Ronnie O’Sullivan has been told to “grow up” by World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn as he prepares to head to the Crucible.

Mark Selby outwitted Shaun Murphy in York to reach his third Betway UK Championship final.

Mark Selby swept to Crucible glory and gave Leicester a second trophy of the night to toast as he fended off Ding Junhui in the Betfred World Championship final.

Marco Fu dominated the final session to beat Anthony McGill 13-9 and reach the third round of the World Snooker Championships.

Four-time champion John Higgins eased into the second round of the World Championship with a comprehensive 10-3 victory over qualifier Ryan Day. 

Ronnie O'Sullivan escaped with a slap on the wrist after snubbing a mandatory post-match press conference following his first-round with at the Betfred World Championship.

Stuart Bingham has revealed how a casual jibe from Irish cueman Mark Allen spurred him to become world champion.

Stuart Bingham was last night crowned world champion, beating Shaun Murphy 18-15 in the final at the Crucible Theatre.

Ronnie O'Sullivan shrugged off a shock Crucible defeat as his exit from the Betfred World Championship threw the title race open.

Judd Trump wasted no time in powering through to the Betfred World Championship semi-finals for a third time.

Ronnie O’Sullivan swerved the threat of a fine for playing in his socks as donning a pair of “stinky old shoes” proved punishment enough at the Crucible.

Barry Hearn is the man who had everyone going snooker loopy in the eighties as television coverage of the sport boomed on the back of his stable of star players such as Steve Davis.

Reanne Evans describes her World Championship qualifier with the Dubliner as "do or die" for women in snooker.

SNOOKER: Ronnie O’Sullivan is set to begin his Coral UK Championship campaign today, despite suffering a nasty ankle injury.

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 has been banned for 12 years after being found guilty of seven match-fixing charges, World Snooker has confirmed.

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

Two-time World Championship finalist Ali Carter is ready for the fight ahead after being diagnosed with testicular cancer.

World champion Ronnie O'Sullivan returned to the baize for the first time since his title retention in Sheffield and he picked up where he had left off.

Fresh controversy surrounded Ronnie O'Sullivan today as he resumed his Betfair World Championship semi-final against Judd Trump.

Ronnie O’Sullivan admits Barry Hearn has the pulling power to ensure he is not lost to snooker forever.

Ronnie O’Sullivan powered through to the quarter-finals of the Betfair World Championship tonight, but admitted he already feels worn out.

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.

Ronnie O’Sullivan insisted he would be taking nothing for granted and enjoying the “adventure” today as he began the defence of his Betfair World Championship title.

Ronnie O’Sullivan has ended his sabbatical from snooker and announced he will defend his world title.

World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn believes Ronnie O'Sullivan could still defend his World Championship title at the Crucible next year.

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.

World champion Ronnie O’Sullivan has abandoned plans to return to the snooker tour and will miss the rest of the season.

Snooker’s governing body today handed world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan a suspended fine and issued him with a warning after finding him guilty of failing to attend eight tournaments in 2010.

World snooker champion Ronnie O’Sullivan has settled his differences with the sport’s governing body and is set to return to the main tour.

Ronnie O’Sullivan celebrated a fourth Crucible title with his young son in his arms and said: “It was the best feeling I’ve ever had.”

Steve Davis has hailed Stephen Hendry as "the best winning machine we ever had" after snooker's most successful player took his final bow at the Crucible.

Steve Davis yesterday supported calls for Stephen Hendry to be knighted after the seven-time world champion called time on his glittering career.

Mark Williams has enjoyed glory nights in the Crucible but this afternoon was an occasion where he had to grin and bear the fury of the Sheffield crowd.

Mark Williams has enjoyed glory nights in the Crucible but this afternoon was an occasion where he had to grin and bear the fury of the Sheffield crowd.

Judd Trump almost threw in the towel on his Crucible campaign before it even started.

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.

Stephen Hendry shrugged off the effects of a 10,000-mile round trip to China as he fired in a thrilling 147 maximum break on day one of the Betfred.com World Championship today.

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.