Rob Maul

The most watched sporting event in the UK (and China) this weekend. It is the final day of the World #Snooker Championship. Zhao Xintong is 11-6 up on Mark Williams. It is the first to 18 frames. Nobody has overturned this type of deficit overnight heading into the final sessions https://t.co/zvoIqQIwhM

RT @premierleague: Trent Alexander-Arnold will leave Liverpool after 20 years at his boyhood club 🔴👋 https://t.co/sHcDRvNKMW

Terrestrial television coverage of snooker and darts faces a major shake-up from next season. ITV production staff and pundits have been told they won't be required. From 2026 it's believed promoter Matchroom Media will start to produce the 2 sports themselves on a frequent basis https://t.co/lwjSWv36w3

Judd Trump wants loudmouth #snooker louts booted out, saying: We don’t want noisy darts atmospheres in our sport. In frame 26 of his 17-14 SF loss to Mark Williams, Trump missed a key red and a heckler in the Crucible appeared to shout out: "What was that? https://t.co/AVQEh7jwaE

The Wall of Fame in the bowels of the Crucible. Newspaper cuttings on the 2025 tournament. It has been a long three weeks in Sheffield since the end of qualifying. Sessions start at 1pm and 7pm today. 17 frames today #snooker https://t.co/vvNYY7W0d3

#Snooker is a Country for Old Men. Mark Williams has become the sport's oldest world championship finalist. There is a 22-year age-gap between him and Zhao Xintong, who was THREE years old when Williams celebrated his first Crucible success in 2000 https://t.co/5POKkT53io

Ronnie O'Sullivan is quitting the UK and relocating to the Middle East. Now his Crucible campaign is over – as he lost in the semi-finals for the first time in 19 years – the Rocket will pack his bags and leave for a new life overseas #snooker https://t.co/g4dy5My0Qp

Ronnie O'Sullivan feels dazed and confused and is unsure if he will ever recover from his most crushing Crucible loss. The Rocket was hammered 17-7 in the semi-finals by magnificent Zhao Xintong, who won with a session to spare #snooker https://t.co/YorH1WsemW

Ronnie O'Sullivan's dreams of a history-making eighth Crucible world title were crushed in the semi-finals with a session to spare by the magnificent Zhao Xintong. This was the first time O’Sullivan had lost at the worlds with a session to go in 31 years https://t.co/utDAvzusqT

Ronnie O'Sullivan changed his cue tip after the QF win over Si Jiahui and following the first session of the semi-final. And he also switched to a brass ferrule. I'm told that he changed his tip for the third time before they resumed play this evening at 7pm #snooker

It's 11pm here in Birmingham and the final of the Premier League Darts night is only just starting. The show began at 7pm. It's going on too late and too long. The crowd, to be fair, are still here in numbers but not ideal for viewers, especially young kids wanting to see Littler

Barry Hearn expects the future of the #Snooker World Champ to be decided by the end of this year – and it “comes down to hard cash”. Positive informal talks were held on Thursday with Hearn and Sheffield City Council & they'll all meet again in 3 months https://t.co/FxY72SGuvX

The one table set-up: the first of 3 days of semi-final action. Zhao Xintong is trying to become China's 1st world champion. Ronnie O'Sullivan is going for title No.8. Judd Trump is trying to surpass £2m in yearly prize money. And Mark Williams could be the oldest Crucible champ https://t.co/tP64ewaw8D

🎱 Mark Williams showed "balls of steel" to beat John Higgins in a Crucible classic and it was inspired by singing Tom Jones's Delilah in the shower 🎱 Ronnie O'Sullivan is just two wins away from a record eighth Crucible crown despite "awful" form and a dodgy cue #snooker https://t.co/RfTqIJPANb

This time last year, Zhao Xintong was banned from professional #snooker. He was suspended for 20 months after betting breaches (over a three-year period) and he was a party to another player fixing two snooker matches. Now he is into the World Champ semi-finals, as an amateur

Jet-setting Luca Brecel has thanked Arsenal star Leandro Trossard for giving him advice on the top continental private plane firm to book. The Belgian Bullet flew to the UK on Saturday, landing three-and-a-half hours before the start of his Last 16 tie https://t.co/OKR1BOSHoi

Day 11 of the World #Snooker Championships in Sheffield: Judd Trump, the compiler of 100 centuries this season, was proclaimed as champion-elect by Shaun Murphy, who said: You might as well give him the trophy now. It is quarter-final day and Trump faces Luca Brecel at 2.30pm https://t.co/1N7bGJLaCX