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6 days ago |
yorkshirepost.co.uk | Richard Hercock
Shaun Murphy believes he has the game to win his second World Championship – 20 years after he first conquered the Crucible. Murphy was just 22 when he created his own slice of sporting history in 2005. Arriving at the Crucible as a 150-1 outsider, he would go on to claim the world title after 17 days of memorable snooker. In doing so, Murphy became the first qualifier to win the Crucible crown since Terry Griffiths in 1979.
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1 week ago |
yorkshirepost.co.uk | Richard Hercock
When Daniel Wells turned professional in 2008 he seemed destined for snooker’s elite. Awarded the Paul Hunter Scholarship, which saw the teenager move from Wales to Sheffield and take up a year’s free training at the World Snooker Academy, he was tipped by many in the sport for a bright future. But fast forward 17 years and the road to sporting success has been bumpy.
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2 weeks ago |
yorkshirepost.co.uk | Richard Hercock
Rotherham’s Ashley Carty will face snooker legend Jimmy White in the race to reach the Crucible. The 29-year-old was not even born when White competed in his sixth - and last - World Championship final back in 1994. The ‘Whirlwind’ is one of snooker’s most iconic figures, having reached six Crucible finals, but never winning the sport’s most prestigious title. Now 62, White will play Carty tomorrow at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield in the second round of qualifiers.
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2 weeks ago |
yorkshirepost.co.uk | Richard Hercock
Sanderson Lam will not have to venture far for inspiration at this week’s World Championship qualifiers in Sheffield. The 31-year-old from Leeds is one of 128 players competing at the English Institute of Sport, over four rounds, to win one of 16 spots on offer to play at the Crucible. Lam enters at the second-round stage on Thursday, when he faces the winner of the first-round clash between Liam Davies or Ahmed Elsayed.
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2 weeks ago |
yorkshirepost.co.uk | Richard Hercock
Sheffield City Council and snooker chiefs have had ‘constructive conversations’ over the last 12 months to keep the World Championship in Sheffield. Snooker’s annual season-ending tournament has been held at the Crucible theatre since 1977, but the current contract in Sheffield runs out in 2027.
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