World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association chairman Jason Ferguson has defended the new UK Championship format after criticism from some of the world's leading players.

Snooker’s disciplinary chiefs will be writing to Ronnie O’Sullivan asking for more information about his claim that he was offered a £20,000 bribe to fix a match.

Ronnie O’Sullivan has claimed he was offered £20,000 to fix a snooker match.

Stephen Lee believes he has “great grounds” for his appeal against his 12-year ban from snooker for match-fixing and will prove part of the case against him is “complete lies”.

Stephen Lee is to appeal his 12-year ban from snooker and the findings of a tribunal into match-fixing, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) have announced.

Stephen Lee is to appeal against his 12-year ban from snooker and the findings of a tribunal into match-fixing, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association has announced.

Stephen Lee has insisted he is innocent of match-fixing and said he will appeal against his 12-year ban.

Snooker’s leaders insist that Stephen Lee has been handed an effective lifetime ban after he was given a record 12-year suspension for seven charges of match-fixing.

Stephen Lee will discover his punishment for match-fixing later today with the possibility he will be banned for life.

Chairman Barry Hearn has confirmed that World Snooker will be asking Ronnie O’Sullivan to name names following his match-fixing outburst on Twitter.

World champion Ronnie O’Sullivan does not believe Stephen Lee is the only snooker player guilty of match-fixing.

Stephen Lee faces a potential life ban from snooker after being found guilty of fixing seven matches.

Barry Hearn found nothing to laugh at in 'Some Mothers Do ’Ave ’Em' as the BBC interrupted the closing stages of defending world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan’s first match back to show the 40-year-old sitcom.

World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn has lodged a complaint with the BBC after it pulled the plug on coverage of Ronnie O’Sullivan’s opening Crucible match last night when victory was in sight.

Stephen Lee is facing a battle to save his career after the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association said he has "a case to answer" following a match-fixing investigation.

Mark Allen is facing the possibility of a three-month suspension after refusing to back down from his claim that fellow snooker star Marco Fu has been culpable of cheating.

Ronnie O’Sullivan today pulled out of the upcoming International Championship to deal a major blow to the richest tournament China will have ever staged.

Matthew Stevens is clinging on as he resumes his Betfred.com World Championship semi-final against Ronnie O’Sullivan this morning after enduring a devastating six-frame burst.

Ali Carter has warned Judd Trump his Crucible form cannot last forever.

Mark Allen tonight apologised for his outburst against Cao Yupeng and Chinese players as a whole

Steve Davis today challenged Mark Allen's claim that Chinese snooker players are lacking in sporting integrity.

Jimmy White has joined Ronnie O’Sullivan in calling for snooker chiefs to mark the anniversaries of Alex Higgins’ two world title triumphs.

Mark Williams risks a rap from snooker chiefs after condemning the Crucible and saying the Betfred.com World Championship should be moved from Sheffield to China.

Mark Williams embarrassed snooker chiefs on the eve of the Betfred.com World Championship by launching a withering attack on the flagship Crucible venue and saying he hoped the tournament would move to China.

World champion John Higgins has urged snooker firebrands Mark Allen and Judd Trump to cut out the sniping.

The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association have been made aware of unusual betting patterns around a match due to be played between Joe Jogia and Matthew Selt on Saturday.

WORLD SNOOKER chairman Barry Hearn has defended the changes he has made to the game — and insisted there is no place for “lazy” players.

World Snooker have announced the number of players on the professional tour will rise from 96 to 128 from the 2013/14 season.

The Scottish Crown Counsel have found insufficient evidence to justify a criminal prosecution following an investigation into the 2008 UK Championship match between Stephen Maguire and Jamie Burnett, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association have confirmed in a statement.

Suspended former world champion John Higgins will play a role in World Snooker's new measures to ensure the integrity of the sport.

John Higgins admits he fully expects some players to doubt him when he returns from his six-month suspension.

WORLD Snooker chairman Barry Hearn believes John Higgins’ name has been tarnished, despite the former world champion being cleared of match-fixing.

JOHN HIGGINS welcomed the outcome of a hearing that yesterday cleared him of match-fixing but imposed a six-month ban on the former world snooker champion.

World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn has backed John Higgins to come back from the “devastating blow to his career and reputation” when his suspension from the sport is lifted in November.

John Higgins will tomorrow reach the final stage in the quest to clear his name following the allegations of frame-fixing which rocked snooker.

Peter Ebdon believes he can stun world champion Neil Robertson at the Shanghai Masters – six weeks after playing down his chances of even qualifying for the tournament.

Alex “Hurricane” Higgins lived up to his stormy nickname.

Barry Hearn has vowed to spruce up snooker after the players voted him into power on a historic day for the sport.

Barry Hearn was today handed control of World Snooker after claiming a narrow victory in a vote of the sport’s top 64 players.

World Championship runner-up Graeme Dott has parted company with Pat Mooney following allegations of match-fixing against his manager.

Steve Davis believes Barry Hearn won over many of his doubters during a crunch meeting where his plans to give snooker a darts-style makeover were debated.

Barry Hearn believes snooker players will be “terrified” of cheating the system after seeing John Higgins suspended for allegedly agreeing to fix frames in return for payment.

Neil Robertson has vowed to be a role model for snooker after clinching Crucible glory and striking a fresh blow for Australia in his country’s sporting rivalry with Britain.

The investigation into newspaper allegations that John Higgins agreed to a match-fixing deal continues today.