Snooker
Snooker: Ace MacGillivray out to retain Scottish title
Granton snooker ace Craig MacGillivray will bid to retain the Scottish National Snooker Championship this weekend when he plays this year’s No. 1 ranked player James McBain (Glasgow) in the final at the Locarno Snooker Club in Edinburgh.
O’Sullivan in call for ‘compassion’
World champion Ronnie O’Sullivan has accused snooker chiefs of lacking “compassion”.
Snooker: Ronnie O’Sullivan mulls quitting after world final
Ronnie O’SULLIVAN could follow Stephen Hendry into retirement tonight even if he wins the Betfred.com World Championship for a fourth time.
Break of 141 helps O’Sullivan take control in final clash with Carter
Ronnie O’Sullivan claims he has never known a Crucible campaign so gruelling but a fourth world snooker title should be his reward today for lasting the pace.
Carrot-fuelled Carter hares into the final
Ali Carter marched into the Betfred.com World Championship final and revealed his title charge is being fuelled by a ten-bags-a-day carrot habit.
Snooker: Cool Ali Carter closes in on final spot as Stephen Maguire toils
ALI Carter was considering retirement at the turn of the year, but now a second appearance in the World Championship final beckons for the 32-year-old from Tiptree.
O’Sullivan’s exhaustion scare
RONNIE O’Sullivan has revealed he collapsed due to exhaustion in the early stages of the season.
Snooker: Ali Carter has stomach for Crucible battle
Ali Carter has vowed to win his battles on and off the table as he closes in on Crucible glory.
Timeline: Stephen Hendry career highlights
STEPHEN Hendry’s illustrious career began at a young age; he won the Scottish Under 16 championships in 1983, with accolades as the World Amateur Championship’s youngest entrant, the youngest Scottish professional champion and youngest ever professional at 16-years-old.
Snooker: Ronnie O’Sullivan sets up semi-final showdown with Stevens
Any lingering doubt that Ronnie O’Sullivan might not have the form or the temperament to land a fourth Betfred.com World Championship title was emphatically dispelled last night.
Tom English: Stephen Hendry timed retirement right Picture gallery
STEPHEN Hendry was walking round the table at Marco’s Leisure on Grove Street, Edinburgh; pudding-basin haircut, white socks and loafers and in a commanding lead in the final of the 1986 Scottish professional championship. It was March and he’d not long turned 17. He had what observers called a rather spooky self-possession.
1 commentScots snooker legend Hendry ends career after 13-2 defeat
Stephen HENDRY believes it was the right time to retire from snooker after bowing out of the Betfred.com World Championship and bringing his record-breaking career to an end.
Crucible defeat marks end for Hendry
Snooker legend Stephen Hendry last night announced his retirement after losing in the quarter-finals of the Betfred.com World Championship.
Stephen Hendry announces retirement from snooker
STEPHEN Hendry admitted to a sense of “relief” on Tuesday night after announcing his retirement from tournament snooker.
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Judd Trump hits out at ‘childish’ Ali Carter after Crucible exit
Judd Trump branded Ali Carter’s behaviour “childish” after being dumped out of the Betfred.com World Championship in an incredible second-round match.
Snooker: Stephen Maguire aims to evict Stephen Hendry from ‘second home’
Stephen Maguire is determined to evict Stephen Hendry from his “second home” and march one step closer to a first Crucible final.
Snooker: Ronnie O’Sullivan wows Crucible
RONNIE O’Sullivan produced a spellbinding second session against Mark Williams yesterday to move within two frames of a place in the quarter-finals of the Betfred.com World Championship.
Snooker: Stephen Hendry humbles John Higgins
STEPHEN Hendry completed a crushing 13-4 victory over John Higgins yesterday, winning the one frame required to reach the quarter-finals of the Betfred.com World Championship.
Hendry poised to end Higgins reign
Stephen Hendry last night swept to the brink of a stunning victory over John Higgins in the Betfred.com World Championship as the reigning champion’s defence of his Crucible title looked to have run its course.
Hendry and Higgins poised for first clash at the Crucible
STEPHEN Hendry and John Higgins will turn the Crucible into a Scottish enclave as they make history today – and each man claims the other can win the Betfred.com World Championship.
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