Sports promoter who brought snooker’s World Championship to the Crucible in SheffieldThe sports promoter Mike Watterson, who has died aged 76, helped to transform snooker and darts in the 1970s and 80s into major televised sports enjoyed by millions. H…
This week’s roundup also includes a cheeky Carlisle goal, horses racing all over the place and some heavily accented lip-reading1) Will Warren Gatland end his Six Nations sojourn with Wales as he began it, with a grand slam? Ireland stand in their way …
This week’s roundup also includes a cheeky Carlisle goal, horses racing all over the place and some heavily accented lip-reading1) Will Warren Gatland end his Six Nations sojourn with Wales as he began it, with a grand slam? Ireland stand in their way …
• O’Sullivan beats Neil Robertson 10-4 in Preston final• Five-time world champion reaches landmark with break of 134Ronnie O’Sullivan became the first snooker player to make 1,000 career century breaks after successfully defending his Players Champions…
• Northern Irishman gifts Ali Carter a quarter-final place• ‘If I had played on I would have smashed my cue up’Mark Allen faces a fine from World Snooker after conceding a match-winning frame with 11 reds still left on the table at the World Grand Prix…
Trump leads 7-1 after dominating afternoon session29-year-old needs three frames for first Masters titleJudd Trump needs just three more frames to seal his first Masters title after dominating Ronnie O’Sullivan in the afternoon session to lead 7-1.The …
From Australia’s sandpaper storm to some impressive popularity contests, via José Mourinho and worm denial5 January: “We have money for sardines and I’m thinking lobster. I will do my best to try and bring in the best players. I will look to the lobste…
• Win comes 25 years after he first won the UK Championship• O’Sullivan equals Stephen Hendry’s haul of triple crown titlesRonnie O’Sullivan claimed a record-breaking seventh UK Championship title with a 10-6 victory over Mark Allen at the York Barbica…
Live updates from the final session at York BarbicanWhen Alex Higgins gave snooker its greatest comeback storySend your emails to Nick here, or tweet @NickMiller79 7.46pm GMT Allen looks in a bit of a jam as he misses a snooker from right on the baulk …
Six-time champion defiant over his breakaway plansO’Sullivan beats Tom Ford 6-1 in semi-finalRonnie O’Sullivan cruised into his eighth UK Championship final with a 6-1 victory over Tom Ford, after stoking his war of words with the World Snooker chairma…
This week’s roundup also features a British boxing love-in, a jazzy hockey song for the World Cup and Kevin Keegan singing1) Let’s have a look at the first ever women’s Ballon d’Or winner Ada Hegerberg being really good at football, rather than concent…
This week’s roundup also features a British boxing love-in, a jazzy hockey song for the World Cup and Kevin Keegan singing1) Let’s have a look at the first ever women’s Ballon d’Or winner Ada Hegerberg being really good at football, rather than concent…
Higgins fought back from an overdose, a stint in rehab and an awful start against Steve Davis to win the UK ChampionshipBy Steven Pye for That 1980s Sports BlogAlex Higgins’ life was in a state of turbulence in late 1983. First-round defeats in the Int…
• World Snooker chairman dismisses talk of breakaway tour• O’Sullivan into third round of UK Championship after 6-0 winBarry Hearn has hit back at Ronnie O’Sullivan’s claim that he is ready to form a breakaway competition and called it a “cranky scheme…
World No 52 Yu banned for 10 years and nine months Cao banned for six years with three and a half suspendedTwo Chinese snooker players, Yu Delu and Cao Yupeng, have been banned from the sport after being found guilty of match-fixing. Yu, the world No 5…
Who broke a record? Who won twice? Who missed a penalty?Hiromu Inada completed the Ironman World Championship on Saturday, swimming 2.4 miles, cycling 112 miles and running 26.2 miles in just under 17 hours. What made his achievement extra special?He i…
• Fifteenth career maximum secured at English Open• O’Sullivan had said Crawley venue smelled of urineTwo days after Ronnie O’Sullivan described the venue as a “hellhole”, the five-times world champion treated the crowd at the K2 Leisure Centre in Craw…
Fellow players and staff do not share O’Sullivan’s dim view of the leisure centre that is hosting the English Open, while Barry Hearn has a theory on why the snooker star hit outIt is not – you suspect – a question that the four-times world champion Jo…
• Former champion underwhelmed at Crawley K2’s facilities• ‘It’s just got no atmosphere in there,’ O’Sullivan saysRonnie O’Sullivan has described the English Open venue as a “hellhole”, with the five-times world champion claiming he could smell urine i…
The seven-time world champion on his duels with Davis, Higgins, White and O’Sullivan and how his famed mental strength disintegrated leaving him no choice but to quit“It was a mixture of embarrassment, anger, frustration, sadness, everything,” Stephen …
