Tag: Championship
Shaun Murphy produced a superb performance to thrash China’s Xiao Guodong 13-3 and become the first player into the 2026 World Championship quarter-finals. Murphy, a champion at the Crucible in…
In a truly remarkable story of hard work, endurance, talent and dedication, the pair are still at the top of the sport three decades later and will go head-to-head in…
Former New Zealand all-rounder Doug Bracewell has admitted using cocaine after the first day of Essex’s final County Championship match last year. Bracewell returned the positive test on 25 September…
In the first of the last-16 matches, 2005 winner Shaun Murphy moved into a dominant 6-2 lead over China’s Xiao Guodong. Murphy scraped through 10-9 against Fan Zhengyi in the…
Stephen Hendry has been left stunned by what he described as “the worst shot at the World Snooker Championship so far”. The snooker icon delivered the scathing verdict on Xiao…
Manchester City have gone top of the Premier League after a 1-0 win against Burnley, who have been relegated to the Championship. Erling Haaland’s solo goal was enough for Pep…
Shaun Murphy is seeking explanations from World Snooker following what has been dubbed the ‘Lightgate’ controversy at the Crucible. The 2005 world champion was left furious on Tuesday evening when…
World number one Judd Trump recovered from a slow start to defeat Gary Wilson in their first-round match. Trump, the 2019 champion, lost four of the first five frames as…