Lei Peifan crafts a lovely break of 75 and all of a sudden he is level and the defending world champion Kyren Wilson has ...

The reigning world champion and top seed in Sheffield became the seventh first-time champion to lose in the first round after ...

WORLD Snooker Championship action is UNDERWAY on Easter Sunday from the iconic Crucible in Sheffield – and we’ll have a new champion this year! Defending champ Kyren Wilson was stunned ...

Chinese debutant Lei Peifan caused a huge shock on the first day of the snooker world championship as he stunned defending champion Kyren Wilson 10-9 at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre.

Wilson lost seven frames in a row in the course of becoming the 20th first-time Crucible champion to fail to defend his title, and the seventh to fall in the first round the following year.