I’m a former World Snooker Champion and quit my farm job to play – my boss chased me down the road when I resigned
CLIFF THORBURN was chased by his old boss after quitting his job to play snooker full-time. Eleven years before he won the ...
Eurosport presenter fires ominous ‘start of the end for the World Snooker Championship’ warning to Barry Hearn
EUROSPORT presenter Radzi Chinyanganya believes that taking the World Snooker Championship abroad would signal the “start of ...
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Snooker star issued withering putdown to Jimmy White while on bus to tournament
White never managed to win the World Snooker Championship despite reaching six finals between 1984 and 1994. He has since triumphed at the World Senior Championship on four occasions, a record ...
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From postman to world champion - the life of snooker great Griffiths
that won the inaugural World Cup of snooker, beating England 14-3. Griffiths' victories at the 1980 Masters and 1982 UK Championship mean he is one of only 11 players to have completed snooker's ...
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Terry Griffiths, dapper Welsh snooker player who sensationally took the World Championship in 1979
The dapper Griffiths went on to become one of snooker’s most recognisable ... the quarter-finals of the World Championship for nine consecutive years between 1984 and 1992, reaching the final ...
Silvino Francisco dead: Snooker star who was jailed for smuggling drugs dies aged 78
Silvino Francisco, a South African snooker player who was prominent in the 1980s and was later jailed for three years for smuggling cannabis, has passed away aged 78 ...
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What is the Triple Crown in Snooker? List of winners, players who have won most events as Judd Trump claims 2024 UK Championship
These Triple Crown events are: The World Championship: Snooker's blue riband event ... That changed in 1984, though, as it was made a ranking event and open to all professional players.