Shocks don't come much bigger than a former gas engineer and aspiring pop star defeating snooker great Steve Davis to become ...

Shaun Murphy compiles only the sixth 147 maximum break in the history of the Masters, in his semi-final against Mark Allen.

Snooker's Triple Crown consists of the sport's three most prestigious titles: the UK Championship, the Masters, and the World ...

Silvino Francisco, a colourful snooker star of the 1980s ... reaching the quarter-finals of the World Championship in 1982 in a run which included wins over Dennis Taylor and Dean Reynolds.

Ding Junhui has the honour of being the only player in Masters history to make more than one maximum break at the sport's ...

When nature called for Ding Junhui’s father at the local pool club, his eight-year-old son picked up the cue and served ...

Dublin-based Englishman missed a glorious chance of a maximum 147 in his quarter-final win over Neal Robertson but is keeping his eye on the main prize ...

Alex "Hurricane" Higgins and Jimmy "Whirlwind" White were a shot of rock n roll to a world where the stars wore conservative ...

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.

They were the untamed bad boys of snooker. They would blow away the ... "When Higgins beat White in the semi-final at the 1982 World Championships, he had vodka in his drink.