An iconic life-sized painting of 1972 and 1982 world snooker champion Alex Higgins is heading for auction.
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O’Sullivan and Vafaei isn’t the first grudge match at a World Snooker Championship
Excitement is building for the Ronnie O’Sullivan and Hossein Vafaei grudge match, but it isn’t the first fiery contest at a World Snooker Championship.
OTD in Snooker: Alex Higgins Wins 1989 Irish Masters
On this day in snooker, Alex Higgins beat Stephen Hendry 9-8 to capture his last professional title.
It’s There! Can you Keep the Noise Down, Please!?
Over the course of the World Championship I’ve challenged one snooker aficionado to highlight the best quirky, outlandish, unusual, laughable and questionable observations of each day. As if to further enhance his (or her!) alter ego as snooker’s sleeper, this spy has elected to go through the tournament in disguise. Read[Read More…]
Fin’s Fables: The Magic of the Crucible
By Fin Ruane As the countdown continues to this year’s World Snooker Championship in Sheffield and all eyes turn to the Crucible Theatre, many snooker fans are looking forward to visiting the famous venue – some for the umpteenth year in a row, others for the very first time. Visiting[Read More…]
Fin’s Fables: Top 10 Crucible Memories
By Fin Ruane As this year’s eagerly awaited World Snooker Championship nears we look forward to the seventeen day snooker jamboree in Sheffield with bated breath. Questions such as “how will Ronnie play and can he win a fifth world title?”, can Mark Selby win and complete the ‘triple crown’[Read More…]
The Table Fitters – Interview With Ger Dunphy
We often hear and read about the players, the coaches, the commentators, the officials and even the fans. But it isn’t often that we get a chance to learn about some of the other men behind the scenes at snooker events, exhibitions and clubs. Does each venue on the season’s[Read More…]
Revel in the Rivalry
The first of the so-called big three majors gets under way tomorrow with the UK Championship in York. Along with the Masters and World Championship, the UKs have been a pinnacle tournament to which all of the top players strive to succeed in. As with the other two, being aired[Read More…]
The Irish Crucible Crusade
Since 1977, The Crucible in Sheffield has staged the annual marathon of the mind that is the World Snooker Championship. In that time, fifteen different nationalities have graced the famous theatre – a low number in reality but one that has the potential to rise dramatically in the next decade[Read More…]