Rounding up the week’s snooker news in 147 seconds...

Rounding up the week’s snooker news in 147 seconds...

Rounding up the week’s snooker news in 147 seconds.

Snooker legend Cliff Thorburn, who made the first Crucible maximum break 40 years ago, looks back on his amazing career in the new episode of the WST Podcast.

Canada’s Thorburn recalls his World Championship triumph in 1980, that 147 in 1983, and many other remarkable moments and anecdotes from his life in a wide-ranging interview.

Rounding up the week’s snooker news in 147 seconds...

With the annual Crucible marathon just days away, Joe Johnson looks back to his extraordinary 1986 World Championship triumph in the new episode of the WST Podcast.

Johnson recalls the moments when he beat Steve Davis in the final, and reflects on how it changed his life forever.

He said: ”After the final I went with my wife  to the snooker club, there were hundreds of people there to greet us. We were there until about 4.30am then went home. The next morning, about 8am, we heard a tapping on the window. There were press boys, on ladders, knocking on the bedroom window, trying to get pictures through the curtains. We got up and invited everyone into out little house, made them a cup of tea and talked about winning the world title. At that time, everyone in England knew who you were.”

Rounding up the week’s snooker news in 147 seconds...

Joe O’Connor reflects on the best season of his career so far in the new episode of the WST Podcast.

The Leicester cueman recalls his run to the final of the Scottish Open and also looks ahead to the Cazoo World Championship qualifying rounds which started today.

”It would be a dream to make it to the TV stages, that’s the pinnacle of our sport,” said world number 30 O’Connor, who is the highest ranked player yet to play at the Crucible. ”I have lost in the final round twice, hopefully this time I can make it and finish off an incredible season.”

Rounding up the week’s snooker news in 147 seconds...