I think I am dreaming. Maybe it’s true ... Xintong – the first qualifier to win the title since Shaun Murphy in 2005 – has won NINE successive ties, including four qualifiers, and prevailed ...

Zhao picked up the famous trophy and a cheque for £500,000, becoming just the third qualifier to triumph at the Crucible, following in the footsteps of Terry Griffiths and Shaun Murphy.

Zhao joined Terry Griffiths and Shaun Murphy as the only qualifiers to capture ... "I can't believe I went on to be champion, but I am back now and I want to keep going." Williams had defied ...

Snooker stars Shaun Murphy, Neil Robertson ... Playing a semi-final over three days is crazy, I am not engaged in that." Selby, who excels in longer matches, backs the current format, but ...

Shaun Murphy has admitted that he remains confused by BBC commentator Dennis Taylor’s comments about Zhao Xintong during the World Championship. An extremely awkward moment between the snooker ...

Shaun Murphy has confessed to being baffled by BBC commentator Dennis Taylor's remarks about Zhao Xintong during the World Championship. A particularly uncomfortable exchange between the snooker ...

Snooker professionals Shaun Murphy, Neil Robertson ... Playing a semi-final over three days is crazy, I am not engaged in that.” Selby, an expert in the longer matches, enjoys the current ...

Shaun Murphy suggested that the legendary status of the Class of '92 – Ronnie O'Sullivan, John Higgins, and Mark Williams – may have overshadowed his own career and those of his peers.

SHAUN MURPHY has slammed his own sport of snooker as "stupid" in a bid to explain just how difficult it is. Murphy, 42, reached the top of the game when he won the World Championship in 2005 ...

Stephen Hendry and Shaun Murphy both feel Ronnie O’Sullivan’s World Championship exit at the hands of Zhao Xintong should not be put down to the Rocket’s cue troubles. O’Sullivan was ...

Shaun Murphy slammed a "jaw-dropping decision" as he waded into two controversial issues surrounding new world snooker champion Zhao Xintong. The Chinese star defeated Mark Williams 18-12 to ...

And 2005 champion Shaun Murphy revealed he asked why Zhao was allowed to compete. The 42-year-old told OneFourSeven Snooker Podcast: "This point was made to anyone in World Snooker and the WPBSA ...