Five-time champion Ronnie O'Sullivan was pegged back to a 5-4 lead over debutant Gary Wilson in the first round of the World Championship on Saturday.Former taxi driver Wilson fell 5-1 behind but took the last three frames of the session, including the ninth having needed snookers.On the other table, Kyren

Defending champion Mark Selby dominated the opening session of his first-round match against Fergal O'Brien to open up an 8-1 lead at the World Championship.The Irishman claimed the final frame of the session to avoid becoming only the second player to suffer a whitewash 10-0 defeat at the Crucible Theatre.Leicester's

Jimmy White and Ken Doherty will receive invitational tour cards for the next two years, World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn has revealed.White, beaten six times in the world final, lost in this year's World Championship qualifying event to relinquish his card after 37 years.But Hearn said the popular left-hander

Favourite Judd Trump says he believes he is "the best" in the world and can win the 40th World Snooker Championship to be held at the Crucible Theatre.Trump, 27, has been the form player this season, reaching five ranking title finals and winning two - the English Open and Players

Wallsend's Gary Wilson is looking forward to the exposure that will accompany his World Championship first-round match against Ronnie O'Sullivan.Wilson saw off Josh Boileau, Peter Lines and Michael White in the qualifying rounds at Pond's Forge.The 31-year-old, who was runner-up to Mark Selby in the 2015 China Open, will

Ireland's Fergal O'Brien won the longest frame in professional snooker history to take the final place at the World Championship in Sheffield.He beat David Gilbert 10-9 with the deciding frame lasting two hours, three minutes and 41 seconds - 44 seconds longer than the men's marathon world record in athletics.Peter