snooker

  Four-time snooker world champion Mark Selby is considering retirement after crashing out at the first round of the world championship 10-6 to qualifier Joe O'Connor on Monday. Defeat capped a dismal season for Selby, who has slipped to fifth in the world rankings. "I will take a long time to think about it over the summer," said the 40-year-old. "Away from snooker I'm happy, then when I come to […]

    Ronnie O'Sullivan may be the most gifted snooker player of his generation, but even the prospect of winning a modern-day record eighth world title has not stopped him from talking about retirement once again. O'Sullivan threatening to quit snooker is almost as much of an annual event as the World Championships -- which start on Saturday -- themselves, but it's not one officials can disregard lightly given the […]