Ronnie O’Sullivan v Hossein Vafaei: When is World Snooker Championship grudge match? War of words timeline

Hossein Vafaei has fanned the flames ahead of his match with Ronnie O’Sullivan at the World Championship in Sheffield, with the Iranian star saying he wants to “shut” the seven-time champion’s mouth in an astonishing interview. Vafaei will play his hero-turned-foe in the second round at the Crucible after beating Ding Junhui 10-6 on Monday, a day after defending champion O’Sullivan saw off Pang Junxu. despite being unwell.

Ad The match will be extra awkward as the tournament is still in the two-table format, meaning the players’ chairs are directly next to each other. Will they share a pre-match handshake? Or avoid each other throughout? World Championship‘He can win this World Championship’ – McManus sees ‘X-factor’ in Vafaei9 HOURS AGO With the match set to attract significant attention given the build-up, we take a look at their war of words from the past year. But firstly, an important question… When is Ronnie O’Sullivan v Hossein Vafaei at World Snooker Championship? The World Championship second round match between O’Sullivan and Vafaei begins on Friday April 21 at 14:30 BST, with two further sessions on Saturday (14:30) and Sunday (10:00).

The match will be available to enjoy on Eurosport. You can live stream the match, and the rest of the tournament, on discovery+, the Eurosport app and at eurosport.com. Anyway, let's remind ourselves what has been said between the pair...