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.

“Hang on, what’s he played there?”

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

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

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.

World number seven Stephen Lee has been suspended by snooker’s world governing body, the WPBSA, pending the results of a new probe into suspicious betting patterns.

The World Professional Snooker and Billiards Association are confident the two-year ban handed to Joe Jogia yesterday demonstrates their serious stance on the threat of corruption.

World champion Ronnie O'Sullivan has refused to sign the contract binding tour players as he backs up his promise to take a break from snooker.

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

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.

Mark Allen could be charged with bringing the game into disrepute after he used “inappropriate language” during a post-match tirade against World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn.

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.

The WPBSA are to investigate yesterday's Caesarscasino.com Snooker Shoot-Out match between Jimmy Michie and Marcus Campbell because of suspicious betting patterns.

World snooker chairman Barry Hearn claims John Higgins is the ideal person to lecture young players on the dangers of becoming embroiled in betting scandals.

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

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 today begin the final stage in his quest to clear his name following allegations he was involved in frame-fixing.

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

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.

WORLD Snooker chief Barry Hearn yesterday warned that the sport could die unless greedy players learn to resist temptation.

Suspended snooker star John Higgins wept down the phone to Barry Hearn but was warned last night that his snooker future will be in peril if newspaper allegations that he agreed to fix frames at tournaments can be confirmed.

JOHN HIGGINS last night insisted his conscience was “100% clear” but the three-time world snooker champion will have to justify his behaviour to the sport’s new disciplinary chief after being filmed offering to fix frame results.

John Higgins today insisted he would never fix a snooker match and declared his conscience was “100% clear” following the newspaper allegations that he agreed to throw frames in return for money.

Snooker chief Barry Hearn has confirmed that John Higgins has been suspended following today’s newspaper allegations about frame-fixing.

Snooker chief Barry Hearn today said he was “absolutely mortified” following allegations that world number one John Higgins agreed to fix the outcome of frames in return for cash.

Snooker supremo Barry Hearn has warned he will take strong action if any evidence is discovered of corruption in the sport.

Barry Hearn remains optimistic the players will approve his plans to shake up top-tier snooker despite the resignation of the influential Lee Doyle from the board of the world governing body.

John Higgins has felt a swift backlash following his suggestion that the Betfred.com World Championship final could be played over just one day.