Neil Robertson twice narrowly missed out on claiming his 100th century break of the season on his way to booking his place in the quarter-finals of the Dafabet World Snooker Championships.

Ronnie O’Sullivan will launch the defence of his Dafabet World Championship title against Finland’s Robin Hull on Saturday morning.

Shaun Murphy swept ahead in his Betfair World Championship quarter-final against Judd Trump as the Crucible saw the best of the Magician.

Judd Trump looked the part as he reached the second round of the Betfair World Championship this morning.

Stephen Maguire admitted he could not cope with the bizarre antics of Dechawat Poomjaeng as the world number 70 and 500-1 title long shot caused a stunning upset on his debut at the Betfair World Championship.

Judd Trump, Ding Junhui and world number one Mark Selby were today beginning their challenges at the Betfair World Championship as the seeds continued to fall.

Showman Judd Trump has come under fire from his oldest friend in snooker on the eve of his first match at this year’s Betfair World Championship.

Ronnie O’Sullivan will begin the defence of his Betfair World Championship title against Scotland’s Marcus Campbell.

Ronnie O’Sullivan should today reap reward for the scintillating session of snooker which carried him to the brink of another Crucible victory over Mark Williams.

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

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.

Judd Trump withstood a bout of suspected food poisoning to edge ahead of Dominic Dale as last year’s runner-up returned to the Crucible.

Ronnie O’Sullivan will tackle his Crucible nemesis Peter Ebdon in the first round of the Betfred.com World Championship.

Six-time champion Steve Davis has failed to qualify for the Betfred.com World Championship in Sheffield.

It’s been Ireland’s best kept sporting secret but from tomorrow through to Sunday, snooker’s version of the Champions League final takes place in Galway — and over 40 million people will tune in to watch it.

World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn is tomorrow expected to issue a response to Mark Allen’s call for him to be deposed.

Ken Doherty has punished Liang Wenbo for his World Cup sartorial blunder with a 5-4 win at the Australian Goldfields Open in Bendigo today.

World number one Mark Williams booked his place in the quarter-finals of the inaugural Australian Snooker Goldfields Open with a comfortable win over David Gilbert at Bendigo Stadium today.

World champion John Higgins admits he “needs to knuckle down” after his shock first-round elimination from the Australian Goldfields Open in Bendigo today.

World champion John Higgins crashed out of the Australian Goldfields Open in Bendigo today.

Ronnie O'Sullivan has withdrawn from next week's Australian Goldfields Open after suffering neck and back problems on the first leg of his journey Down Under.

John Higgins began what could be an emotional journey to a fourth Crucible title with a hint of early anxiety followed by a masterclass this evening.

Ronnie O'Sullivan was today setting out to seal his place in the second round of the Betfred.com World Championship after launching his title bid in impressive style.

Stephen Hendry has revealed he could quit snooker this summer even if he wins the Betfred.com World Championship for an eighth time.

Ronnie O’Sullivan served up a reminder of why the Betfred.com World Championship needs him around as he twice threatened to plunder a maximum 147 break in his Crucible opener.

Ronnie O’Sullivan begins his Betfred.com World Championship campaign today – 11 days after ruling himself out of the tournament.

Steve Davis believes Neil Robertson and Judd Trump both had plenty to fear as they headed into today’s tantalising first-round tussle at the Betfred.com World Championship.

Ronnie O'Sullivan cast fresh doubt over his snooker future after another dismal defeat at the Bank of Beijing China Open.

BARRY HEARN has vowed to do whatever it takes to avoid the “nightmare scenario” of another corruption scandal engulfing this year’s Betfred.com World Championship.

Barry Hearn has vowed to do whatever it takes to avoid the “nightmare scenario” of another corruption scandal engulfing this year’s Betfred.com World Championship.

Ronnie O’Sullivan and John Higgins were today handed tough-looking first-round draws for this year’s Betfred.com World Snooker Championship.

Mark Williams cruised into the quarter-finals of the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals in Dublin with a 4-0 win over Anthony Hamilton.

Marco Fu suffered a shock first-round defeat as the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals got under way in Dublin today.

Six-time winner Steve Davis tonight failed to qualify for the World Championship after he was thrashed in the final round of qualifying by Stephen Lee.

Ronnie O'Sullivan eased through to the second round of the Welsh Open with a 5-2 victory over Steve Davis in Newport last night.

John Higgins today advanced to the second round of the Welsh Open with a 5-2 victory over Dominic Dale in Newport.

Ryan Day is determined to break his duck and claim a first ranking title on home soil in the Welsh Open which starts tomorrow.

Rejuvenated Welshman Matthew Stevens is through to his first ranking event final since the 2005 World Championship after seeing off seven-time Crucible champion Stephen Hendry in the semi-final of the Bahrain Snooker Championship today.

Defending champion Neil Robertson wasted little time booking his place in the last 16 of this year’s Welsh Open.

KEN DOHERTY and John Higgins will contest the first of the Malta Cup semi-finals.

WORLD champion John Higgins crashed to a shock defeat at the Northern Ireland Trophy yesterday.

Ireland's Ken Doherty has suffered defeat to fellow Dubliner Michael Judge in his opening game of the Snooker Grand Prix.