They played in the same Premier League team in 2017, but central defender, Harry Maguire, and left-back, Andy Robertson, have gone up in the world since then, and the two friends are now star players for Manchester United and Liverpool, respectively.
The big news in British entertainment circles this week is that snooker legends Jimmy White and Ronnie O'Sullivan have landed major starring roles in the miserable BBC soap drama, EastEnders. Jimmy and Ronnie will enter the show in the autumn, as...
Snooker legend Jimmy White is in hot water after a friendly piece of advice he offered to a young lad in a pub was misconstrued, and a photo was posted on social media platforms with the comment: 'Jimmy White interfering with young boy's cue'.
The snooker world was rocked today when Peter Ebdon played a shot in under four minutes. It happened at the Heapey Open Snooker Championship. I caught up with him as he walked back to his dressing room, being very careful not to step in the trail...
Pool & Billiards- Pool players prefer to call the game Billiards so it is not confused with a swimming type of pool. And because the pool stick sounds too much like pulls dick, which is what the game is really all about. But players are understandably embarrassed by it and they don't want anyone to know. Try as they might, it's impossible to hide because the symbolism is just too obvio...
QUESTION Recently my wife attended a hen party on the Isle of Wight. After several drinks she began a game with another woman on the pub snooker table. She claims to have had a break of 155. Is this possible? Additionally she then went on to play darts and claims to have achieved a nine dart finish, whatever that was. Mr. Nick Swarzkopf ANSWER Hello Nick. Regarding the snooker, your wif...
The recent World Snooker Championships held at the Crucible, Sheffield were electrifying for all who saw it, with Mark Selby being crowned champion for 2014 after an epic duel with "the Rocket" Ronnie O'Sullivan. However it's what happened "off t...
As the Snooker World Championships rumble on, and BBC2 views continue to nose-dive, Head of Snooker, Barry Hearn has come up with a plan. According to sources close to Hearn, he's approached snooker god, and cockney charmer Ronnie O'Sullivan to play...
Millions of people around the world have declared themselves clinically depressed at the thought of accidentally switching the channel over to this year's World Snooker Championships. An unofficial survey of semi-official, machine-washable televis...
Ronnie O'Sullivan, the lovable cockney pocket filler, is back on the professional snooker tour. But his actions during a recent practice session demonstrated that the troubled player's return to health is very much a long shot. Ronnie re-joined th...
A married couple from Little Divot are the talk of the village after a dispute left neighbours reaching for their earplugs. Clive and Barbara Peddle, both 45, are well known in the village for their domestic disputes, but locals reckon this is the...
Former Eastender hardman Ross Kemp (Grant Mitchell in the soap) today called on the Olympic Committee to include snooker in the 2016 Games in Rio, Brazil. In a statement on his website Kemp explained his feelings. "Some people enjoy watching the...
Thousands of people competing in this weekend's snooker tournament at Sheffield Crucible are being told they face a public transport ordeal. Heavy crowds are heading to Sheffield bus station where long queues are expected. Most of these snooker pl...
World champion Ronnie O'Sullivan is to "take some time off" from competitive snooker after refusing to sign the official players' contract. Ronnie made the announcement on his official website earlier today. A spokesman for Ilford High St inte...
More bad news emerged last night for former News of The World and Sun editor Rebekah Brooks when it was leaked that the BBC are to take out a civil prosecution for the attack on her ex-hubby Ross Kemp, who played the actor Grant Mitchell in the flags...
Ronnie O'Sullivan is the 2012 World Snooker Champion after potting his way to a 18-11 win over Ali Carter. Resuming 10-7 ahead overnight, Rocket Ronnie never looked in danger of surrendering the lead and pocketed a 141 break - the highest in the history of the Final. Ronnie was also the oldest winner, at 36, since Ray Reardon in 1978. Carter did manage three frames in a row during the afternoon...
So today is the first day of the All-Essex Final, between 'Rocket' Ronnie O'Sullivan and Ali Carter 'the unstoppable snooker machine'. Ronnie reached the final beating three previous world champs in the first three rounds - Peter Ebdon 10-4, Mark Williams 13-6, and Neil Roberston 13-10. In the semi-final he beat Matthew Stevens 17-10. After a convincing 10-2 win over Mark Davis in the first...
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