WORLD Snooker chairman Barry Hearn has accused Ronnie O’Sullivan of pressing the self-destruct button with his “car-boot sport” rant. The Rocket claimed snooker has a poor image, represents cheap TV, needs bigger top prizes and is treated with little respect despite strong viewing figures. Hearn, 68, hit back yesterday by pointing out total prize money […]
A FIVE-time World Champion, Ronnie O’Sullivan is one of the greatest players the game of snooker has ever seen. A young prodigy in the sport, O’Sullivan was destined for the top but endured numerous obstacles along the way including dealing with his father in jail for murder and a drug addiction. Known as ‘Rocket’ Ronnie […]
WITH a murderer for a father, teenage years spent in his parents’ sex shop, a history of drink and drugs – but a supreme talent for his sport – Ronnie O’Sullivan’s life is stranger than fiction. So it is little wonder that the snooker ace has drawn heavily on his own experiences when writing his […]
REIGNING UK snooker champion Neil Robertson was knocked out of this year’s tournament in the first round by veteran amateur Peter Lines who cruelly had his professional status ripped away after 25 years in the summer. The unknown 46-year-old stunned the crowd at the York Barbican centre by beating the popular Australian 6-3. And Lines […]
RONNIE O’SULLIVAN claims God has told him to quit snooker. But thankfully ‘The Rocket’, OBE, has ignored advice from above. O’Sullivan reckons God told him to put his cue away for good and stick to punditry with Eurosport. But the 40-year-old says he then shelved the conversation for another day – although he does not want to […]