Commentator John Virgo has apologised after he was heard swearing on air during a semi-final at the Betfred World Championship.

Marco Fu lost his cue tip but not his nerve as he levelled his World Snooker Championship semi-final against Mark Selby at 8-8.

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

Peter Ebdon tumbled out of the Betfred World Championship and last year's winner Stuart Bingham was in danger of joining him as the famous Crucible curse looked set to strike again.

Manchester City 1 Leicester City 3: Claudio Ranieri has gone from the curse of the Faroes to the top of the pyramid, and the genial Leicester City manager is threatening to smile all the way to the Premier League title.

Ronnie O’Sullivan admitted his motivations have changed when it comes to winning the World Snooker Championship after easing into the quarter-finals with a 13-5 victory over Matthew Stevens.

Ronnie O’Sullivan claimed one of snooker’s great records on Thursday as he began his Masters quarter-final against Marco Fu.

Mark Williams claimed his first victory over Ronnie O'Sullivan in a ranking event for 12 years at the International Championship in China.

SNOOKER: Defending champion Neil Robertson wasted little time in booking his place in the quarter-finals of the Wuxi Classic in China.

Yellowbird’s legacy is a bright ray of light in the bleak Chinese political landscape, writes Melinda Liu.

Judd Trump set up a mouthwatering quarter-final against world number one Neil Robertson after beating Ryan Day in the last 16 of the Dafabet World Snooker Championship in Sheffield.

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.

Judd Trump stayed ahead of Marco Fu but rode his luck to carry a two-frame lead into the final session of their second-round tussle at the Betfair World Championship.

Impoverished Chinese farmers Fu Minzu and Wang Lanqin could not afford the hospital bills to keep their paralysed son alive.

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.

China completed an unprecedented clean sweep of gold medals to end their controversial London 2012 tournament with an emphatic statement.

A blind legal activist who fled house arrest in rural China is under the protection of American officials and top-level talks are taking place between the countries about his fate, a human rights group said today.

Ronnie O'Sullivan looked in fine form as he reached the last 16 of the 888 Welsh Open with a 4-1 win over Marco Fu today.

Mark Allen will meet Ricky Walden in the semi-final of the UK Championships in York after he edged Marco Fu 6-5 in a thrilling match last night.

A defiant Mark Allen believes his fellow players “don’t have the balls” to speak their mind when it comes to their feelings on the governance of the game.

Marco Fu was taking revenge for last year’s first-round defeat by Martin Gould as he opened up a 6-3 lead in their re-match at the Betfred.com World Championship.

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

Mark Selby powered past Ding Junhui to set up a semi-final this evening against Graeme Dott at the German Masters.

World number one John Higgins has withdrawn from the German Masters in Berlin following the death of his father.

Marco Fu believes it is only a matter of time before Ding Junhui wins his first World Championship after being blown away by his Chinese rival in last night’s Ladbrokes Mobile Masters final at Wembley Arena.

China’s Ding Junhui was victorious in the first all-Asian major snooker final as he brushed aside Hong Kong potter Marco Fu to win the Ladbrokes Mobile Masters at Wembley Arena.

China's Ding Junhui and Marco Fu of Hong Kong made history at Wembley today as they set up the first all-Asian final in the history of snooker's marquee tournaments.

Marco Fu produced a stunning comeback to see off Irishman Mark Allen and reach his first Wembley final.

Ronnie O’Sullivan will need to be on his best behaviour when he returns for the conclusion of his opening match this afternoon at the Betfred.com World Championship.

Ronnie O’Sullivan was told to cut out the nonsense after he made a rude gesture during his opening match at the Betfred.com World Championship at the Crucible.

Former poker club croupier Martin Gould provided the first shock of the Betfred.com World Championship as Marco Fu folded in their first-round clash.

Marco Fu was involved in a tense tussle with qualifier Martin Gould as their first-round clash at the Betfred.com World Championship neared its conclusion.

Ireland's Mark Allen admitted he had to battle to lift himself as he completed a 10-4 victory over qualifier Tom Ford on the second morning of the Betfred.com World Snooker Championship at the Crucible.

Dozens of Chinese coal miners were pulled out alive today after being trapped for more than a week in a flooded shaft, sparking cheers among hundreds of rescue workers who had raced to save them and almost given up hope.

Jimmy White described his performance in the 6-2 defeat by Mark King as “sickening” after he went out in the first round of the Masters at Wembley.

At least 92 people died and 16 are still missing after an underground explosion at a Chinese coal mine.

RONNIE O’SULLIVAN finally began to dominate second-round opponent Mark Allen at the Crucible as he secured an overnight lead over the Northern Irishman.

Shaun Murphy was booed by a section of the Crucible crowd as he began his second-round match against Marco Fu today.

World number one Ronnie O’Sullivan will kick off his bid for a fourth World Snooker Championship crown with a first-round tie against Stuart Bingham.

Ronnie O’Sullivan crashed out of the Welsh Open today as he surrendered a 3-1 lead to lose 5-3 to Marco Fu.

John Higgins defeated Marco Fu 6-4 in a see-saw battle to progress to the quarter-finals of the Masters at Wembley.

Shaun Murphy claimed a thrilling last-frame victory over Marco Fu to win the Maplin UK Championship in Telford.

Stephen Maguire almost made the perfect start to the evening session of his Maplin UK Championship semi-final against Shaun Murphy as he went close to the second maximum break of the tournament.