Day one of the Betfred.com World Snooker Championship at the Crucible theatre and defending champion John Higgins fought back to come through a tense decider Liang Wenbo. And in his match against Stuart Bingham, seven-times champion Stephen Hendry makes a magical maximum 147 break.

Young Welsh prospect Jamie Jones recorded the best win of his career yesterday, coming from 3-1 behind to beat world champion John Higgins 4-3 at the Betfair PTC Grand Finals in Galway, Ireland.

Shaun Murphy will be joining Neil Robertson in tomorrow's BGC Masters 2012 final after he beat world champion John Higgins 6-4 in a hard fought encounter at Alexandra Palace in London.

It's day 7 and semi-final day of the BGC Snooker Masters 2012 at Alexandra Palace. In the afternoon we have a repeat of the UK championship semi-final between Judd Trump and Neil Robertson and in the evening's match its battle of world champions as John Higgins takes on Shaun Murphy.

Today at the BGC Snooker Masters 2012 we saw the first two quarter-final matches as local favourite Ronnie O'Sullivan took on the recent UK Champion; Judd Trump and in the evening it was an all-Scottish clash as John Higgins took on Graeme Dott.

Round-up and results of all the last 16 matches at the williamhill.com snooker UK Championship 2011. Plenty of shocks happened as defending champion John Higgins lost to Stephen Maguire and qualifier Marco Fu beat Mark Selby.

Andrew Higginson from Widnes, a former welsh open finalist has won his first ever professional title by beating current world champion John Higgins 4-1 in the Players Tour Championship Event 5 (PTC5) at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield.

A few days ago at the Pink Ribbon tournament at the South West Snooker Academy I got the chance to interview the four-times and current world champion, UK Champion and Welsh Open champion, the Wizard of Wishaw; John Higgins! He gives his opinions on Scottish snooker, the best way to improve your game and much more.

World Snooker hosted it's inaugural awards ceremony at the Dorchester Hotel, London today in support of the killing cancer charity. Many awards were given out on the night but the big one; the World Snooker player of the year went to the UK, Welsh and World Champion; John Higgins!

John Higgins came from 10-7 behind to beat Judd Trump 18-15 in the final of the Betfred.com World Snooker Championship 2011 at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield. This is John's fourth world title and his third ranking title of the season.

Barry Hearn has warned players that they risk life bans if caught gambling on this year's World Championships. Last year's event was marred by claims that former champion John Higgins had agreed to lose frames for cash. He was cleared but served a disrepute ban.

Here is the collection of videos and photos from the Wyldecrest Parks Welsh Open 2011. Highlights include Stephen Hendry's magical 147, the players entering for the quarter finals and John Higgins winning his third Welsh Open title!

Wizard of Wishaw John Higgins has successfully defended his Welsh Open title at the Newport Centre, Newport. By beating Stephen Maguire 9-6 in a high class, all Scottish final. He dedicated the victory to his father.

The results from tonights semi-final matches of the Wyldecrest Parks Welsh Open 2011. Defending champion John Higgins faced Ali Carter in a repeat of last year's final and Mark Selby was up against Stephen Maguire.

It's the end of the year and the end of professional competition for a few weeks until the Masters in January, so it's time to give out some awards to some players that have achieved the most on the baize over the last 12 months. Who will win the coveted Maximum Snooker Player of the Year title?