That's like me.........but the opposite. I can't stand O'Sullivan, so everytime he plays in a tournament, I hope his time there ends as early as is possible. Which is why I was absolutely made up when Mark Selby beat him.

but ronnie is a class player to watch and pulls in a good crowd

He is class, but he's a first class Ar$e too

Looks like snooker will be making the main headlines tomorrow for all the wrong reasons. rlhttp://tiny.cc/40wwqrl

Jeez snooker needed something to make it interesting(to me, maybe others) but this is just of the scale in snooker terms

Steve Davis will be angry (if he has any emotions)

Watching it at the moment. Took my dad for his birtday for the first session of the q-finals on tuesday afternoon.

Now I like snooker but I have to say that final was painful viewing!!!

Wasn't it just! At one point it seemed like neither player wanted to win.

According to Sky sources, Higgins and his manager have pleaded guilty to match fixing.

Don't know the details but if this is true then I see no option for the WSA other than to ban Higgins for life.

Massive blow for the sport's credibility, especially given the high profile of Higgins.

I'm surprised at that, maintained his innocence all the way through and was supposed to be going to argue the same again today.

Cleared.

But banned for 6 months for bringing the game to disrepute.


Relief for Snooker really.

You've done nothing wrong but we'll ban you for attending a meeting you knew nothing about

Seems that Higgins manager/advisor was more at fault and because of that has been banned from the sport for life. Higgins is not totally blameless and could have done a few things differently so a 6 month can seems fair.