THERE WILL BE four Crucible debutants in this year’s Betfred World Championship after Kurt Maflin earned a last gasp victory over Fergal O’Brien to secure the final qualifying place.
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STEADMAN HITS DIZZY HEIGHTS
CRAIG STEADMAN is Crucible bound after qualifying for the final stages of the Betfred World Championship for the first time in his career on Wednesday.
Read MoreFIRED UP SELT ROARS BACK TO BEAT WHIRLWIND
JIMMY White is no stranger to heartbreak when it comes to the Betfred World Championship and there was more agony for him in Monday night’s penultimate qualifier against Matt Selt.
Read MoreIGOR COULD DO WITH A BREAK
THERE are plenty of hard-luck stories in snooker but you do have to wonder what Igor Figuereido might have achieved if so many of the cards had not been stacked against him.
Read MoreDOTT CLOSING IN - BUT WHITE GONE
GRAEME Dott stands just one win away from getting back to the Crucible after reaching the final round of Betfred World Championship qualifying on Sunday night.
Read More30 YEARS ON: DAVIS WINS BLACK BALL THRILLER
30 YEARS AFTER losing on the last ball to Dennis Taylor, Steve Davis has won a black ball thriller in Sheffield…
Read MoreDOHERTY REPELS EVANS CHALLENGE
KEN DOHERTY survived a night of high drama to deny Reanne Evans further progress towards becoming the first woman to qualify for the final stages of the Betfred World Championship.
Read MoreDAVIS AIMS FOR 100 CLUB
STEVE DAVIS will play his 99th match in the World Championship when he cues up against Jamie Cope in the first qualifying round in Sheffield on Friday.
Read MoreWHITE SURVIVES QUALIFYING SCARE
MICHAEL WHITE survived a major scare to keep his Crucible hopes on track in the Betfred World Championship qualifiers on Wednesday.
Read MoreEVANS SET FOR CRUCIBLE BID
AMONG THE PLAYERS cueing up for the Betfred World Championship qualifiers is Reanne Evans, the ten times women’s world champion, whose inclusion in this year’s event has attracted plenty of pre-publicity.
Read MoreBANGING THE DRUM FOR THE AMATEURS
SOME of those amateurs involved in the Betfred World Championship qualifiers this week warmed up in the Snookerbacker Classic last weekend.
Read MoreCRUCIBLE COUNTDOWN: HENDRY v WHITE 25 YEARS ON
THIS YEAR marks the 25th anniversary of Stephen Hendry becoming the youngest ever world champion – a record his still holds…
Read MoreWORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFYING DRAW ANNOUNCED
THE BETFRED WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP starts on Wednesday and the qualifying draw and format has been released by World Snooker following the finalising of seedings after Sunday’s China Open final.
Read MoreCOUNTDOWN TO THE CRUCIBLE
THE CRUCIBLE COUNTDOWN begins in earnest now the China Open is done and dusted...
Read MoreSELBY WARMS UP FOR CRUCIBLE WITH CHINA TITLE
MARK Selby warmed up for his world title defence in the grand manner on Sunday night by claiming a first China Open title.
Read MoreWONDER WALL IS A BEIJING BONUS
You can hardly go to Beijing for a week without making the effort to get out to the Great Wall of China, one of the modern-day Seven Wonders of the World
Read MoreSELBY NECK SCARE AHEAD OF CRUCIBLE DEFENCE
MARK Selby suffered a worrying recurrence of neck problems at the China Open ahead of his Betfred World Championship title defence later this month.
Read MoreCAN A CHINA OPEN TITLE DAMAGE YOUR CRUCIBLE HEALTH?
Recent statistics suggest that winners of the China Open rarely go on to prosper at the World Championships - with Judd Trump the obvious exception
Read MoreMAGUIRE ADMITS MISSING INDIA COULD BE COSTLY
STEPHEN Maguire admits that Michael White’s challenge for the final automatic World Championship place has caught him by surprise.
Read MoreBETFRED RETURN AS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SPONSORS
BETFRED are to return as sponsors for the World Championships at the Crucible in a three-year deal starting with next month’s blue-riband event in Sheffield.
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