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BBC to bring back iconic snooker game show Big Break after 24 years away
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BBC to bring back iconic snooker game show Big Break after 24 years away

The Independent·Luke Baker·20 days ago
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Big Break originally ran from 1991 to 2002 with Jim Davidson and John Virgo hosting and brought in nearly 14m viewers at its peak

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How World Seniors Snooker Championship descended into Crucible farce
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How World Seniors Snooker Championship descended into Crucible farce

The Independent·Lawrence Ostlere·24 days ago
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Bouncing balls, a broken table, blinding white cushions and a ‘heartbroken’ reigning champion have all contributed to the chaos at the start of the world seniors in Sheffield

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The bad news for the Brits trying to slow China’s snooker takeover
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The bad news for the Brits trying to slow China’s snooker takeover

The Independent·Luke Baker·27 days ago
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Wu Yize’s remarkable Crucible triumph made it back-to-back Chinese world snooker champions but where are all the talented young Brits, asks Luke Baker

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Shaun Murphy: Nation’s rising stars must step up to compete with Chinese talent
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Shaun Murphy: Nation’s rising stars must step up to compete with Chinese talent

The Independent·Mark Staniforth·27 days ago
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Murphy fell victim to a second-consecutive Chinese world champion on Monday night after losing an epic final-frame decider to 22-year-old Wu Yize.

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Wu Yize reveals mother’s health struggles and huge sacrifices to become world snooker champion
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Wu Yize reveals mother’s health struggles and huge sacrifices to become world snooker champion

The Independent·Luke Baker·28 days ago
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Wu beat Shaun Murphy in a Crucible thriller to become the second-youngest world champion in history but it has been a bumpy path to the top

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Shaun Murphy v Wu Yize live: Latest score from fascinating Crucible final
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Shaun Murphy v Wu Yize live: Latest score from fascinating Crucible final

The Independent·Luke Baker·29 days ago
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Murphy is targeting a second Crucible crown, 21 years after his first, but 22-year-old Chinese phenom Wu stands in his way at the Crucible

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John Higgins v Shaun Murphy live: Latest score from thrilling World Snooker Championship semi-final
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John Higgins v Shaun Murphy live: Latest score from thrilling World Snooker Championship semi-final

The Independent·Luke Baker·about 1 month ago
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The two former world champions are locked in an intense battle to reach the Crucible final, where either Mark Allen or Wu Yize will await

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From abject farce to mesmerising beauty – snooker shows its contrasting faces
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From abject farce to mesmerising beauty – snooker shows its contrasting faces

The Independent·Luke Baker·about 1 month ago
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A truly bizarre longest frame in World Snooker Championship history was labelled an ‘embarrassment’ by pundits before the Crucible’s other semi-final showed what makes the sport so captivating

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Inside the Chinese match-fixing scandal that rocked snooker – and how the ringleaders got caught
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Inside the Chinese match-fixing scandal that rocked snooker – and how the ringleaders got caught

The Independent·Lawrence Ostlere·about 1 month ago
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Three years on from the news that rocked the snooker world, Lawrence Ostlere delves into the story of an unprecedented scandal that saw 10 Chinese players banned from the game

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Iran's Vafaei playing for more than snooker glory
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Iran's Vafaei playing for more than snooker glory

dw.com·Janek Speight·about 1 month ago
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After years lost to visa battles, Hossein Vafaei is finally delivering on his early promise as a snooker prodigy. He's hoping to inspire people back home amid the turmoil in Iran.

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Who is Wu Yize? China’s ‘new superstar’ arrives at Crucible among contenders for 2026 World Snooker Championship
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Who is Wu Yize? China’s ‘new superstar’ arrives at Crucible among contenders for 2026 World Snooker Championship

The Independent·Lawrence Ostlere·about 1 month ago
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From Independent RSS Feed: Who is Wu Yize? China’s ‘new superstar’ tipped by Ronnie O’Sullivan to win the World Snooker Championship

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