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Ronnie O’Sullivan due to medical reasons, with Neil Robertson stepping in for the prestigious Snooker event.

.Mohammad Asif enters record books winning third title at International Billiards & Snooker Federation Championship

National cueists Asjad Iqbal and Owais Munir led Pakistan to an easy victory in the quarter-finals

32-year-old claims that seeing a hypnotherapist helped him during his run to the final

World number one quest to win an eighth title was ended by 2015 champion Stuart Bingham in the quarter-finals

Seven-time champion O'Sullivan suggests it should be moved to Saudi Arabia or China

Four-time snooker champion speaks out on mental health struggles caused by the sport

Iranian criticises Crucible after crashing out to Trump

Belgian falls victim to ‘Crucible curse’ and loses 10-9

He has dominated the game for over two decades

Ten Chinese players were handed bans of varying lengths by the WPBSA

Brother Umar reflects on inseparable bond, indelible mark left on world of snooker

Country’s first pro cueist Vafaei’s success on international stage has seen sport grow

In the final held in Tehran, Ahsan defeated local cueist Darehchi with a score of 5-2

Chinese duo and 10 other players punished by sport’s governing body for match-fixing

Wins by four frames to one in quarter-final match; later loses semi-final to Lim Kok Leong

British legend tips three to four players from Asian country as potential world champions

Pakistan’s 16-year-old cueist dedicates IBSF world championship win to late parents

Beats Iran's Amir Sarkosh in the final of event, after beating defending champion Asif in semis

Cueist was one part of trio of Pakistanis who all qualified for semi-finals

Manager Kapadia hopes U21 players won’t return empty handed to Pakistan

Six-time champion says he doesn’t want to pull out of event by contracting virus

31-year-old, who has won a total of 20 ranking titles, was due to play David Gilbert in his opening match

Player spent years honing his skills and can now give anyone at his local snooker hall a run for their money

Wells was one of five withdrawals from the Milton Keynes tournament, with Gary Wilson also testing positive

Only O'Sullivan, who won his 37th ranking crown at the world championship, has been more successful than him

'Rocket' Ronnie celebrated a sixth world title on Sunday

Former world number one says the poor quality of younger players had secured his position

Former world number one had said the organisers were treating players like "lab rats"

Anthony Hamilton, who suffers from asthma, had branded the decision to allow fans to attend the event as "ridiculous"

Former world number one O'Sullivan says move will not achieve anything

The sport's premier tournament was originally scheduled to open in Sheffield last week

Four-time champion’s bid for another world title remains on hold

World champion cueist says developing winning mentality is important for youngsters

Rues lack of government support even after bringing laurels for Pakistan on multiple occasions

Pakistani cueist beats Philippines’ Jefrey Roda 8-5 in final of IBSF World Snooker Championship

Asjad Iqbal and Mohammad Bilal defeat Pankaj Advani and Laxman Rawat 3-1 in final

Babar Masih and Zulfiqar Qadir put up a good show during critical moments of the game to lift winning trophy

Babar loses final to bag silver, Asjad grabs bronze after losing semi-final

Pakistan Billiards and Snooker Association manager Naveed Kapadia believes country will win a medal

Asif defeated national junior champion, Ali Haider in the final round

Teenager accrues lowest amount of points in world snooker championships’ 43-year history

Organisers unable to assure Men in Green’s participation, Tour likely to be cancelled

Teenage cueists says he wants to pursue snooker as future career

Players reveal they were asked to sign central contracts blindly even before the end of last ones

Cueist beats Irish opponent O'Donoghue 6-1 in final

Cueist outplays Hong Kong's Chrung Ka Wai 5-4 in the semi-finals

Bilal, Babar, Asif and Majid win team event, bag silver, bronze in individual matches

Bilal, Babar, Asif and Majid win team event, bag silver, bronze in individual matches

Babar Masih and Muhammad Asif beat Pankaj Advani and Malkeet Singh 3-2 in a rousing final