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BRENTWOOD, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 19: Mark Allen of Northern Ireland chalks the cue in the Quarterfinal match against Elliot Slessor of England on day 9 of 2025 BetVictor English Open at the Brentwood Leisure Centre on September 19, 2025 in Brentwood, Englan

Comeback king Allen storms into English Open final

Mark Allen produced another superb comeback to beat Jak Jones in a deciding frame and reach his first English Open final, which will be against Zhou Yuelong.

Snooker • 22 Sep

Mark Allen pulled off a comeback against Jak Jones

Defending champion Allen storms back to reach semis

Defending champion Mark Allen hit back from three frames down to beat Jak Jones and book his place in the semi-finals of the Champion of Champions event in Bolton.

Snooker • 11 Nov 24

Kyren Wilson reacts with his children Finley (L) and Bailey after winning the World Snooker Championship final

Emotional Wilson hails family after World triumph

Kyren Wilson turned his first world snooker title into a family affair after withstanding a stirring fightback from qualifier Jak Jones to triumph 18-14 at the Crucible.

Snooker • 07 May 24

Wilson kisses the World Championship trophy

Wilson holds off Jones to be crowned World Champion

England's Kyren Wilson has won the World Snooker Championship, beating Wales' Jak Jones 18-14 in the final in Sheffield.

Snooker • 07 May 24

Jak Jones of Wales shakes hands with Kyren Wilson of England

Wilson keeps Jones at bay to lead into final session

Kyren Wilson repelled a determined effort from Jak Jones to conserve his five-frame lead after the penultimate session of the World Snooker Championship final in Sheffield.

Snooker • 06 May 24

Kyren Wilson (L) and Jak Jones are doing battle for the World Snooker Championship title

Updated Jones lets Wilson off hook after final first-day rally

Jak Jones missed a golden chance to pile the pressure on his opponent Kyren Wilson as his improbable Crucible comeback came up short at the end of the first day of the World Snooker Championship final.

Snooker • 05 May 24

Kyren Wilson will start a heavy favourite in his second final against Jak Jones

Jones and Wilson to meet in World Championship final

Jak Jones sealed his status as one of the unlikeliest of World Snooker Championship finalists after completing an attritional 17-12 triumph over former champion Stuart Bingham at the Crucible that set up a meeting with 2020 runner-up Kyren Wilson.

Snooker • 04 May 24

Jak Jones had to dig deep against Stuart Bingham

Jones fightback adds to semi-final intrigue at Crucible

Kyren Wilson and David Gilbert could not be separated by the end of the first session of their World Snooker Championship semi-final at the Crucible.

Snooker • 03 May 24

A record eighth world title will have to wait for Ronnie O'Sullivan

Allen new No 1 after shock exits for O'Sullivan & Trump

Ronnie O'Sullivan and Judd Trump both crashed out of the World Snooker Championship on an extraordinary day of quarter-final action at the Crucible that made Mark Allen the first world number one from Ireland.

Snooker • 01 May 24