Barbora Krejcikova made a tearful Wimbledon exit as the defending champion crashed to a three-set defeat against Emma Navarro ...

Graham Anderson was barely out of his teens when he bought the building that would later become the Mornington Hotel. Now ...

Ronnie O’Sullivan begins the snooker season with work to do ... The last time the Rocket had to go to World Championship qualifying was all the way back in 1994 when the likes of Alex Higgins and ...

Ronnie O’Sullivan begins the snooker season with work to do to avoid an unwanted trip to World Championship qualifying next ...

An early World Snooker Championship defeat caused Alex Higgins to unleash his anger by punching a press officer. The late Northern Irishman, nicknamed ‘Hurricane Higgins’, was a two-tim… ...

His 1985 world title saw him bank £60,000, the equivalent of £183,000 in today’s money, per the Bank of England currency calculator. This year’s winner will collect £500,000.

Ken Doherty accidentally swore at Sir Alex Ferguson after being invited to Old Trafford - before winding up Celtic supporter John Higgins. The Manchester United fan secured his only world title in ...

In a poignant twist, Doherty was Higgins' last World Championship opponent in 1994. While Doherty emerged victorious, the Hurricane, who died in 2010 aged 61, fittingly grabbed the headlines.

There have been headbutts, too, as the late Alex Higgins infamously did against a referee. Asked which snooker player on the tour he would fancy fighting, O’Connor laughed: “All of them.” ...

3 Legendary snooker star Alex Higgins in action Credit: News Group Newspapers Ltd Seven-time world champion Hendry, 56, is currently on commentary duties with ITV at the Players Championship.