May 06
Congratulations to Ronnie O’Sullivan, who has defeated Barry Hawkins 18-12 to win the 2013 Betfair World Championship at the Crucible Theatre this evening. His fifth title of all, the victory sees O’Sullivan become the first man to successfully defend this title since Stephen Hendry back in 1996, as well as see him take home the …
May 05
So the end is in sight and the 2013 World Championship final is no underway, as Barry Hawkins looks to complete mission impossible and take down the defending champion Ronnie O’Sullivan, himself going for a fifth Crucible crown…
May 04
Day fifteen at the 2013 World Championship and day three of the semi-final marathon, today we will find out who will contest this year’s Crucible final, as Ronnie O’Sullivan and Ricky Walden look to convert their overnight leads into victories today…
May 01
As the World Championship prepares to enter its final phase, today sees the quarter-finals played to a conclusion, as the identities of the last four players remaining at this year’s tournament are revealed. Click below for updates throughout the day, with quotes from the players and my thoughts on the matches…
Apr 20
So it begins, the 2013 World Championship in underway, Ronnie O’Sullivan having entered the arena this morning to a rapturous round of applause for the start of his match with Marcus Campbell. Click below for the first part of my daily World Championship diary from the Crucible, which during the course of the 17 days …
Feb 26
So it’s official, four-time world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan will defend his world title at the Crucible Theatre, this April, having announced his return to competitive snooker today (as well as a new sponsor), at a press conference in London…
Feb 23
With the ‘end of February’ entry deadline for the 2013 World Championship rapidly approaching, speculation has been growing as to the participation (or otherwise), of the defending champion, Ronnie O’Sullivan. Having sat out almost the entire season to date, it has now been revealed (eg here in the Mail Online), that O’Sullivan will announce his …
Jan 22
Whilst writing my Masters preview just over a week ago, I described the world’s current top four of Mark Selby, Judd Trump, John Higgins and Neil Robertson as being as close to a ‘big four’ as snooker has seen since that which we saw towards the end of the 1990′s, a comment which sparked a …
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