O’Sullivan lost the frame after a debate with referee Desislava Bozhilova over a re-spotted black during his quarter-final match with Stuart Bingham

Ronnie O’Sullivan has explained why he made the ‘greatest act of sportsmanship ever seen’ during a game. ‘The Rocket’ was playing in the World Snooker Championship quarter-final yesterday (1 May) when the black ball was re-spot. And what the 48-year-old Brit did during the situation has been hailed by many as a ‘class act’.

Ronnie O’Sullivan was a man in dialogue, in conversation with an urgent voice in his head, one which, besieging his mind with a frayed old Corinthian ideal of fairness and integrity, insisted some things were even more vital than winning.

Ronnie O’Sullivan was praised for an apparent act of sportsmanship midway through the second session of his World Snooker Championship quarter-final against Stuart Bingham at the Crucible. O’Sullivan ended the session locked together at 8-8 with his fellow former world champion,

Ronnie O’Sullivan produced what former world champion Neil Robertson described as “the greatest bit of sportsmanship I’ve ever seen in any sport” following a bizarre incident during the Crucible quarter-finals on Wednesday.

Neil Robertson hailed Ronnie O’Sullivan for producing the ‘greatest bit of sportsmanship’ he’s ever seen in his World Snooker Championship quarter-final with Stuart Bingham. The Rocket was 6-5 ahead at the Crucible and looking to extend his lead when a controversial few seconds occurred.

O’Sullivan was initially praised for his sportsmanship but later clarified his decision not to try potting a red.

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Astonished John Parrott hit out at the decision to allow spectators to trickle back in while Ronnie O'Sullivan and Stuart Bingham were locked in a quarter-final epic at the Crucible. The game was momentarily paused in the 21st frame when the Rocket waited for fans to make their way back into their chairs,

Ronnie O’Sullivan bowed out of the World Snooker Championship in combative fashion last night, arguing that some referees had it in for him and he had to be coaxed into playing this year’s event.Former champion Stuart Bingham produced a stunning display to shock the tournament favourite on a day of surprises for a 13-10 quarter-final victory,