This is snooker’s grassy knoll

Most Crucible quarter-final appearances (including 2025) 23 – Ronnie O’Sullivan 19 – Stephen Hendry, John Higgins 15 – Steve Davis, Jimmy White 12 – Mark Williams 11 – Terry Griffiths, John Parrott, Judd Trump

It's also on TNT and Discovery Plus

Preview of four fascinating quarter-final matches ✍️ davehendon.substack.com/p/no-quarter-g…

Crucible deciders: John Higgins played 10, won 9 Mark Williams played 7, won 2 Just gone 12-12 between these two legends

Mark Williams beats John Higgins 13-12 on the black to become the oldest World Championship semi-finalist for 40 years. Ray Reardon was 52 in 1985. Mark also the first player to win two black ball deciders at the Crucible.

A look ahead to the World Championship semi-finals ✍️ davehendon.substack.com/p/three-days-t…

Zhao Xintong wins EIGHT frames in a row against Ronnie O'Sullivan in a whitewash session! 😱 He is just five frames away from the final at The Crucible. #WorldChampionship

💯 Zhao Xintong with the 100th 100 break at the Crucible this year! 💯 #WorldChampionship

𝐙𝐡𝐚𝐨 𝐗𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥! 👏 O'Sullivan is beaten with a session to spare at the Crucible for only the second time, the first in 1994 🤯 #WorldChampionship

Some night ahead 😍

Writer and broadcaster David Hendon joined me in Tudor Square to talk about his new book on the history of snooker. open.spotify.com/episode/7H8yY2… 'Pots of Gold' will be available this autumn and I know snooker fans everywhere will enjoy it greatly. #RadioSnooker

The oldest man ever to reach the final at the Crucible! Mark Williams has done it, sealing a 17-14 win over Judd Trump to set up a final clash with Zhao Xintong. #HaloWorldChampionship

The calm before the final storm. It all ends here tonight.

The moment Zhao Xintong became a World Champion! 🏆

Congratulations to Zhao Xintong, an historic night for snooker 🇨🇳 Mark Williams is not only a great player but one of the genuine good guys. Another season done ✔️

Zhao's incredible victory in the snooker last night peaked at just over 3m viewers, almost exactly the same as Coronation Street. Great result.

On Zhao Xintong’s historic capture of the world title ✍️ tntsports.co.uk/snooker/halo-w…

On snooker players and retirement davehendon.substack.com/p/time-to-say-…

1st round matches in the Wuhan Open quals this month pitting new pros against big names: Shaun Murphy v Michal Szubarczyk Neil Robertson v Leonne Crowley Ali Carter v Florian Nüßle Matthew Stevens v Sahil Nayyar Kyren Wilson v Connor Benzey Mark Williams v Chatchapong Nasa