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.

Ronnie O’Sullivan’s rookie World Championship opponent fears Crucible humiliation before he even plays his first shot against the five-time winner.

Johnny Depp has formed a supergroup with Alice Cooper and Joe Perry.

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

Ronnie O'Sullivan continued his march towards a third successive World Championship title last night while Mark Selby and Neil Robertson's semi-final was squarely in the balance after the first session.

World number 15 Joe Perry overturned a 6-3 overnight deficit to beat Jamie Burnett 10-7 to set up a clash with Ronnie O’Sullivan in the second round of the Dafabet World Championship in Sheffield.

World number 15 Joe Perry overturned a 6-3 overnight deficit to beat Jamie Burnett 10-7 to set up a clash with Ronnie O’Sullivan in the second round of the Dafabet World Championship in Sheffield.

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

Aerosmith will headline the new Calling Festival.

Ronnie O'Sullivan marks his 38th birthday today with a UK Championship quarter-final appearance - but any celebrations will be reserved for if he beats Stuart Bingham.

Ronnie O'Sullivan advanced to the last 32 of the UK Championship - then laid out his plans to again take another break from snooker.

Actor James Gandolfini died after suffering cardiac arrest, hospital officials in Rome say.

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.

Neil Robertson swept into the quarter-finals of the Players Tour Championship Finals with a 4-1 win over Barry Hawkins in Galway last night.

The fan votes — not just the odds — were in The Hunger Games favour at the MTV Movie Awards.

'The Hunger Games' has emerged as one of the big winners at the MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles.

Aerosmith will release their new single in "three or four weeks".

Stephen Hendry insisted he was not too old to be the Crucible’s best man again on a day when love was in the air at the Betfred.com World Championship.

Stephen Maguire held off Joe Perry to reach the quarter-finals of the Betfred.com World Championship this morning.

Graeme Dott today vowed to find a way out of the snooker doldrums but admitted the worst defeat of his career left him tempted to "chuck it".

Graeme Dott suffered his heaviest defeat at the Betfred.com World Championship this morning as Joe Perry completed a 10-1 demolition of the Scot.

Stephen Maguire put an emphatic end to Luca Brecel's first Betfred.com World Championship campaign this morning.

Ireland's Mark Allen suffered a surprise exit at the hands of Ricky Walden in the first round of the China Open in Beijing today.

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.

Ronnie O'Sullivan was in devastating form today as he crushed Joe Perry to stride into the PartyPoker.net German Masters quarter-finals.

World champion John Higgins dumped snooker's new sensation Judd Trump out of the Partypoker.com Snooker Shoot-Out in Blackpool last night.

LEGENDARY musician Jimi Hendrix has been named the greatest guitar player in history by Rolling Stone magazine.

Former world champion Ken Doherty was delighted to win a low-scoring contest with Scotland's Stephen Maguire in the Australian Goldfields Open today.

Steve Tyler's memoir includes story after story from the “most decadent, lecherous, sexiest, nastiest band in the land”.

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.

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.

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.

John Higgins became the first man to reach the quarter-finals of the Welsh Open as he beat Dave Harold 4-1 this afternoon.

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

Steven Tyler will release a solo single in November.

Aerosmith's Joe Perry says the band can never top performing with Jimmy Page.

Legendary rockers Aerosmith have announced dates for a North American summer tour.

Mark Allen made sure of his place in the Betfred.com World Championship quarter-finals as the seeds looked set to be scattered in Sheffield.

Ken Doherty will play England's Mark Selby in the first round of the Betfred.com World Snooker Championship, it was announced today.