Snooker’s Shoot Out: Why there’s magic behind the madness

Simon Cromie braves the beered up crowd at snooker’s quick-fire Shoot Out tournament in Watford
Snooker’s Masters growing into its home at Alexandra Palace

Simon Cromie explains why north London’s hilltop ‘palace’ is a fitting venue for the sport’s leading invitational event
Rocket man: Record-breaking O’Sullivan makes snooker history

Simon Cromie celebrates the enduring snooker talent of Ronnie O’Sullivan, and detects a calmer, more mature man at work