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Steve Davis

December 2023

  • Stephen Hendry playing in the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible in April 1989

    That 1980s sports blog
    Hendry v Davis: the UK Championship final that changed snooker’s future

    Stephen Hendry’s victory over Steve Davis at Preston in December 1989 kickstarted his decade of dominance

May 2021

  • Northern Ireland’s mercurial maestro Alex Higgins was one of snooker’s earliest heroes.

    Gods of Snooker: how the sport went from dingy hobby to national treasure

    The BBC’s new documentary series charts how the game became a riveting TV soap opera full of colourful characters

April 2021

  • Crucible characters day 15: Willie Thorne<br>File photo dated 26-03-1986 of Pop stars Chas ‘n’ Dave right on cue for a knees up with the match room mob in London to announce the release of their new song ‘Snooker Loopy’. The mob are snooker stars (from left) Willie Thorne, Tony Meo, Terry Griffiths, Dennis Taylor and Steve Davis. PA Photo. Issue date: Friday May 1, 2020. By common consensus, Willie Thorne could have ended his career with a haul of major titles. Instead, he is best remembered for being ribbed about his premature baldness on Top of the Pops. See PA story SNOOKER Characters. Photo credit should read PA Wire.

    Guardian Sport Network
    When Snooker Loopy became an unlikely smash hit 35 years ago

    It sounds far fetched, but five snooker players once rocked up the charts with a single about hairlines, glasses and tears
  • Embassy World Professional Snooker Championship at The Crucible, Sheffield. Snooker favourite Steve Davis smiles a winning smile. 13th April 1981. (Photo by Phil Spencer/Mirrorpix/Getty Images)

    Guardian Sport Network
    When Steve Davis won his first World Snooker Championship 40 years ago

    Davis won his first title at the Crucible the hard way, beating a young Jimmy White and three previous world champions
  • Steve Davis and Kavus Torabi

    Steve Davis and Kavus Torabi: 'Can you spot which of us is the rock star?'

    The former world snooker champion and the avant-garde musician have written a memoir as intriguing as their unlikely partnership

June 2020

  • Willie Thorne by Eamonn McCabe Dec 1985 used 26 Jan 1986 OBS-6-9-2-7-2-T box 2

    Guardian Sport Network
    When Willie Thorne won his only major event – with a cue from his mum

    Given all his talent and maximum breaks, Willie Thorne should have won more titles. But at least we have the Classic in 1985

December 2018

  • Alex Higgins Wins The Coral UK Snooker Final<br>Snooker champion Alex Higgins celebrates with his wife Lynn, after winning the Coral UK snooker Final at the Guildhall in Preston, 4th December 1983. Higgins beat Steve Davis by 16 frames to 15. (Photo by Bob Thomas/Getty Images)

    Guardian Sport Network
    When Alex Higgins gave snooker its greatest comeback story 35 years ago

    Higgins fought back from an overdose, a stint in rehab and an awful start against Steve Davis to win the UK Championship

December 2017

  • 2017 Betway UK Championships - Day Thirteen - York Barbican<br>Ronnie O'Sullivan with the trophy after winning the Betway UK Championship at the York Barbican, York. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Sunday December 10, 2017. See PA story SNOOKER York. Photo credit should read: Richard Sellers/PA Wire.

    Ronnie O’Sullivan demolishes Shaun Murphy to seal UK Championship title

    The 42-year-old wowed the York Barbican with a majestic win that saw him equal major records held by Stephen Hendry and Steve Davis

April 2017

  • Steve Davis

    Steve Davis: ‘Since leaving snooker I’ve got my adrenaline rush a different way’

    The six-times world title winner now performs at Glastonbury rather than the Crucible and his new career as a DJ is providing fulfilment, he tells Simon Burnton

August 2016

  • Steve Davis

    Harangue the DJ
    Steve Davis: ‘Snooker Loopy is an albatross around my neck’

    The snooker great-turned-leftfield selector picks his top tunes, from Autechre to Chas and Dave

April 2016

  • Marco Fu

    Marco Fu tips match back in his favour against Mark Selby at Crucible

    Marco Fu lost his cue tip but kept a level head to claw his way back into the World Snooker Championship semi-final against Mark Selby and leave their match poised at 8-8
  • Simon Burnton

    Sportblog
    Steve Davis: snooker’s giant who played longest black-ball game of all

    Simon Burnton
    Steve Davis was jeered by fans, loathed by rivals and mocked on Spitting Image but he always refused to retire on cue – until now

    • Ronnie O’Sullivan holds 6-3 lead over David Gilbert in Crucible first round

    • Steve Davis retires from snooker after bowing out of World Championship

    • The agenda
      The Agenda: Olympic hopefuls get serious and the cobbles of Paris-Roubaix

March 2016

  • A sound of wonder, laced with a dram of self-hate: Thom Yorke at Bloc 2016.

    The last dance: 'genteel, unhinged' Bloc weekender bows out in style

  • Snooker legend Steve Davis at Phoenix FM in Essex.

    Steve Davis: 'Call me DJ Thundermuscle!'

January 2016

  • BBC's The Rack Pack featuring Steve Davis (Will Merrick), Alex Higgins (Luke Treadaway), Barry Hearn (Kevin Bishop), Lynn Higgins (Nichola Burley), Jimmy White (James Bailey).

    Trailer watch
    Baize of glory: BBC revives snooker's 1980s heyday with The Rack Pack

    A first look at the rivalry between Alex ‘Hurricane’ Higgins and Steve Davis in this trailer for the new BBC comedy film, launching as an iPlayer-only exclusive on 17 January

December 2015

  • Thorne

    Guardian Sport Network
    The cruelty of snooker: Willie Thorne, Gary Lineker and 'unmissable' blues

    Thepchaiya Un-Nooh missed the final pot of what should have been a 147 break at the UK Championship this week. Willie Thorne, who is commentating at York, experienced similar heartache at the event 30 years ago against Steve Davis

April 2015

  • Davis

    That 1980s sports blog
    How Steve Davis won his sixth and final World Snooker Championship in 1989

    The reigning champion had not enjoyed a great season but he showed his class at the Crucible, beating Stephen Hendry and John Parrott on his way to winning snooker’s greatest prize
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