8: Mark Williams (2005 World Championships) At the 2005 World Championships, Welshman Mark Williams became the first player to win a game at the Crucible with a maximum break. The 147 completed a ...

The 2025 World Snooker Championship gets underway on the 19th of April 2025, with a long list of players bidding to earn world champion status at the Crucible Theatre. Here are the previous 24 ...

The Crucible in Sheffield has hosted the Snooker World Championships Barry Hearn has indicated the Crucible’s future as the host venue for the World Snooker Championship will come to an end in 2027.

The world No 2 has won four ranking titles since his Crucible triumph in 2024, and doesn't just have the £500,000 prize money motivating him this year. Wilson also has the potential to make ...

LONDON, April 25 (Reuters) - Sheffield's Crucible Theatre is to snooker what Wimbledon is for tennis but its days of hosting the world championship could be numbered according to Matchroom Sport ...

play is the essence of performance and life.” The Humanist Project’s sense of play will be on full display at 7:30 p.m., April 26, when Toomey and company perform their newest work, “A Crucible: A ...

THE World Snooker Championship will no longer be held at the Crucible unless it's given a major upgrade, Barry Hearn has revealed. The hallowed Sheffield venue has been the World Championship's ...

The long-time Sheffield home of the sport’s biggest event has a contract for the next two years but the future beyond 2027 appears uncertain. Matchroom Sport president Hearn has a meeting with ...

Zhou Yuelong is back at the Crucible (Picture: Getty Images) Zhou Yuelong is enjoying life and is back at the Crucible in his home town for the first time in six years. The 27-year-old beat ...

SHEFFIELD, England (AP) — The world snooker championship opened with a huge shock when defending champion Kyren Wilson was beaten by tournament debutant Lei Peifan of China 10-9 at the Crucible ...

Barry Hearn says snooker needs Sheffield to "treat us with respect" Barry Hearn has promised the World Snooker Championship will leave the Crucible after 2027 unless the tournament's long-time ...