Selby hopes to avoid Crucible curse

Mark Selby has the Crucible Curse hanging over him like charcoal clouds ready to belch out a Steel City storm as he heads into the Betfred World Championship.

Apart from the significant context, everything about Selby suggests he should be a serious title contender. He has won two recent major ranking titles, in Germany and China, and last year became the first man to beat Ronnie O’Sullivan in a Sheffield final.