Ronnie O’Sullivan moves to brink of World Championship quarter-finals

Ronnie O’Sullivan moved to the brink of the last eight at the Crucible (Ian Hodgson/PA)

Ronnie O’Sullivan continued to home in on a record-equalling seventh Crucible title on a day when a pigeon fluttered onto centre stage at the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield.

The avian interloper flew down from the rafters and briefly alighted on the bottom cushion as Yan Bingtao prepared to break off in the sixth frame of his afternoon match against defending champion Mark Selby.