in…
Mark Williams supplied his cue to a spectator on the Crucible who shouted out “come on Mark” during his second spherical match towards Barry Hawkins. Williams, 51, was trailing his opponent 7-4 on the time and taking some time to line up a tricky-looking shot. His heckle got here whereas the Welshman was figuring out…
Iran’s Hossein Vafaei grew to become the first qualifier to beat a seeded participant at the 2026 World Championship as he defeated China’s Si Jiahui 10-3 to arrange a tie with world primary Judd Trump. Si, a semi-finalist in 2023, held a 3-1 lead, however 31-year-old Vafaei, ranked thirty second on the planet, received 9…
Jones kicks off his title bid with a troublesome take a look at in opposition to Mark Selby, who will probably be looking a fifth world title so as to add to his spectacular trophy cupboard. Cwmbran’s ‘Silent Assassin’ will probably be hoping he can repeat his heroics of 2024 and go one step additional…
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Stan Moody will make his World Snooker Championship debut on Monday within the first spherical in opposition to world quantity two Kyren Wilson. Moody, 19, is the youngest participant at this yr’s event and is presently ranked forty fourth in snooker’s world rankings. He will develop into the primary teenager since Judd Trump in 2007…
“It was very difficult for me and there’s a lot of pressure, but it’s good for me and this is a big moment in this season,” mentioned Zhao. “I just tried to control myself but I didn’t do it very well and hopefully in the next round I can do a lot better.” Highfield, who…
Zhao Xintong has begun his title defence at the Crucible in his match towards English qualifier Liam Highfield. The world quantity 4 has taken the opening couple of frames towards Highfield as he seems to be to copy his success from final yr. The world champion was banned from snooker for 20 months after admitting…
In 2001, Ronnie O’Sullivan gained his first World Snooker Championship. Now, 1 / 4 of a century later, he’s aiming for a record-breaking eighth (*50*). The 50-year-old has lifted the trophy seven instances, a feat solely matched by Stephen Hendry within the Nineties, with no-one within the fashionable period having extra success. O’Sullivan already holds…
Seven-time winner Ronnie O’Sullivan will start his bid for a record-breaking eighth World Snooker Championship title with a match towards China’s debutant He Guoqiang on the Crucible. O’Sullivan, 50, will begin his first-round tie on the Sheffield theatre on Tuesday and conclude the match on Wednesday. Sixteen gamers got here by qualifying this week on…