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Stephen Hendry announced today that he intends to keep his snooker career going - and to play in all of the tournaments (including the PTC events) next season.

World Snooker has revealed the full draw for the Event 1 (May 11-16) of the Q School today. Amongst the ties of the first round includes the match betwen veterans Tony Knowles and Mike Hallett the match between two relegated professionals from this season's main tour; Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon and Jak Jones.

Here is a selection of photos of various Snooker players past and present and other random people involved in the sport taken from Days 2 & 3 of the Betfred.com World Snooker Championship 2011 at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield. Includes; Ding Junhui, Barry Hawkins, Ricky Walden and Steve Davis.

The full entry list for the first ever World Snooker Q School was revealed recently and many high profile names make up the 124 players hoping to win one of the 12 places on the main tour next season. This includes the likes of; Reanne Evans, Luca Brecel, Tony Knowles and former Scottish Open champion David Gray.

After seven intense days of competition at the Betfred.com World Snooker Championship 2011 we finally know the full line up of the last 16. Apart from the defending champion Neil Robertson, most of the big names including O'Sullivan, Williams and Higgins have made it through to the second week.

I was lucky enough to attend days 2 and 3 of the Betfred.com World Snooker Championship this year at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield. Here are a selection of photos from in and around the famous venue including photos of; the arena, CueZone and Street Snooker.

Guest article on limiting beliefs based on stress reversals and how they can cause problems in the game of Snooker. These include the dreaded kick and players attitudes to the game especially as they get older.

After months of waiting the first day of competition in the Betfred.com World Snooker Championship's at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield has finally started! The fans were treated to a feast of Snooker on the opening day including a shock result in the Neil Robertson v Judd Trump opening match.

With only a few days to go until the start of the Betfred.com World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, the players will be practicing hard and will be understandably nervous. The likes of John Higgins, Mark Williams and Ronnie O'Sullivan make up the bottom half of the draw in this preview.

Reanne Evans has taken another step towards immortality on the women’s snooker circuit by claiming a record seventh successive world title. The world number one from Dudley insisted she wants to keep the run going after cruising to a 5-1 victory over Emma Bonney in the Greene King World Ladies Snooker Championship.