Stephen Hendry

Snooker players can make a huge amount in prize money - something these players' bank balances can attest to.

The 10 snooker players who have won most prize money

Gregor Townsend takes the brunt of the Welsh charge in the Scotland v Wales rugby game, 19 Feb 1996

25 photos transporting you back to Edinburgh in 1996

Ronnie O'Sullivan will be back at the Crucible to defend the title he won for a record-equalling seventh time last year.

Everything you need to know about the Snooker World Championship 2023

England's Ronnie O'Sullivan poses with the trophy after his victory over England's Judd Trump in the World Championship Snooker final at The Crucible in Sheffield, England on May 2, 2022.

Everything you need to know about Ronnie O'Sullivan

Seven-times champion Stephen Hendry is one of the leading names hoping to qualify for the World Championships.

Everything you need to know about the World Snooker Championships Qualifiers

Ronnie O’Sullivan hints snooker players should go on strike

Ronnie O'Sullivan during his semi-final win on day fifteen of the Betfred World Snooker Championship at The Crucible, Sheffield. Richard Sellers/PA Wire.

Everything you need to know about the World Snooker Championship final

John Higgins recorded a 147 in the opening frame of the British Open in Leicester

Higgins hits 147 at British Open to overtake Hendry in all-time rankings

The Waverley Shopping Centre, now Waverley Mall, looked very different in 1996.

25 photos of Edinburgh from when Scotland last played at the Euros

Mark Selby parades the trophy after winning the Betfred World Snooker Championships, defeating Shaun Murphy in the final. Picture: Zac Goodwin/PA Wire

Has Mark Selby taken over from John Higgins as snooker’s greatest all-rounder?

Mark Selby celebrates his victory over Shaun Murphy.

Mark Selby joins Crucible greats with fourth snooker World Championship title

Stephen Hendry won the world title back in 1994 against Jimmy White - the pair met again 27 years on in very different circumstances.

Hendry winds back clock against White - but it wasn't a classic

Stephen Hendry and Jimmy White contested four World Championship finals in the space of five years and Hendry prevailed on each occasion in 1990, 1992, 1993 and 1994. Picture: Allsport/Getty Images

Stephen Hendry to take on Jimmy White in World Championship qualifying

Stephen Hendry made an impressive return to the professional snooker tour despite a 4-1 defeat to Matthew Selt in Milton Keynes. Picture: Richard Sellers/PA Wire

Stephen Hendry makes a century break on his comeback, then targets the Crucible

Stephen Hendry will play his first tour match since 2012. Picture: Alex Pantling/Getty Images

Stephen Hendry comeback: Remembering his ‘swagger’ and ‘flashy cue action’

Ronnie O'Sullivan with the world championship trophy. Picture: BBC

Easy does it for Ronnie O’Sullivan’s sixth world title

Euro 2012: Spain v Italy final preview

Allan Massie: Retiring gracefully never an easy thing for sporting heroes

Hendry wins battle of the legends

Stephen Hendry is ablaze on the baize

Emotional Ebdon sees off Hendry to clinch double UK title for former world champ...

Hendry snookered as O'Sullivan walks out

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Former prime minister Gordon Brown has written for The Scotsman

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Medics in the NHS have sounded the alarm on Scotland’s vacancy crisis - with GPs under “immense pressure”, patients in hospitals being ignored by overworked staff, and carers being asked to take blood samples.

Medics lift lid on 'immense pressure' on staff as patients left unattended

Police Scotland will continue responding to emergency mental health incidents. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA

Police Scotland confirms officers will respond to mental health calls