'I like winners' - Ronnie O'Sullivan puts Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Tiger Woods on his greatest list

17.10.2022 - 10:53 eurosport.com

Ronnie O’Sullivan has revealed his top sports stars of all time, after former footballer Jamie Carragher namechecked the snooker great on his list.

Former England international Carragher put O’Sullivan in his top three greatest sports people of all time, alongside multiple Olympic champion athlete Usain Bolt and unbeaten boxing great Floyd Mayweather.

Ad O’Sullivan admitted to being flattered by Carragher’s comments, but moved to clarify what the Liverpool legend said. Northern Ireland Open'Restored my faith in life' — O’Sullivan says new dog has put spring back in his step12 HOURS AGO “I have to clarify what he said,” O’Sullivan said in the Eurosport studio following his win over Lukas Kleckers in the first round of the Northern Ireland Open. “He said from the sports he likes. “He obviously likes snooker so it was going to be me, or [Stephen] Hendry or Jimmy White.

He didn’t say the three best sportsmen of all time, he chose from the sports he likes. «I think people jumped on the bandwagon.

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Ronnie O’Sullivan has revealed he is writing a new book and that snooker is “not the main priority” for him right now following his shock defeat to David Grace at the Northern Ireland Open. O’Sullivan was 2-0 up on Grace in their second-round match, but was beaten in a decider in Belfast after some erratic shots. Ad The Rocket has been doing some punditry in the Eurosport studio this week and will provide more analysis for the rest of the tournament in Belfast.

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Action packed schedule Ad What a line up we have today at the Northern Ireland Open with Ronnie O'Sullivan heading up the billing in Belfast. Northern Ireland Open‘We should be finished!’ – Higgins unsure why younger players are struggling to make breakthrough18 HOURS AGO 10:00 Lyu Haotian v Mark King Elliot Slessor v Yan Bingtao Tian Pengfei v Martin Gould 13:00 Dominic Dale v Zhou Yuelong David Grace v Ronnie O'Sullivan Xiao Guodong v Hossein Vafaei 14:00 Jimmy Robertson v Mark Williams Neil Robertson v John Astley Li Hang v Jordan Brown 19:00 Michael White v Barry Hawkins Hammah Miah v Mark Selby Trump/Hill v Tom Ford 20:00 Mark Allen v Andy Lee Stephen Maguire v Kyren Wilson David Lilley v David Gilbert Referee drama with White Ronnie O’Sullivan believes the behaviour of referee Ben Williams was “uncalled for” after a spat between the official and Jimmy White. In the fourth frame of White’s second round match against Luca Brecel at the Northern Ireland Open, which he lost 4-0, Williams wrongly called which ball The Whirlwind was going for.