“The World Championship has been hosted by the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield since 1977 and won by some of the greatest players in the history of the sport – including Ronnie Ou0027Sullivan, Stephen Hendry, Steve Davis and Ray Reardon – but the early months of 2024 suddenly provide a glimpse of a lucrative, expanded universe for the sport with rising popularity in Germany, Saudi Arabia and China.”
Why a World Championship without the Crucible is suddenly not so hard to imagine
