Three-time champion Mark Williams produced a vintage display to defeat world number one Judd Trump 17-14, becoming the oldest ever player to reach a World Championship final. The Welshman, who turned 50 in March, eclipses his compatriot Ray Reardon, who won the title six times and appeared in the 1982 final as a 49-year-old. Williams...
Zhao Xintong began this season suspended from snooker after a match-fixing scandal but is tipped to be the sport’s new “megastar” if he becomes the first Chinese player to win the World Championship. The 28-year-old, who lives just a 10-minute walk from the Crucible venue in Sheffield, is one match away from joining Terry Griffiths...
PA Media Hayley McAuley says she is “a bit of a machine” when it comes to flatpack furniture A woman who took just over nine and a half minutes to build a bedside table has said she was “thrilled” to become the first person to be crowned Flatpack World Champion. The inaugural Flatpack World Championships...
The Duke of Sussex has said the downgrading of taxpayer-funded protection makes visiting his homeland too risky. He was speaking after losing a Court of Appeal challenge over the level of security he receives while in the UK. The prince told the BBC that he hoped for reconciliation with his family and said the disagreement...
Zhao Xintong produced a scintillating display of potting to open up a 12-4 lead against seven-time champion Ronnie O’Sullivan in their World Championship semi-final. With the overnight score at 4-4, Zhao took all eight frames on Friday morning to become only the fourth player to win a session 8-0 against O’Sullivan at the Crucible. Englishman...
O’Sullivan’s natural showmanship and compelling character have made him one of the most popular sportspeople since he won the UK Championship as a 17-year-old in 1993. His maverick qualities form part of Parris’ willingness to work with O’Sullivan, even after the destruction of one of his workshop’s fine creations. “People just love to watch him,”...
Seven-time champion Ronnie O’Sullivan is level at 4-4 with Zhao Xintong after an entertaining opening session to their World Championship semi-final. China’s Zhao, 28, a former UK champion who is competing as an amateur, showed few signs of nerves having reached the single table set-up for the first time, racing into a 2-0 lead with...
As the countdown towards Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 continues, fans across England will have the chance to celebrate early as the prestigious trophy will embark on a nationwide tour of the tournament’s eight host locations. The RWC 2025 host location trophy tour will set off from the country’s capital on a journey spanning three...
Lord’s will host the final of the Women’s T20 World Cup on Sunday 5 July next year, organisers have announced. The 12-team tournament will be held across England with Headingley, Old Trafford, Edgbaston, The Oval, the Hampshire Bowl and Bristol’s County Ground also hosting matches. It will begin on Friday, 12 June with the full...
Following his thrilling points victory Eubank Jr was admitted to hospital, which is standard procedure for boxers after a gruelling bout. The fight was set at the middleweight limit of 11st 6lb (160lbs) and Eubank Jr endured a difficult weight cut to the agreed limit but was still fined £375,000 for missing his target by...
The encounter between Trump and Williams will pit the game’s two most decorated left-handed players against each other in a repeat of the 2022 semi-final. Trump edged that nerve-shredding contest 17-16 against the Welshman and expended little energy on Wednesday evening to dispatch Brecel. Unlike the afternoon session when 2019 winner Trump did well to...
Three-time winner Mark Williams held off a spirited John Higgins fightback to win a Crucible classic 13-12 on the black as he reached the semi-finals of the World Championship. Resuming at 8-8 on Wednesday, Higgins was initially left to rue costly misses in each of the first four frames as winner Williams reeled off all...
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Four-time world champion John Higgins took advantage of some mistakes from Mark Williams to lead 5-3 after the first session of their World Championship quarter-final. This tie features two of the sport’s all-time greats and two thirds of snooker’s legendary ‘Class of 92’ trio, which also includes Ronnie O’Sullivan. Williams, 50, became the oldest man...
Ken Doherty, the 1997 world champion, played against the ‘Class of 92’ throughout his career and felt this match was “the tie of the round”. “They’ve been at the top of the game since 1992, 33 years, and are still at the top and still producing,” the Irishman said. “As you get older it becomes...