There is suffocating silence in the auditorium as four-time world champion John Higgins attempts to compile a match-winning break. It has gone 10.30pm on a bank holiday Monday, but no one has left the ...

Snooker’s World Championship will stay at an upgraded Crucible Theatre in Sheffield until at least 2045 following a new £45m funding deal. With snooker boss Barry Hearn threatening to uproot the event ...

But becoming so famous was very difficult because snooker was absolutely mega. Me and my wife couldn’t go anywhere. Not even Tesco. I liked it because famous people liked me.

The World Snooker Championship won't be played at the Crucible in 2029 as part of a redevelopment project at the arena.

Helped by an intervention from British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, snooker ’s world championship is staying at its long-time home of the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield until at least 2045 amid fears ...