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April 2024

Former world champion Shaun Murphy passionately defends ‘smelly’ Crucible

The former world snooker champion Shaun Murphy has made an emotional intervention in the row brewing about the historic Crucible Theatre while Mark Selby was knocked out by Joe O’Connor

February 2024

Ronnie O’Sullivan whitewashed by Mark Selby in Players Championship

The world No 1 suffered his first defeat in 16 matches as Mark Selby produced a vintage display to reach the semi-finals of the Players Championship in Telford

January 2024

Mark Allen hits 147 break and holds off Mark Selby in Masters thriller

Mark Allen hit a brilliant 147 break and clinched a tense 6-5 Masters victory over Mark Selby at 12.15am to set up a semi-final against Ali Carter

May 2023

Luca Brecel holds off late Mark Selby fightback to win first world snooker title

Luca Brecel defeats Mark Selby to win World Snooker Championship 2023 final – as it happened

April 2023

Mark Selby hits historic 147 and cuts Luca Brecel’s lead after first day of final

Luca Brecel leads 9-8 overnight against Mark Selby but the first day’s highlight was the Englishman’s maximum in the 15th frame as he reduced the deficit

Luca Brecel fights back against Si Jiahui in thrilling Crucible semi-final

Si Jiahui looked on course to win his world championship semi-final with a session to spare but Luca Brecel won five frames in a row to make it 14-10

Si Jiahui returns to haunt Shaun Murphy in Crucible final-frame upset

Shaun Murphy was knocked out by Si Jiahui, the world No 80, in a late-night thriller at the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield

January 2023

Mark Selby knocked out of Masters by Hossein Vafaei on day of shocks

Hossein Vafaei shocked world No 2 Mark Selby 6-2 while Shaun Murphy knocked out the defending champion Neil Robertson on the first day of the Masters

February 2022

Ronnie O’Sullivan reveals he gets ‘snooker depression’ after matches

Ronnie O’Sullivan revealed he gets ‘snooker depression’ for a couple of hours following matches after he booked his place in the second round of the European Masters