🎱 Ronnie O'Sullivan tells any rebel snooker stars they should go where the best money is on offer. And the Rocket also defends mega-money Saudi deal amid allegations he's part of a ‘sportswashing’ agenda
🎱 Jimmy White feels Worlds will lose its “magic” if it leaves the Crucible

Ronnie O'Sullivan tells any rebel #snooker players they should go where the best money is on offer. Top stars have been sounded out by investors about new events outside of WST -- though SunSport understands a separate calendar hasn't yet been mapped out
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Bullish Barry Hearn has warned the World #Snooker Champ will leave Sheffield unless a bigger & better Crucible is built. And he told any players considering joining a rival LIV-style snooker breakaway tour: Leave us at your peril. Some stars have been approached about new events

Bullish Barry Hearn has warned that the World #Snooker Championship will leave Sheffield unless a bigger and better Crucible is built. And he has told any players who have considered joining a rival LIV-style snooker breakaway tour: Leave us at your peril
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French media reporting the arrest of a 16yr old who was planning an attack an at the Paris 2024 Olympics, using a firearm or a suicide vest.

🎱 Ronnie O'Sullivan reckons the Crucible pressure cooker makes even the greats of the game feel sick. An Amazon Prime film released last November showed the stage fright the Rocket experiences behind the scenes
🎱 Mark Williams may have played his last-ever Crucible contest

Mark Williams says his 10-9 loss to Si Jiahui could've been his last Crucible contest. “I can't keep coming to this venue. I'm 50 next year. I've loved every minute of it. You can't keep going on forever. I'll miss it. Fingers crossed you'll see me play next year but who knows?”

Potting purist Shaun Murphy has told moaning Hossein Vafaei: If you don’t like the Crucible, then stop going there! According to the Prince of Persia, the Crucible STINKS, it desperately needs a lick of paint and the practice rooms look like garages
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Dominic Dale, who will walk out tomorrow to the 1968 tune 'I'm the urban spaceman' by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band (produced by Paul McCartney), is playing his best #snooker for TEN years – and it’s all thanks to being in love with his French girlfriend
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🎱 Hossein Vafaei claims the Crucible stinks, it desperately needs a lick of paint and practice rooms look like garages
🎱 Luca Brecel plans to get fitter after struggling to deal with the burden of being a world #snooker champ
🎱 Mark Selby faces worst ever Crucible exit

🇪🇸 It had to be him!

Jude Bellingham with the last minute winner in #ElClasico ! Incredible scenes at the Bernabeu!

Unhappy Hossein Vafaei claims the Crucible stinks, it desperately needs a lick of paint and the practice rooms look like garages. The Iranian potter was booted out of the first round of the World #Snooker Championship following a 10-5 defeat to Judd Trump
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The Crucible Curse claims another victim. Luca Brecel loses 10-9 to David Gilbert despite being 9-6 up. 19th first-time winner in Sheffield to be eliminated the following year. Brecel has a throat infection & is coughing away. He'd have pulled out if he hadn't been reigning champ

Emile Cairess has prepared for running round the Isle of Dogs — by running with dogs. The Brit takes on the #LondonMarathon hoping pooch power can help him better his time of 2:08:07 & 6th-place finish on his debut last year. Prep included running with a pal & 2 four-legged pets

If you became the world champion of your sport and pocketed £500,000 how would you celebrate? Maybe buy a nice car? Treat the other half? Go on a lavish holiday perhaps? Well, Luca Brecel has done all of that and more, having the time of his life over the past 12 months #snooker

ARD Doping Editorial Team world exclusive after two-year investigation: Mass doping suspicion in China - WADA fails to act: 23 top Chinese swimmers tested positive in 2021 but were secretly cleared in time to compete at the Tokyo Olympics. With Hajo Seppelt 1/

When the conversation turned to the next generation of snooker stars Ronnie O'Sullivan picked out Jackson Page as one to watch, noting how he's benefited from working with Mark Williams. The pair will meet in the 1st round. Could be a Crucible Page-turner
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David Gilbert was “off my nut” when Luca Brecel sensationally became King of Sheffield last year. But the Angry Farmer claims World #Snooker Tour have failed to promote the brilliant Belgian Bullet over the past 12 months
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