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Historic Crucible deserves due respect as memories of past tournaments linger

Players criticised the venue during the opening days of last year’s event.

The Independent UK

Terry Griffiths obituary

Welsh snooker player who won the world championship at his first attempt in 1979

The Guardian - UK

Ray Reardon obituary

One of the greatest British snooker players who won the world championship six times

The Guardian - UK

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Snooker mourns Ray Reardon after his death at the age of 91

The Welshman was nicknamed “Dracula” because of his distinctive hairstyle.

The Independent UK

Ray Reardon, six-time world snooker champion nicknamed Dracula, dies aged 91

Welshman Reardon, who worked as a policeman before becoming a snooker professional, won the world title six times during the 1970s and is widely considered one of the greatest players in the sport’s history

The Independent UK

Prized snooker table where Sir Alex Ferguson racked up football deals goes up for sale

Sir Alex Ferguson famously pipped Blackburn Rovers to the signing of Roy Keane over a game of snooker in his home.

Daily Record

World Snooker Championship: Mark Allen can end Northern Ireland's wait for glory says legend Dennis Taylor

Mark Allen is two wins away from emulating Dennis Taylor and Alex Higgins

Belfast Live

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John Parris: ‘I learned to make snooker cues by making mistakes’

‘What we do here is unique,’ the master cue maker – who has worked with Ronnie O’Sullivan, Steve Davis and Jimmy White – tells Luke McLaughlin

The Guardian - UK

Steve Davis recalls hilarious plane journey with Alex Higgins - "I totally s*** myself"

Former world snooker champion Alex Higgins was known for being a volatile player who drank and smoke during tournaments with his opponents feeling the force of his character

Daily Mirror

Mark Allen targeting more weight loss and trophy success

Northern Ireland’s top potter admitted he was “embarrassed” after ballooning to over 19 stone

Belfast Live

Mark Allen celebrates £250k UK Championship triumph with wife to be

Slimline Antrim star became the first Northern Irish potter since Alex Higgins 39 years ago to lift the famous trophy and with it the huge cash prize

Belfast Live

Comeback king Mark Allen beats Ding Junhui to win UK Championship

The Northern Irishman came from 6-1 down to win 10-7.

The Independent UK

Chaotic life of snooker star Alex Higgins who was stabbed by girlfriend and died penniless

Three World Cup titles, two World Championship wins and one girlfriend stabbing him - Alex ‘Hurricane’ Higgins was certainly one of snooker’s most colourful and intriguing characters

Daily Mirror

Ronnie O’Sullivan beats Judd Trump 18-13 in World Snooker Championship final – as it happened!

Judd Trump fought back manfully in the afternoon but Ronnie O’Sullivan rebounded in the evening, winning four of six frames to equal Stephen Hendry’s record of seven world titles

The Guardian - UK

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