‘Don’t come back!’ – Shaun Murphy slams Hossein Vafaei over Crucible ‘sacrilege’ 'He said he doesn't want to come back…don't come back. He doesn't have to.'
Shaun Murphy sets up clash with old rival after dominant opening Crucible win A heavyweight contest in the last 16.
Steve Davis can’t understand ‘weird people’ Ronnie O’Sullivan and Mark Williams 'You can't understand Ronnie O'Sullivan and you can't understand Mark Williams.'
Ali Carter and Ricky Walden give brutally honest assessments as they crash out of Crucible 'A pretty rubbish few days.'
Judd Trump fired up and fancying his World Snooker Championship chances 'I feel a lot sharper, a lot better.'
Mark Selby ‘behind the eight ball’ as he faces prospect of Crucible nadir The Jester will be in no mood for laughter.
Hossein Vafaei goes on fiery Crucible rant: ‘It’s just really bad’ 'As a player I’m honest, everything’s so bad.'
Judd Trump avoids World Championship banana skin with comfortable first round win The Ace is hunting down a second world title.
Shaun Murphy admits expectations are low but feels due a World Championship run 'I don’t go this year with much optimism.'
Luca Brecel admits he’s glad to lose Crucible crown in defeat to refocussed Dave Gilbert 'I don't like all the attention, it's not my kind of thing.'
Mark Selby on ‘horrible’ Joe O’Connor draw at World Snooker Championship 'Probably the only person I didn't want to draw out of the qualifiers.'
Dave Gilbert stuns defending champion Luca Brecel in World Snooker Championship opener The Farmer blunts the Bullet.
Hossein Vafaei returns to the Crucible with lessons learned: ‘Now I understand’ 'If you don’t put yourself in that kind of situation, how are you going to improve?'
Judd Trump on not going mad, Rocket motivation and wanting to hear some trash talk 'If Hossein wants to say something about me then I'd be very happy to receive it!'
Stephen Maguire eyeing retirement if he can’t relight his fire 'If I feel that I can’t get back up there then that will be it for me.'
Luca Brecel faces the dreaded Crucible curse but can the Belgian Bullet break it? 'If anybody could break the Crucible curse then maybe it is Luca.'
Luca Brecel hungry for more success after wild year as world champion The Bullet knows how to enjoy himself.
Ronnie O’Sullivan hint could worry World Snooker Championship rivals The Rocket sounds ready to fire.
Ronnie O’Sullivan rivals question the Rocket’s World Championship favourite tag 'He’s won a few comps and not really played great.'
The Future of the Crucible: Is snooker set to leave the iconic home of the World Championships? Should snooker stay or should it go?
Dave Gilbert reckons Luca Brecel is not getting what he deserves: ‘I find that unbelievable’ 'What Luca did last year was by far the greatest snooker thing I have ever seen.'
Mark Allen on massive games and ‘ridiculous match’ in World Snooker Championship draw 'A ridiculous match for the first round.'
World Snooker Championship draw: Ronnie O’Sullivan and Judd Trump handed tough tests The Crucible action begins on Saturday.
World Snooker Championship field set after tension-filled Judgement Days 32 players remain at the World Championship.
Neil Robertson stunned in dramatic World Snooker Championship qualifying defeat The Thunder shocked in qualifying.