BBC star John Virgo is snooker royalty as a result of his successful playing career in the 1970s and 80s and his status as ...

The World Snooker Championship was streamed a record-breaking 29 million times across BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website, and the BBC Sport app.

How Zhao Xintong's historic World Championship win will be greeted in China - and what it could mean for snooker.

Zhao Xintong began this season banned from snooker but is tipped to be the sport's new "megastar" after becoming the first ...

Former Northern Ireland Open winner Mark King loses his appeal against a five-year ban from snooker for match-fixing.

Ben and Tatiana Woollaston are the husband and wife enjoying the spotlight at the World Snooker Championship - but never in the same match.

Zhao Xintong's World Championship triumph can help snooker's bid to enter the Olympic Games, says the sport's chair Jason ...

Snooker's legendary 'Class of 92' - John Higgins, Mark Williams and Ronnie O'Sullivan - have 14 world titles between them and remain at the top of the sport.

Ronnie O'Sullivan makes a successful return to snooker as he holds the lead in his World Championship first-round match with Ali Carter.

Neil Robertson is known for his brutal honesty and he certainly did not hold back when asked about the BBC snooker commentary ...

Ronnie O'Sullivan and Luca Brecel are both one frame away from making the quarter-finals of the World Championship as they hold 12-4 leads.

Northern Ireland's Mark Allen makes an "incredible" 147 break but loses to England's Chris Wakelin in an absorbing World Championship second-round match.