SHEFFIELD: Snooker, a sport that once made household names out of its players in its British homeland and attracted millions of television viewers for the World Championship, will look to the 2006 edition of its showpiece tournament to boost its flagging profile.
The sport has all but disappeared off UK terrestrial television, with the exception of the annual fortnightly extravaganza at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre and last year’s losing world finalist, Matthew Stevens, has labelled the current professional calendar “a bit of a shambles”.
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