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1 year

What other sport? Snooker is the best.

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Ronnie O'Sullivan with his patented fart-and-pot at the end of that win over Ali Carter. Truly a unique sportsman. 🚀💨

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O'Sullivan on Carter on Discovery+: 'I think he's got more of a problem with me than I have with him. He's got something against me. 'Maybe it's because I've got a massive trophy cabinet full of trophies.'

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2 years

Laughed out loud at this. Sorry Rob.

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7 months

Absurd from Ronnie O'Sullivan tonight. As good as it gets in a rapid 6-1 demolition of Ding Junhui. 'This is right up there with his best ever performances,' says Stephen Hendry. Can't lose when he plays like that. Judd Trump is next in line for the Rocket in the final.

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Ronnie: "I'm at that stage now where I'm just hanging around so people don't get as good careers. "If I can beat Selby here, Judd there, that's a UK you ain't got, a Masters you ain't got. "I'm just here to spoil their parties, ruin their CVs."

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2 years

This. Is. Good.

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Ronnie O'Sullivan: 'As long as I'm still feeling young at the table I don't think age is really an issue. Experience is helping me. 'I've won a lot of tournaments, learned a lot about the game. 'I think I'm probably a better all round player than I've ever been.'

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1 year

The second annual 'have 6 pints and grab the World Championship runner-up for a photo' What a player. What a guy.

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2 years

Absolutely gone at this. Yan emerging as a comedy genius.

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2 years

Superb nod of approval from this lady. Authoritative. Wise. No need to clap with that kind of nod.

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2 years

What an effort from Mark Williams. That's a rare pumped up expression from the legend. Judd Trump 13-11 Mark Williams. Game on!

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7 months

'That was the only thing that turned me on tonight. Let's just get him to that point. I want to see if he twitches. I love seeing it when their bottle goes. I love it.' Almost sadistic stuff from Ronnie O'Sullivan after his Masters win.

O'Sullivan: Testing Carter's bottle 'was the only thing that turned me on'

'I want to see if he twitches. I love seeing it when their bottle goes. I love it.'

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3 years

Fascinating chat with @judd147t who wants to see a lot of change in snooker. He feels the sport is getting stuck in the past and it needs to evolve to thrive. Commentators. Dress code. TV coverage. Marketing. The world number one speaks out.

Judd Trump: Snooker is stuck in a rut and this is how to fix it

'When they start going on about things from the 1980s, I just don’t want to hear it.'

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1 year

A 59-year-old on the TV today making hearts race across the country. And Brad Pitt was at Wimbledon.

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2 years

Always think having a pic with a player is a bit cringe but I've had 5 Guinness and Judd is bloody great so here is a photo.

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1 year

Rob Milkins dedicating the trophy to his friends Dean and Mandy. He spoke about them last year after Gibraltar and you can see why they mean so much to him. It's an emotional Sunday evening!

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1 year

Well! Interesting first break-off from Vafaei. Ronnie did that against him in a German Masters qualifier in Cannock. Not sure about it at the World Championship in Sheffield. 'Not good. Not clever,' says Stephen Hendry.

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1 year

John Virgo is staying on with the BBC for 'the foreseeable future' 'I was absolutely delighted to hear it and however long it goes on for I don’t mind but it was good news, it was music to my ears.'

BBC U-turn as John Virgo to stay on snooker coverage for 'foreseeable future'

'However long it goes on for I don’t mind but it was good news, it was music to my ears.'

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1 year

Don't get a pub with a snooker table too often these days. @HallamshireHaus going strong though.

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2 years

MAXIMUM! Neil Robertson makes a 147 against Jack Lisowski. Fifth of his career.

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2 years

Emotional scenes as Ronnie O'Sullivan wins a record-equalling seventh World Championship title. Judd Trump gets a hug longer than it took the Rocket to win that last frame.

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4 months

Fair play to this couple enjoying a bit of Shaun Murphy in the rain this morning. A beautiful scene.

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6 months

Mark Selby started this conversation with, 'I've had a lot going on off the table' and that was a serious understatement. Heartbreaking news about his wife, Vikki, being diagnosed with cancer last year and their close friend passing away last month.

Mark Selby speaks out on cancer nightmare of wife, Vikki, and close friend

'She's been stronger than me throughout it, for sure. When it was first announced I was completely blown apart.'

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4 months

John Higgins knocks in a classic of a Wizard dish! 71 clearance to beat Mark Allen 13-12 on the final black. Absolutely immense.

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9 months

Ronnie O'Sullivan: 'I always keep beating myself up because of the age thing. I keep thinking I've got to stop winning at some point but I keep doing alright. 'I'll keep going till the wheels fall off.'

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2 years

The lads

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7 months

‘He needs to sort his f***ing life out. I’m not going to skirt around it anymore, tip-toeing on egg shells around someone like that. He’s a f***ing nightmare.' A serious rant from Ronnie O'Sullivan on Ali Carter.

Ronnie O'Sullivan tells Ali Carter to 'sort his f***ing life out' in epic rant

'He's not a nice person. It's not a nice vibe he leaves around the table.'

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2 years

Selby: 'Jamie's a great player and he said to me at the end: "Well done mate, it's nice to see you back." That was a nice touch.' Lovely.

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3 years

What a player.

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7 months

Ronnie O'Sullivan hammers Shaun Murphy 6-2. 'I don't feel that old. I feel young in my mind. These young players look old, their brains are quite slow. 'They need to get their act together because I'm going blind, I've got a dodgy arm and bad knees. They still can't beat me!'

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30 days

Horrible news that Ray Reardon has died. Six-time world champion. Knocked in a century last year at 90 years old. One of the greats.

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Ray Reardon, legend of snooker, has died at the age of 91. ✍️

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1 year

Ronnie O'Sullivan shows why people shouldn't rattle his cage. Wallops Hossein Vafaei 13-2. No need to come back for the third session. ‘Why would you want to wake up the beast?’ Mark Williams asked. It was a good question. Nice stuff at the end though.

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1 year

Oooo, didn't we all have a nice time. Nice one, snooker.

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2 years

Loved that before the decider. Both of them almost laughing at the handshake because it's been such an epic. Judd getting the crowd going, as if they needed it. A classic.

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2 years

All a bit unnecessary.

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2 years

Well this was a nice moment. The Rocket sharing the love.

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4 years

Marcus Rashford is out here trying his best to help kids and Judd Trump is doing this to a 16-year-old. Sickening.

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1 year

Amazing! Rob Milkins wins the Welsh Open. Brilliant final. Biggest win of his career in terms of title and cash. £80k winner's prize. £150k Bet Victor bonus. In the Players & Tour Championships. What. A. Guy.

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1 year

Hossein Vafaei is absolutely not afraid to rattle Ronnie's cage! 👀👀

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4 months

‘He said he doesn’t want to come back…don’t come back. He doesn’t have to, he’s not forced to come here.' Shaun Murphy fires back at Hossein Vafaei's Crucible 'sacrilege'

'Don't come back!' - Shaun Murphy slams Hossein Vafaei over Crucible 'sacrilege'

'He said he doesn't want to come back…don't come back. He doesn't have to.'

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4 years

Bit of nice news. Not sure if it was reported on Sunday After winning the UK Open, @MvG180 went down to the crowd and gave the signed board to a disabled fan who had been supporting him all weekend with a big hug. The lad's dad was in tears, I was welling up. It was VERY nice

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2 years

A typically honest assessment from Mark Williams. 'I knew I couldn’t win today. All I came for was the £22,500. I’ve got to be honest.'

'I knew I couldn't win' - Williams on 'strange' Hong Kong Masters experience

'If it wasn't for that prize money I wouldn't have come.'

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3 years

Shout out to this guy getting to a ranking final just a few days short of 26 years after his first one. @markwil147 #ledge

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1 year

'From where I've come from being a young lad just playing snooker, I never thought it would come to this - quite an emotional day.'

Selby on 'emotional day' as he receives MBE after 'huge' Crucible achievement

'I never thought it would come to this.'

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10 months

The Ronnie O'Sullivan documentary from last year's World Championship is nearly here! 'Ronnie O’Sullivan: The Edge of Everything' out in cinemas and then on Prime Video next month.

Ronnie O'Sullivan documentary finally gets release date on Amazon Prime Video

The film is produced by David Beckham's Studio 99.

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6 months

The gold ball has a little cushion to sit on as soon as the 147 isn't on.

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2 months

Guess who fainted during the birth of their son? That's right. The guy conked out at the back of this pic, identifiable only by his crocs. 'Not the performance that was hoped for from Haigh, he was poor in there,' said one disappointed onlooker. (Everything else went v well)

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1 year

Hossein Vafaei: 'This sport needs characters, it needs someone to say something, otherwise it's going to be very boring. 'People come and don't have any story to tell. At least people enjoyed it. I don't care, win or lose, I lost to the greatest ever.'

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4 months

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9 months

Ronnie O'Sullivan wins a record-extending eighth UK Championship and is now the youngest and oldest winner of the tournament. Ridiculous. Saved his best stuff for the final. Ding Junhui played well but couldn't keep up People shouting out 'legend' and 'genius' as he clears up.

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3 years

Loved this moment here. Going into a decider, lovely little show of respect. What a match.

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2 years

Jimmy White has done it! Come through qualifying to make it to the main stages of the UK Championship at 60 years old! Won four matches to get to York. Amazing.

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2 years

John Higgins: Normally I'd be disappointed, but to lose to someone, with everything that Marco's been through the last 2 or 3 years He's a lovely fella & it couldn't have worked out better for the tournament & the Hong Kong people. Their hero in the final vs Ronnie or Robertson.

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2 years

One of the best games you'll ever see. Absolutely immense throughout. Ronnie O'Sullivan beats Mark Williams 10-9 in an epic. Surely this won will sting Williams a bit! It won't.

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1 year

‘I just hugged him at the end, said well played and that I’m absolutely chuffed to bits for him and his family.' It was all class from Mark Selby after World Championship final defeat.

Mark Selby reveals message to Luca Brecel after epic World Championship final

'You cant fluke the World Championship.'

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2 years

Ronnie O'Sullivan: 'It feels fantastic. This is probably the best tournament I've ever played in. 'We've never played in front of more than 3,000 fans before, to have 9,000 fans watching a snooker match is unheard of. 'Hopefully we can come back year on year.'

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2 years

Quite a few tedious people telling me this is actually not good and just a sign of the lack of young talent in the game. While I understand the point, if you can't enjoy this, why are you even following the sport? Chill out and drink it in.

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2 years

This. Is. Good.

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2 years

Big fan of these shots in the Crucible before the players walk on. Like some awkward work small talk before a meeting. 'You getting away this summer? Oh Greece? Lovely.'

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2 years

JV lobs it up and JJ knocks it out of the park. Superb.

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3 years

If you'd described this scene 18 months ago it would have sounded like a mad fever dream. A masked Stephen Hendry about to play Jimmy White in the 2021 World Championship in an empty room with pitch black surround. Strange times.

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4 months

Here we go!

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3 years

Ronnie O'Sullivan was not very sympathetic to Shaun Murphy's cause... ‘I hope it gets worse, honestly. I hope it gets worse for them. 'They better start looking for a job if they don’t like it.'

Ronnie O'Sullivan says Shaun Murphy is 'in bits' and should 'go and get a job'

'They better start looking for a job if they don't like it.'

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2 years

Cagey veteran Andy Hicks here...

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1 year

Mark Selby makes history as the first player ever to make a 147 break in a World Snooker Championship final!

Mark Selby makes first ever World Snooker Championship final 147 break

History from the Jester!

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3 years

Spoke to @JackLisowski and it got emotional as he explains his cancer ordeal and how he wants to give hope to anyone suffering. 'That’s my deep goal in life. I want to be world champion because that would be the coolest thing for me to help people.'

Jack Lisowski: I want to win to give hope to people in the position I was in

'How cool would it be to give someone hope when they’re sick?'

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2 years

Judd Trump on Yan Bingtao... 'This one is a surprise I think, just because of what he's achieved. I've spoken to him a little bit and he seems a nice guy 'I feel like there's someone higher up...they're so young. I just think maybe they've been forced to do it.'

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1 year

Williams wins worst dressed. Ronnie and Stuart tied for worst looking at camera.

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2 years

Mark Selby telling Ben Williams 'no laughing' before they start. Lol.

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1 year

Luca Brecel wins the World Snooker Championship title, beating Mark Selby 18-15. An epic. Historic. Amazing stuff. 🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪

Luca Brecel upsets Mark Selby to win classic World Snooker Championship

The Bullet triumphs in an historic final.

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1 year

Neal Foulds on comms: 'That's ridiculous. 'I've got to make this statement, and I don't want to detract from any of the play, because the standard has been brilliant. 'This table has played easy, very easy all week. 'That had no right to go in.'

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"That had 𝙣𝙤 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 to go in." John Higgins was already walking back to his chair when this black dropped in 😲 @WeAreWST | #CazooWorldChampionship

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2 years

I really don't want to see Liang Wenbo playing in the World Championship this month. Don't know what will happen after that (ban should probably be much longer) but he should not be playing in Sheffield. He's very fortunate to avoid prison.

Snooker player Liang Wenbo sentenced after pleading guilty to assaulting a woman

The world No.33 pleaded guilty.

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1 year

These lads are going to be leaving the Crucible just as Luca's leaving da club at this rate.

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3 years

I know it's not everyone's cup of tea but love watching Selby when he's doing this. It's not even the snooker, it's mental warfare and he's unbeatable at it. Watching him melt another man's mind with sheer discipline. Unreal.

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2 years

‘If I didn’t transition when I did, I would be dead. If someone else was in my position now, receiving all this abuse, that might send them over the edge.' I spoke to @JamieHunter_147 about her journey, what she's dealing with & why she is not 'cheating'

Hunter: If I didn't transition I'd be dead, it had nothing to do with snooker

'When people say I'm cheating, it's just not true.'

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2 years

'In the 14th frame, Maguire paused to deliver a rousing Easter sermon, before making a break of 11 and never mentioning it again.'

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3 years

Relaxed Rocket.

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2 years

Mark Williams: 'I'm not a young man anymore, but I'm still giving these youngsters a run for their money. I can't quite beat him but I'm getting close 'It's been a brilliant week, I've loved it. I've left everything out there, couldn't give any more. Congratulations to Judd.'

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7 months

Ronnie on the final...'If I play Carter it's gonna be a right nightmare. He wants to get in my face. But I can deal with him. 'Who's the other guy? Oh Allen. Allen's good, he's solid, he's strong. 'Whoever it is it's going to be tough.'

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3 years

Couple of legends

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2 years

Poor form of Mark Williams to switch the difficulty on snooker to easy when everyone else is still on hard.

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2 years

Amazing news from @pistol147 that he's lost nearly four stone this summer. 👏👏👏 Also very cool that it stemmed from a long chat with Ronnie O'Sullivan at the World Championship. ‘Everything he said has stood me in good stead & I’ve been working hard.'

Mark Allen reveals Ronnie O'Sullivan chat has led to four stone weight loss

'Everything he said has stood me in good stead.'

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5 months

Dawn, I'm fed up, to be honest.

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3 years

One of the many good things about the German Masters is that the water bottles makes it look like they're swigging wine mid-match. A nice touch.

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7 months

Ronnie O'Sullivan says he's planning to take a significant break from competition after next week's World Grand Prix. 'Too much intense snooker for me is not good. I need to back off and consolidate.'

Ronnie O'Sullivan reveals plan for break from tournaments after Masters win

'Too much intense snooker for me is not good.'

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2 years

John Higgins with as good a cue bang as you'll see. #BigTimeBang

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4 years

Asked Kyren Wilson if he'll get a fine for shaking hands with Anthony McGill. 'I think sometimes in life you have to look at the occasion and turn a blind eye. I'll happily pay the fine. I think we both deserved each other's respect at that moment.'

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11 months

Kyren Wilson has entered his experimental jazz snooker phase.

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2 years

Marco Fu beats John Higgins 6-5 with a 147 in the deciding frame! The Hong Kong crowd goes wild! Amazing.

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3 years

Only in November Judd was saying Ronnie must be lacking belief I remember putting that to Ronnie at the English and he laughed at the suggestion. Since won the Grand Prix. Now beat Judd handily. Not saying Judd is lacking belief now but the belief-o-meter has certainly swung

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3 years

Not much snooker on right now, but I beat my dad 3-1 on his 67th birthday today with big breaks of 15 and 18 along the way. Considered letting him win but fuck him, he's not old enough for sympathy yet.

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2 years

Great win for @evans_reanne over Stuart Bingham! First woman to win a game at the Shoot Out. Convincing as well. 60-8. She's loving it!!

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3 years

Top bloke, could well go on to be a top player. Easy to forget he's only 27. This could be what clicks Hossein Vafaei into top gear. What a break to win it, brilliant all comp. Superb.

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1 year

Mark Selby spoke last night about the ridiculous abuse he receives on social media. He shouldn't and doesn't have to do anything to show he doesn't deserve it, but tonight might make it look especially daft.