2 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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4 h. ago World Snooker Championship 2025: Results, draw and schedule in full

Ronnie O’Sullivan has admitted he could still withdraw as he bids for a record eighth title at the Crucible

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5 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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15 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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17 h. ago How to watch snooker World Championship 2025: Free live stream, TV channel, full schedule and prize money

All eyes are on Kyren Wilson as he aims to become the first man to defeat the Crucible Curse

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19 h. ago Can John Higgins win the Snooker World Championship 2025? Odds, record, 147s, draw, suspension, career earnings

The Scot comes into the tournament having enjoyed one of his best ever starts to a year.

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20 h. ago World Snooker Championship: wide open tournament may herald new era

A record 10 Chinese players are in the main draw at the Crucible, where picking a winner is tougher than everIt has been fairly common in recent years to discuss the winds of change blowing through the World Snooker Championship. But this year, with talk of the Crucible’s future being quieter than usual, it is on the baize where a significant shift might be poised to take place.The usual suspects – for the most part – are still assembling in Sheffield for snooker’s most prestigious event. Some of them in quite imperious form, too. But whereas a case can often be made for no more than three or four players to take home the £500,000 top prize and world champion crown, this year there is a much more open field. Continue reading...

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26 h. ago World Snooker Championship 2025: how to watch tournament on TV

The BBC will be broadcasting the World Snooker Championship again in 2025 🎱

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41 h. ago O’Sullivan confirms he will play in World Snooker Championship after Carter draw

O’Sullivan returns to face grudge match in first roundKyren Wilson begins title defence against debutantSeven-time champion Ronnie O’Sullivan has been drawn to face long-term rival Ali Carter in the first round of the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield. The 49-year-old, who is seeded fifth, defeated Carter in the 2008 and 2012 finals at the Crucible.O’Sullivan has not played competitively since snapping his cue after withdrawing from the Championship League in January. He pulled out of five of the last six World Snooker Tour events on medical grounds but confirmed on Thursday that he will play in this year’s tournament. Continue reading...

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41 h. ago Ronnie O'Sullivan reveals Crucible decision after being drawn against arch

Ronnie O'Sullivan's spot at the 2025 Snooker World Championship was in serious doubt even after Thursday's draw and The Rocket has now confirmed whether he will be playing

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42 h. ago World Snooker Championship 2025: Draw, schedule in full and results

Ronnie O’Sullivan has yet to confirm if he will bid for a record eighth title at the Crucible

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48 h. ago Snooker World Championship Draw 2025: All the first round matches

It’s nearly time for the biggest competition in the world snooker calendar.

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48 h. ago O’Sullivan drawn to face Carter grudge match at World Snooker Championship

O’Sullivan is yet to confirm whether he will take partKyren Wilson begins title defence against debutantSeven-time champion Ronnie O’Sullivan has been drawn to face long-term rival Ali Carter in the first round of the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield. The 49-year-old, who is seeded fifth, defeated Carter in the 2008 and 2012 finals at the Crucible.O’Sullivan has not played competitively since snapping his cue after withdrawing from the Championship League in January. He pulled out of five of the last six World Snooker Tour events on medical grounds and has yet to confirm if he will play in this year’s tournament. Continue reading...

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52 h. ago Snooker World Championship draw LIVE: Judd Tump discover fates amid Ronnie O'Sullivan decision

LIVE: Coverage of the draw for the 2025 Snooker World Championship set to take place at The Crucible in Sheffield later this month with Judd Trump and Kyren Wilson all aiming for the title

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65 h. ago When is the World Snooker Championship 2025 draw: Free live stream, radio coverage and full schedule

A dramatic season all comes down to a massive 16 days of action at the legendary Crucible in Sheffield

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67 h. ago Steve Davis makes Judd Trump stance clear as John Higgins admits Ronnie O’Sullivan truth

The 2025 Snooker World Championship will get underway at the Crucible in Sheffield, with the sport's biggest names looking to etch their name into the history books

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68 h. ago John Higgins gets honest about Ronnie O’Sullivan as Steve Davis makes Judd Trump claim

Scottish snooker icon John Higgins has made a "brutally honest" confession about Ronnie O'Sullivan ahead of the 2025 World Snooker Championship, which kicks off this weekend

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8 d. ago Snooker World Championship 2025 Prize Money: How much the winner gets, format, how to watch on TV

It’s not long until the world’s best snooker players battle it out on the baize in Sheffield.

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9 d. ago Who will win the World Snooker Championship 2025? Here are the 11 favourites for the title

The world’s best snooker players are set to battle it out on the baize in Sheffield.

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1 week ago Jimmy White, 62, keeps World Snooker Championship dream alive with victory at 1.20am

White has not been at world championships since 2006Scores break of 126 against 20-year-old Anton KazakovJimmy White kept alive his hopes of qualifying for the World Snooker Championship for the first time since 2006 with a nail-biting, final-frame win over the Ukrainian Anton Kazakov.The veteran six-time runner-up, who turns 63 next month, was 7-3 down just after the resumption of the evening session but reeled off six frames in a row – including a break of 126 – to put him on the brink of victory. Continue reading...

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