BIZARRE: 2 - What They Never Told You

Mark Allen and Wu Yize level after longest frame in Crucible history

The session concluded with a bizarre 14th frame, which saw a cluster of eight reds jammed around a black on the edge of the pocket.

The Independent UK · May 1

From abject farce to mesmerising beauty – snooker shows its contrasting faces

A truly bizarre longest frame in World Snooker Championship history was labelled an ‘embarrassment’ by pundits before the Crucible’s other semi-final showed what makes the sport so captivating

The Independent UK · May 1

Farcical scenes hit Crucible as Wu Yize pips Mark Allen in 'embarrassing' marathon frame

Bizarre frame lasted longer than a football match as Irishman loses lead

Evening Standard · May 1

Mark Selby criticises ‘horrific’ Crucible table after Wu Yize knocks him out of World Championship

The four-time champion cut a frustrated figure against the 22-year-old rising star

The Independent UK · Apr 27

Mark Selby slams ‘horrific’ Crucible table after World Snooker Championship exit

Selby was knocked out by rising Chinese star Wu Yize

The Independent UK · Apr 27

Wu Yize: How the boy with bad technique became a star destined to win the World Snooker Championship

The 22-year-old is through to the semi-finals of the 2026 World Snooker Championship where Mark Allen awaits, writes Lawrence Ostlere, after rising through China’s snooker boom

The Independent UK · Apr 20

World Snooker Championship 2026: Results, schedule and how to watch every match

John Higgins, Shaun Murphy, Wu Yize and Mark Allen are battling for a place in the final at Sheffield’s iconic Crucible Theatre

The Independent UK · Apr 16

Ronnie O’Sullivan’s record-smashing 153 break ‘up there among special moments’

O’Sullivan’s mark beat the previous record in a professional match of 148.

The Independent UK · Mar 20

Aussie Neil Robertson goes down in Masters epic

Neil Robertson has gone down in a heart-breaking 6-5 loss to Englishman Kyren Wilson in the Masters, bowing out in the quarter-finals.

AAP · Jan 17

Kyren Wilson wards off Robertson fightback to reach Masters semis in decider

Kyren Wilson booked his place in the semi-finals of the Masters after seeing out victory against Neil Robertson in the 11th and final frame

The Guardian - UK · Jan 16