14 h. ago Major shock in the snooker as champion Kyren Wilson is knocked OUT of the World Championship by Chinese underdog in the first round

Kyren Wilson fell victim to the 'Crucible Curse' as he crashed out in the first round of the World Snooker Championship in a dramatic 10-9 defeat to China's world number 39 Lei Peifan.

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29 h. ago Shaun Murphy fumes at 'not man enough' Kyren Wilson with Crucible confrontation planned

Shaun Murphy is planning to confront Kyren Wilson after being "unprofessional" by the world champion ahead of the 2025 tournament at the Crucible

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30 h. ago Shaun Murphy vows to confront Kyren Wilson and tells snooker rival he's 'not man enough'

Masters champion Shaun Murphy has blasted back at Kyren Wilson after being branded "unprofessional" by his snooker rival on the eve of the 2025 World Championship

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33 h. ago How to watch World Snooker Championship 2025 for free: TV channel and live stream for Crucible tournament

Reigning champion Kyren Wilson is first up as Ronnie O’Sullivan returns

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43 h. ago Kyren Wilson: ‘It’s not just me that’s world champion. It’s my whole family’

The 2024 winner reflects on the emotional backstory to Crucible triumph amid major health concerns for his family“‘I still believed in myself but it was quite soul-destroying out there,” Kyren Wilson says in a back room at Barratts Snooker Club in Northampton. The world champion once worked here as a barman because he had lost his place on tour after his first season as a professional in 2011. He was still only 19 and he had little idea that an avalanche of adversity would engulf him in the years ahead.Wilson begins the defence of his world title, with a first-round match against Lei Peifan, in the venerable Crucible in Sheffield on Saturday morning. But it seems fitting that we should meet here, in the unpromising surroundings which once defined Wilson’s life, as he describes his extraordinary world championship backstory. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Kyren Wilson 'visualised breaking Crucible curse' before winning first World Snooker title

World champion Kyren Wilson on his belief that he can break the near 50-year-old 'Crucible curse' and how hypnotherapy has played a key role in his superb season

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7 d. ago The revealing Kyren Wilson comments that show secret to snooker world champion's golden year

The Warrior will begin his world title defence in a week as action at the Crucible bursts into life

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1 week ago Ronnie O'Sullivan reveals true thoughts on Kyren Wilson with surprise admission about snooker world champion

He might be considered the greatest player of all time by man, but Ronnie O'Sullivan envies a Kyren Wilson skill

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3 w. ago Kyren Wilson and Judd Trump have same complaint as world champion strikes telling blow

Kyren Wilson beat Judd Trump 10-9 to win the Players Championship final, but there was some controversy as both players complained about the cue ball during the match

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