The World Snooker Championship began at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield on Saturday 20 April and finishes on Monday 6 May.



The 2024 World Snooker Championship has is nearing an end after 17 days of action at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield before the champion is crowned on Monday night.


Ronnie O’Sullivan entered the tournament on the brink of history, trying to claim a record eighth world title at the Crucible and break the current tie of seven with Stephen Hendry for most World Championships in the modern era, but slumped to a shock defeat in the quarter-finals on Wednesday.

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The 2024 World Snooker Championship has is nearing an end after 17 days of action at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield before the champion is crowned on Monday.

The 48-year-old has had a sensational season, already winning the UK Championship and Masters, meaning victory in Sheffield would not only have given him eight titles from each of snooker’s biggest three events but would also have seen him become just the fourth man – after Hendry, Steve Davis and Mark Williams – to win the three triple crown events in a single season. However, O’Sullivan lost a thrilling match, 13-10, to 2015 champion Stuart Bingham.


World number two Judd Trump also fell at the quarter-final stage, misfiring in a 13-9 defeat to qualifier Jak Jones. The Welshman went on to beat Bingham in the semi-finals, while in the other half of the draw, Kyren Wilson got past David Gilbert in the final four.