Ronnie O'Sullivan

Defending Betfair World Snooker Championship champion Ronnie O'Sullivan is looking the strong favourite to reach the quarter-finals after taking a 9-7 lead over Ali Carter. Ding Junhui is also looking strong to progress, having come from 6-2 down overnight to lead Mark King 9-7.

The amazing results in this year's Betfair World Snooker Championship 2013 continue as Barry Hawkins came from 9-6 down to beat Mark Selby 13-10 to book a maiden quarterfinal appearance at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield

Ronnie O'Sullivan has successfully started the defence of his Betfair World Snooker Championship title with a 10-4 win over Marcus Campbell on the first day of the tournament. Elsewhere there was mixed starts for debutants Jack Lisowski & Michael White in their opening matches.

The full draw and the match schedule has been released for the Betfair World Snooker Championship 2013 at the Crucible. Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan takes on Marcus Campbell on the first day and former champion Graeme Dott takes on another, Peter Ebdon.

Ronnie O'Sullivan announced today that he is set to return to the Crucible Theatre this April to defend his World Championship crown. This follows a season where the Rocket has only played in one match and has been absent from the major events.

Rod Lawler has won the first professional title of his 22-year-career by beating Marco Fu 4-2 in the final of UKPTC3 2012 at the South West Snooker Academy, Gloucester.

Betfred.com World Snooker Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan was named Player Of The Year at the annual World Snooker Awards in London on Thursday. Other winners included 17-year-old Luca Brecel who won Rookie Of The Year.

Ronnie O'Sullivan has won his fourth World Snooker Championship title at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, beating a resurgent Ali Carter 18-11 in the final. O'Sullivan lead from the first session and never looked back on his way to lifting the trophy.

Ronnie O'Sullivan has taken a vital 10-7 lead over Ali Carter at the end of the second session tonight in the Betfred.com World Snooker Championship final at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield.

Three-times world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan got over the first hurdle at the World Snooker Championship today as he beat China Open champion Peter Ebdon 10-4 to reach the last 16. Judd Trump & Ding Junhui also started their Crucible campaigns today.