World Snooker Championship draw: Ronnie O’Sullivan v Dave Gilbert a highlight of round one
The 2022 World Snooker Championship draw has been made and the top 16 players on the planet know which qualifiers they will take on at the Crucible.
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World Snooker Championship 2022 draw: Ronnie O'Sullivan faces David Gilbert, Judd Trump handed Hossein Vafaei test
Six-time world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan has been drawn David Gilbert in the first round of the World Snooker Championship. Defending champion Mark Selby will open his campaign against Jamie Jones at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. Ad/> The tournament gets underway on Saturday.
David Gilbert sees off Anthony Hamilton to book Crucible spot
Anthony Hamilton's absence from the Crucible will continue after he was comfortably beaten in the final round of World Championship qualifying.
Emotional Jamie Clarke seals stunning win over former champion Graeme Dott, Matthew Stevens bests Ali Carter
Judgement Day is always packed full of nerves, with precious places at the World Snooker Championships up for grabs. With the tournament just days away, the second batch of eight matches was the last chance saloon for players to get themselves into the draw.
Fluke of the century? Snooker player David Gilbert stuns commentators
Snooker player David Gilbert stunned commentators by producing what’s been described as ‘fluke of the century’ during his World Championship qualifying match against Rory McLeod.
Fluke of the century? David Gilbert lands blue with stunning piece of luck that sees a unintended plant
Sometimes when things are going your way there’s not much that can stop you. Such was the way for Championship League winner David Gilbert during his World Championship qualifying match against Rory McLeod.
Gibraltar Open 2022 - Robert Milkins shrugs off Turkish Masters nightmare to beat Kyren Wilson for first career title
In a season of surprises, Robert Milkins added his name to the rollcall of winners when beating Kyren Wilson 4-2 to win the final of the Gibraltar Open. Milkins’ previous claim to fame in an awful season was turning up drunk at the Turkish Masters, having a row with guests and being taken to hospital to have his stomach pumped.
'Had to fly back to UK' – Bad weather and travel chaos rocks 2022 Gibraltar Open snooker on Rock with players forced out
The seventh Gibraltar Open has been rocked by a spate of late withdrawals, bad weather and travel chaos before snooker returned to the Rock at the Europa Point Sports Complex on Thursday. Shoot Out winner Hossein Vafaei and fellow non-British professionals Li Hang, Pang Junxu, Wu Yize, Xu Si and Si Jiahui were all forced out due to visa problems in Spain after bad weather saw flights from the UK diverted from Gibraltar to Malaga.