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Day three of the Betfred.com World Snooker Championship and we are already guarenteed two Welsh players in the last 16 as qualifier Jamie Jones shocked 2005 champion Shaun Murphy 10-8 and Matthew Stevens beat Marco Fu 10-4.

World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn issued a stern warning to the players today at a press conference in the Crucible. Also announced were European wildcards for Tony Drago & Luca Brecel as well as format changes to the Welsh Open & German Masters.

Day three coverage of the Betfred.com World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield. Stephen Maguire was the first through in the morning with a strong 10-5 victory over Belgium Bullet Luca Brecel.

Seven-times champion Stephen Hendry has made his career 11th maximum break and the 3rd at the Crucible Theatre today in the first session of his betfred.com World Snooker Championship match against Stuart Bingham.

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.

Draw, results, schedule and more from the Betfred.com World Snooker Championship 2012 at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield. Scotland's John Higgins beat surprise finalist Judd Trump 18-15 in last year's final to win snooker's premier tournament for the fourth time in his career.

Luca Brecel has become the youngest player ever to reach the Crucible by beating Mark 10-8 in the final round of the Betfred.com World Snooker Championship qualifiers. The man who's record he took, seven-times world champion Stephen Hendry, also qualified.

Neath's Jamie Jones recorded the best victory of his career, a 10-2 victory over Ricky Walden, to qualify for the televised stages of the Betfred.com World Snooker Championship at the Crucible for the first time. Others through today included 1997 champion Ken Doherty & Sussex's Mark Davis.

Here is an exclusive interview with Barry Hearn. What does the charismatic Londoner think about his first two years as World Snooker chairman, his thoughts about the reduction of television coverage by the BBC, snooker at the Olympics, his tip for the Betfred.com World Snooker Championship and much more.

Legends Steve Davis & Jimmy White lost their penultimate round matches at the Betfred.com World Snooker Championship qualifiers against Ben Woollaston & Liu Chuang respectively. One winner however was Belgium's Luca Brecel who recorded a 10-9 victory over Michael Holt.