Following a few days to reflect (and to get back to the day job), following this year’s World Championship, here are my final thoughts on what was an eventful, if not classic tournament as Ronnie O’Sullivan lifted his fourth world crown in Sheffield…
Three days on from the shock announcement from Stephen Hendry that he is to hang up his cue in professional competition with immediate effect, here are my reflections on the seven-times world champion and of the impact that he had on the sport for me as a fan…
The night after the day before at the Crucible as the dust settles on the momentous decision taken by Stephen Hendry to retire from tournament snooker. A full tribute will follow from me in due course, but in the meantime we still have a World Championship to be decided, as the semi-final line-up will be decided…
Read More
Wow. Following his 13-2 defeat to Stephen Maguire at the Crucible, the game’s greatest ever player Stephen Hendry has just announced his retirement from professional snooker during his post-match press conference.
Click below to read how Stephen made the announcement…
Day eleven from a wet and windy Crucible has today seen the start of the quarter-finals as eight become four at the 2012 World Championship. While no matches are scheduled to finish today, at the time of writing it looks as though we will see the end of Stephen Hendry’s latest Crucible campaign as he trails Stephen Maguire 10-1 with five more frames to go this evening…
Day eight at the Crucible as we try to digest the events of last night as John Higgins crumbled against Stephen Hendry, leaving the defence of his world title all but over. Click below for the latest instalment of my Crucible Diary…
Day seven at the Crucible and there is only one story as Scottish legends John Higgins and Stephen Hendry collide for the first time in the World Championship…
Well what about that for an opening day at the 2012 World Championship? John Higgins has survived a real scare from Chinese number two Liang Wenbo, but unquestionably the highlight had to be Stephen Hendry’s 11th career maximum break which came during his match against Stuart Bingham this afternoon. Click below to read the first instalment of my daily blog from the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield…