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Ronnie O'Sullivan, Stephen Hendry, Steve Davis - Jimmy White ranks top 10 snooker players of all time

Ronnie O’Sullivan is widely viewed as the greatest snooker player of all time, and Jimmy White has concurred by placing him top of his snooker GOAT list. White is front and centre of Eurosport’s coverage as the stars of world snooker battle it out at the Crucible for the World Championship. Ad And away from the action, 'The Whirlwind' was given the job of blind ranking a pre-selected list of 10 snooker players — one that included himself — who are widely considered to be in the conversation for being the greatest of all time.

World Snooker Championship 2023 live – Neil Robertson chases last-16 spot as Mark Williams begins title bid, live stream

Sunday 16 April (order of play) Ad 10:00 World Championship'What a way to win a frame!' — Vafaei wins 40 minute frame with 'mammoth fluke'2 HOURS AGO Ding Junhui (16) 5-4 Hossein Vafaei Stuart Bingham (14) 10-4 David Gilbert 14:30 Mark Williams (8) 0-0 Jimmy Robertson Neil Robertson (6) 6-3 Wu Yize 19:00 Luca Brecel (9) 0-0 Ricky Walden Ali Carter (11) 4-5 Jak Jones Ding 5-3 Vafaei (15-119) And a delightful double on a black to finish off with a break of 87. Crowd loving that. They play to a finish on Monday morning at 10am with Ding holding a slender 5-4 lead.

World Snooker Championship 2023: What is the prize money for Crucible champion? Previous winners, Ronnie O'Sullivan odds

Is Ronnie O'Sullivan going to triumph yet again at the 2023 World Snooker Championship? He will be very well compensated if he does clinch an outright record eighth world title at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield this year. The Rocket, who is looking to eclipse fellow snooker legend Stephen Hendry on the all-time list of champions on the sport's biggest stage, is currently level with the Scot on seven Crucible crowns.

Ronnie O'Sullivan and Stephen Hendry: Who has the most World Snooker Championship titles, what is the record?

The greatest snooker tournament of the year — the World Championship at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield — defines careers and legacies, and it is largely responsible for how each era of the sport is judged as each winner goes down in the history books. Despite the fact that many of the sport's biggest names have endured seasons to forget thus far, the World Championship can entirely make up for that with glory at the Crucible marking a campaign as hugely successful in any player's career.

O'Sullivan starts World Championship against Pang Junxu

Seven-time world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan will take on Pang Junxu in the first round of the World Snooker Championship while Mark Selby will kick off his campaign with a meeting with Matthew Selt.

Ronnie O’Sullivan exclusive on World Snooker Championship title rivals Judd Trump, Mark Selby and Neil Robertson

Ronnie O'Sullivan is the 4/1 favourite with bookmakers to land a record eighth world snooker title, but the defending champion does not pay attention to any of the pre-tournament hype swirling around Sheffield at this time of year. O'Sullivan has lifted the elite invitational Hong Kong Masters (6-4 against Marco Fu) and Champion of Champions (10-6 against Judd Trump) this season, but has toiled to make an impact in the ranking events with his best returns coming via quarter-final appearances at the UK Championship and Welsh Open.

World Championship: Who could challenge Ronnie O'Sullivan, Judd Trump and become a first-time Crucible winner?

Here is a fact to blow your mind: the last World Championship to feature two debut Crucible finalists was back in 1981. Steve Davis and Doug Mountjoy were each appearing in the world final for the first time. In every world title match in the 42 years since at least one of the finalists has been either a previous winner or runner-up.

Siakam's double-double powers Raptors past Hornets for 5th win in last 6 games

Pascal Siakam scored 22 points and the visiting Toronto Raptors rallied from four 9-point first quarter deficits to roll past the Charlotte Hornets 120-100 on Tuesday night.

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Ronnie O'Sullivan, Stephen Hendry, Steve Davis - Jimmy White ranks top 10 snooker players of all time

World Snooker Championship 2023 live – Neil Robertson chases last-16 spot as Mark Williams begins title bid, live stream

World Snooker Championship 2023: What is the prize money for Crucible champion? Previous winners, Ronnie O'Sullivan odds

Ronnie O'Sullivan and Stephen Hendry: Who has the most World Snooker Championship titles, what is the record?

O'Sullivan starts World Championship against Pang Junxu

Ronnie O’Sullivan exclusive on World Snooker Championship title rivals Judd Trump, Mark Selby and Neil Robertson

World Championship: Who could challenge Ronnie O'Sullivan, Judd Trump and become a first-time Crucible winner?

Siakam's double-double powers Raptors past Hornets for 5th win in last 6 games