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Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a large (12 feet × 6 feet) baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. It is played using a cue, one white ball (the cue ball), 15 red balls (worth 1 point each) and 6 balls of different colours (worth 2-7 points each). A player (or team) wins a frame (individual game) of snooker by scoring more points than the opponent(s), using the cue ball to pot the balls in the manner described below. A match consists of a previously agreed-upon number of frames. Snooker is particularly popular in English-speaking and Commonwealth countries, and the Far East.
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World Snooker Championship 2006
The 2006 World Snooker Championship took place between the 15 April and 1 May 2006 (running into the early hours of 2 May 2006) at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield. Shaun Murphy looked to defend his world title which he won at the 2005 championship, however he was eliminated in the quarter-finals. Graeme Dott beat Peter Ebdon at 00:53 in the latest finish ever to a Crucible final (though not the longest final), earning him his first professional title in his 12-year career.
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Ronnie O'Sullivan
Ronnie O'Sullivan (born 5 December 1975) is an English professional snooker player. He is nicknamed The Rocket due to his rapid playing style, with unofficial monikers including The Essex Exocet and The Magician. He is considered by many of his peers and snooker fans as one of the most naturally-talented players in the history of the sport. His highest level of play is arguably unmatched in the history of the game of snooker, although a temperamental streak sometimes shows him lacking in confidence or interest.
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- ...that modern billiard & snooker chalk (pictured), which is not actually chalk but a compound of silica and corundum, was invented by player William A. Spinks and a chemist friend in 1897?
- ...that the prize money for the first World Snooker Championship was £6.50!
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