World snooker ... end the Crucible curse and win back-to-back titles. No first-time winner of the World Snooker Championship has retained their crown the following year at Sheffield's famous ...

KYREN WILSON is adamant he WILL break the Crucible Curse this year. No first-time winner of the World Snooker Championship has retained the crown the following year at the famous Sheffield Theatre.

NEIL ROBERTSON is hoping that when he flies to Australia to pick up a prestigious individual gong he will be bringing the Crucible ... of snooker, specifically his world title win in Sheffield ...

Shaun Murphy believes the BBC's fresh deal to broadcast Triple Crown snooker tournaments is ... The sport's premier event has been held at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre since 1977, but with the ...

Shaun Murphy reckons the BBC’s new deal to show Triple Crown snooker tournaments is the ... s blue ribbon event has taken place at the Crucible in Sheffield since 1977. With the iconic venue ...

Yet the hoary old 'Crucible Curse' afflicting first-time winners might also be applied to the venue itself. Former World Snooker Tour chairman Barry Hearn has called on Sheffield Council to ...

The Wilson family celebrated his Crucible glory ... Warrior wrote his name into snooker history in May when he won the World Championship, beating Jak Jones in the Sheffield final.

Alexandra Palace may well be the spiritual home of darts but the London venue could soon be the home of snooker. Some of the sports biggest names believe Ally Pally would be the right fit to host ...

WST chief Simon Brownell has stressed snooker must ... could stay at the Crucible beyond 2027. He told the South China Morning Post: "We’re in an agreement [with] Sheffield, we’re talking ...

LUCA BRECEL is feeling “confident in my own skin” after shedding more than two stone as he tries to become snooker’s first ... comeback fashion at the Crucible. Yet over the past 20 months ...

Snooker legend Ray Reardon ... the honour of playing on the first morning when the tournament moved to Sheffield's Crucible Theatre in 1977. He beat Patsy Fagan before falling to eventual champion ...

World Snooker Tour announced that ... my last World Championship appearance at the Crucible was against Ronnie,’ said Taylor of a 10-6 loss in Sheffield 31 years ago. ‘I played Ronnie in ...