Stephen Hendry is a big fan of former world champ Zhao Xintong (Picture: Getty Images) Stephen Hendry fancies a ‘very big season’ ahead for Zhao Xintong, with the 2025 Crucible king no longer under the pressure of being world champ. The 29-year-old had a brilliant 2025/26 season, winning three big ranking titles and an invitational […]
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Luca Brecel and Jack Lisowski have picked their snooker GOATS (Pictures: Getty) Naming the greatest players of all time is a classic bit of pub chat for sports fans and snooker enthusiasts are no different. There is still the odd dissenting voice, but the vast majority taking part in the debate agree that Ronnie O’Sullivan […]
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Luca Brecel appears to have overcome a mystery health problem (Picture: Getty Images) Luca Brecel is feeling good at the table again after a ‘strange phenomenon’ hampered him for much of last season and is still unexplained. The 2023 world champion has struggled for results since conquering the Crucible, initially as he found life as […]
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Ronnie O’Sullivan ‘believes in’ Snooker 900 (Picture: Getty Images) Ronnie O’Sullivan says he would encourage children to play Snooker 900 over the traditional game because it is much easier. Snooker 900 is played over 15-minute (900-second) frames, with a shot clock and tweaked rules, including ball-in-hand for a foul. After initially just featuring amateur players, […]
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Ross Muir is refocussed and confident of progress (Picture: Getty Images) At just 30 years old Ross Muir has been through a lot in his career but he is using a painful time away from the table as a driving force to succeed on it. The Scot first turned professional in 2013, earning his spot […]
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Liam Pullen experienced the Crucible for the first time this year (Picture: Getty Images) Liam Pullen had a blast on his Crucible debut, but is desperate to get back there and put right the ‘annoying’ way his first match panned out. The 20-year-old won four matches to come through qualifying and walk out onto snooker’s […]
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Fergal Quinn is hoping to win big on the snooker table (Picture: WST) Many snooker professionals have never worked outside of the game, but Northern Irishman Fergal Quinn had a very different career before taking to the baize full-time. The 26-year-old turned professional last year after coming through Q School and had a typically testing […]