Michaela Tabb, the iconic snooker referee, has decided to retire from the traditional version of the sport, having officiated her final game at Sheffield's renowned Crucible Theatre. The 57 year ...

Higgins requires 100 per cent concentration to get over the winning line and, this being snooker, total quiet ... By comparison, the 980-seat Crucible Theatre, where the World Championship has ...

The 76-year-old has mooted the possibility of moving the snooker world championship away from the Crucible due to its 980-capacity seating. The threat is real with the Sheffield venue’s contract ...

Barry Hearn has set Sheffield City Council a deadline of the end of the year to come up with a plan to keep the World Championship at the Crucible ... seats just 980 spectators, has hosted snooker ...

Ronnie O'Sullivan remains gloomy about his prospects of winning a record eighth World Snooker Championship ... times the face value of the top hospitality seats in the Century Club, which ...

It's the most iconic venue in snooker. But the Crucible's future looks set to be ... if you're looking for more seats. But it's not just that. It's the atmosphere that's created, and it's the ...

In 2010 the Guardian predicted snooker would be an amateur sport by 2020. Five years beyond that cut-off, on a sunny Friday afternoon in 2025, every seat ... Crucible offers humdrum reality ...

LONDON - 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 president Barry Hearn.

Will they? Won't they? The future of the World Snooker Championship has rarely ever not been in doubt – yet here we are in Sheffield. The year is 2025. The Crucible theatre is not the biggest ...

a body that effectively controls the World Snooker Tour. The Crucible has hosted the World Championship since 1977, but the 980-seat theatre has faced criticism for a lack of spectator and ...

Leicester snooker ace Mark Selby has opened up about his battle to keep his emotions in check during a nail-biting World Championship defeat at The Crucible. Selby, who faced off against his good ...

Barry Hearn has promised the World Snooker Championship will leave the Crucible after 2027 unless ... His father says the 980-seat theatre will forfeit the tournament unless central government ...