9 h. ago Ronnie O’Sullivan doubles down on retirement verdict after winning latest Crucible match

Ronnie O'Sullivan eased into the quarter-finals of the World Snooker Championship after a 13-4 victory over Pang Junxu, but the 49-year-old remains concerned about his current form

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6 d. ago When does Ronnie O’Sullivan play next at the World Snooker Championship?

The seven-time world champion will return to the Crucible for a second round match against Pang Junxu

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6 d. ago Ronnie O’Sullivan v Ali Carter LIVE: The Rocket sweeps into World Snooker Championship second round after devastating display

Seven-time world champion O’Sullivan returned to Crucible for his first match since January

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6 d. ago Ronnie O’Sullivan v Ali Carter LIVE: The Rocket resumes tight World Snooker Championship clash

Seven-time world champion O’Sullivan returns to Crucible for his first match since January to face bitter rival Carter

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6 d. ago Ali Carter shut down Ronnie O'Sullivan comment before his gesture summed up his feelings

Before Ronnie O’Sullivan and Ali Carter took to the Crucible baize for their first round match, two telling exchanges between the pair shed light upon the state of their rapport

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6 d. ago Ronnie O’Sullivan v Ali Carter LIVE: The Rocket to resume tight World Snooker Championship clash

Seven-time world champion O’Sullivan returns to Crucible for his first match since January to face bitter rival Carter

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6 d. ago How to watch Ronnie O'Sullivan vs Ali Carter: TV channel and live stream for World Snooker Championship today

The Rocket holds a narrow 5-4 lead over his long-time rival with first-round match resuming at the Crucible on Wednesday

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1 week 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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1 week ago Ronnie O'Sullivan's first Crucible match plunged into doubt after freak injury

Ronnie O'Sullivan is set to make his return to the Crucible after confirming he will play in this year's World Championship, but his first round match could be cancelled

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1 week ago Ronnie O'Sullivan's opening Crucible match could be cancelled after freak injury

Ronnie O’Sullivan has been drawn to face his long-term foe Ali Carter during his first match at the 2025 Snooker World Championships but the clash might not go ahead after all

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1 week ago Disgraced snooker star qualifies for Crucible as AMATEUR after match

Snooker star Zhao Xintong has qualified for the World Snooker Championship as an amateur player after serving a ban for his involvement in a match-fixing scandal that saw 10 players suspended

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2 w. ago Welsh snooker star Jackson Page makes history and banks huge cash prize after incredible feat

Welsh snooker star Jackson Page made history on Monday by becoming the first player to make two 147 breaks in the same match at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield

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