Barry Hearn

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Ding Junhui suffers familiar Crucible feeling after a day of theatrics

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Money talks as Barry Hearn threatens to take snooker away from Crucible

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New 3,000-seat stadium to replace The Crucible could be on cards

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World Snooker Championship must stay at the Crucible - The Yorkshire Post says

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Barry Hearn interview: 'Sometimes the truth upsets a few people...'

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World Championship: Let’s build a bigger Crucible in Sheffield – says Hearn

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Players need to take snooker ‘to another level’ – Judd Trump

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State of the Nation - Snookered but Judd Trump’ can keep viewers entertained

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Barry Hearn confirms UK Championship will return to York next year

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Ronnie O’Sullivan ‘devastated’ as York loses UK Championship

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York Barbican loses snooker’s UK Championship, for one year only - Hearn

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Fans in waiting game over attendance to UK Snooker Championship at York Barbican

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Ad Feature Sheffield Crucible snooker tickets limited for 2021 - on sale Monday

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'People of Sheffield - I salute you' - Barry Hearn hails Steel City after hostin...

Barry Hearn has hailed Sheffield for helping stage this year’s World Championship and insists “this selflessness will not be forgotten”.

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Ashley Carty plays on at World Championships as title holder Trump avoids upset

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Trump tells O’Sullivan to follow Hamilton out World Snooker Championships door

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Peter Lines eases through first round of qualifying for World Snooker Championsh...

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Snooker chiefs want fans at Crucible for world championships

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Ding Junhui decision means all the top stars will be at The Crucible

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Barry Hearn hopeful the world’s best potters will still head to Sheffield’s Cruc...

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David Grace and snooker stars cue off sport’s return

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Snooker's World Championship rescheduled for Crucible with July 31 start

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Sheffield’s Crucible left snookered as World Championship is postponed

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Crucible Theatre closes to leave snooker’s World Championship in doubt

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How VE Day celebrations snooker Crucible final

SNOOKER'S world final in Sheffield will not have its traditional Bank Holiday finish.

Robert Gledhill

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Let me entertain you for a while longer, says O'Sullivan

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UK Championship: O'Sullivan breaks Hendry's record on historic night in York

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UK Championship: Barry Hearn plans talks with Ronnie O'Sullivan for '˜damaging' ...

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Barbican prize money for next year's 2019 UK Championship to break £1m barrier

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Former world champion Murphy calls on O'Sullivan to use his influence to help ch...

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Hearn determined to keep World Championships at its natural Crucible home

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'˜Crafty Cockney' Eric Bristow - five-time world darts champion - dies suddenly ...

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Why the first family of darts, boxing and snooker are turning their attention to...

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State of the Nation '“ Snooker: Time for Yorkshire stars to make the big break

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Barbican proves to be hot ticket as Fagan recalls first UK triumph

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Yorkshire is snooker's 'global centre for our sport' claims Hearn, as Barnsley ...

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Ronnie O'Sullivan denies 147 snub in Crucible exit to Ding Junhui

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World Snooker Championships: Ronnie O'Sullivan compares himself to a singer afte...

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World Championship: Barry Hearn hits back over Ronnie O'Sullivan's bullying clai...

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Sheffield's Crucible - Snooker's theatre of dreams

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'˜I'd like World Champs to stay in Steel City forever'

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The White Stuff: Stars need to take centre stage regularly for snooker to emulat...

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Zip it: What world snooker chief Barry Hearn had to say about Rocket Ronnie's '˜...

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Joe Cullen looking to deliver Premier League status in darts

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Hearn excited with 10-year Eurosport deal

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York's Barbican set to stage UK Championships once again

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Richard Hercock: Crucible's leading men fail to deliver on big stage

The Rack Pack: Steve Davis (WILL MERRICK), Alex Higgins (LUKE TREADAWAY), Barry Hearn (KEVIN BISHOP), Lynn Higgins (NICHOLA BURLEY), Jimmy White (JAMES BAILEY) chart the changing fortunes of snooker in the 1980s. (Photographer: Kieron McCarron/Amanda Searle)placeholder image

Rack Pack: When Davis and Hearn revolutionised snooker... with a little help fro...

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Snooker stars’ ‘big break’ for Bluebell Wood

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Barbican snooker final tickets sell-out

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Bingham proves his bottle as slur sparks way to title

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Hearn to snub any China bid for world finals

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Extended Crucible stay for world snooker

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