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  • 6 days ago | bbc.com | Steve Sutcliffe

    Media caption, Watch the best shots from the 2024 World Snooker ChampionshipVenue: Crucible Theatre, Sheffield Dates: 19 April to 5 MayCoverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and app; live text coverage of selected matches; updates on Radio 5 Live. Can Kyren Wilson break the 'Crucible curse'? Will Judd Trump land an elusive second world crown? What about Mark Selby or John Higgins as they both go for a fifth World Championship title?

  • 6 days ago | bbc.com | Steve Sutcliffe

    Seven-time winner Ronnie O'Sullivan says he will overcome "stage fright" to take on Ali Carter in the first round of the World Snooker Championship. O'Sullivan, 49, who only confirmed his participation on Thursday, has not played competitively since snapping his cue at the Championship League in January. "Because it is the World Championship and the last tournament [of the season] I thought I need to try and break that cycle," he told BBC Sport.

  • 1 week ago | bbc.com | Steve Sutcliffe

    Two-time Crucible finalist Ali Carter overcame a neck injury to book his place in the first round of the World Championship with a 10-5 victory over China's He Guoqiang in qualifying. The 45-year-old Englishman established a 4-0 lead early on but was pegged back to 4-3 before assuming control again to take six of the next eight frames as he sealed his win.

  • 1 week ago | au.sports.yahoo.com | Steve Sutcliffe

    Two-time Crucible finalist Ali Carter overcame a neck injury to book his place in the first round of the World Championship with a 10-5 victory over China's He Guoqiang in qualifying. The 45-year-old Englishman established a 4-0 lead early on but was pegged back to 4-3 before assuming control again to take six of the next eight frames as he sealed his win.

  • 1 week ago | bbc.com | Steve Sutcliffe

    Daniel Wells triumphed 10-9 in a final-frame decider as he shocked Gary Wilson to reach the televised stage of the World Championship for the first time. Welshman Wells, 36, led 6-2 but was put under severe pressure from three-time ranking-event winner Wilson, who compiled three half-centuries and a century on his way to levelling at 6-6 in the fourth-round qualifier. However, Wells repeatedly edged back in front in a nip-and-tuck finale and sealed his win following a break of 52.

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