Then misses an easy red with the rest. That's the best he's played for ages, a great session from both, and currently his A-game is better than Selby's. A new signing for Eurosport and GCN is the Aussie Robbie McEwen. Das Match beginnt am 30 April 2023 um What a terrific shot by Si to spin the white into the pack of reds off the black. Goes for another cutback on a red to left centre, but nothing doing this time. Bit of Mark Selby v Mark Allen? But again, no position to continue the break as he is forced to run back to the top cushion for cover. What is Si going to offer up in response? No colour to follow. A stunning red-black combo from Si to get the party started in the second frame. - Brecel lands extraordinary fluke early on against Si, Brecel reflects on 'unbelievable' victory over O'Sullivan and Hendry being his 'hero', 'There's something about this kid' - White and McManus laud Si, Highlights: O'Sullivan stunned by Brecel in Crucible shock, 'Possibly the worst match Ive ever played' - McGill after defeat to Si. An error from Allen leaves Selby one to left corner; "this is a good chance, this," says Uncle Joe. Train The Trainer Cna Instructor Course In Alabama, Positive Displacement Pump Vs Centrifugal Pump. He initially started combining riding with Eurosport work in his final season in 2019. Australian broadcaster SBS unceremoniously let him go at the end of the 2022 racing and so its no surprise to hear him over in Europe given he had such a high reputation. All eyes on the table with 980 fans inside the Crucible engrossed by the action. Troubling times for the 'Belgian Bullet'. Si can't hole a tough red from mid-range, but Brecel can't punish as the red to right middle doesn't drop. The final two reds are on and above the top rail and Selby misses the first, striking through it, to right corner. Just wow. Huge visit for Luca. And in goes the latest crushing red. A delightful run of 69 from the three-time ranking event winner. Brecel on the move then in the eighth frame of the day. Brecel living up to his nickname as the 'Belgian Bullet'. Drops in the brown and lands nicely on red on top cush. He wasn't planning on practising much today, just getting rest, and notes that the semi is only halfway in terms of the snooker you'll play if you'll win it. You often see sitcoms and comedies where older people are made fun of because they have dementia, but it isnt funny when it is in your family. Solid stuff. Si looks like he is going to score heavily every time he visits the table. Pocket will never take the pot at that pace. I had written a few scripts years ago when I lived in Birmingham, but I didnt take it too seriously. WebThe first snooker broadcast listed in the Radio Times dates back to December 1935, when legendary billiards and snooker player Willie Smith provided commentary for regional But he is not on an easy red having split the pack. She retired from racing after 2018, a season where she finished 3rd in the Womens Tour. The voices of the cycling commentators on Eurosport are beamed into our homes. BBC Sports daily coverage of the World Championships is being presented from the purpose-built studio at IMG by Seema Jaswal and Jason Mohammad with a commentary/analysis team comprising Steve Davis, Ken Doherty, Stephen Hendry, John Parrott and Dennis Taylor. Sean Kelly is almost synonymous with the coverage of major races on Eurosport and GCN. It is now set for a run in New York. Eeesh, Selby looks to go into the pack off the blue and misses it altogether. WebEurosport brings you live match updates including snooker results, interviews, commentary and expert analysis. WebEurosport Snooker commentator David Hendon has worked in the sport for many years, but during his spare time away from the box he has become an acclaimed playwright. Si looking well in the mood. The distinctive Irish voice on Eurosport. Brecel winning that opening frame feels like a long time ago. Deep screw back up the table is the order of the day, but Brecel comes up with a punishing long red to regain access. Left one to the yellow bag, Selby gets himself away, but trying to hold for a particular red atop the black off the blue, he overruns and plays safe towards right corner. Another power pot on black off its spot hits the leather of the pocket. Laughter. Make Eurosport your go-to source for sports online from Snooker to cycling, F1, winter sports and more. Can't keep losing the white ball at key times. On Eurosport, Dave Hendon and Joe Johnson are a good team, with passion for the game uppermost. Selby has been stuck close to the middle of the bottom rail oh, and cannon off the pink sends him into the pack. And he does, but Selby also has his, which is why he's at the table potting balls. Si ball, pot ball at moment. I wrote a play called The D List and managed to get it on at the Fringe. A former rider who has stepped up to lead commentary after initially being a colour commentator. The match starts at 10:00 on 21 April 2023. He gets full reward for it too, Selby missing a long one and leaving him in. Allen finds himself on the bottom rail, taking more than three minutes to work out a shot, and he makes it happen, coming off the side, flicking a red, off the top, other side, and back to baulk. He enjoys hammering down some colours with flourishes and a trick shot, black zooming around the angles and down, and this is the best I've seen him play in a while. A poor safety shot by Si gives Brecel chance of a long red which he floats in with ease. As his profile grew, he began compering cycling events like the 6 Day track racing and is regularly used by Zwift for their online commentary race events too. Copyrights 2023 RKG Snooker, All Rights Reserved. Viewers have heard more and more from Jez Cox over the last year. Has been quite an afternoon. Finally, he tells that his scoring is there when he needs it and his back-up game is better than in as long as he cam remember. This match is going to be. Snooker from the gods? Jaswal, who has also presented snooker coverage on Eurosport and football on BT Sport, is working alongside the pundits in explaining the action taking place in Sheffield until May 2. First up in the opening encounter is Luca Brecel, fresh from his 13-10 win over Ronnie O'Sullivan in a quite astonishing quarter-final, against the tournament debutant Si Jiahui, perhaps not so fresh from a 13-12 win over Anthony McGill before midnight on Wednesday evening. The counter attack in full flow from Luca as he reaches the colours relatively unscathed with the red along the top cush just dropping. One-way traffic via Si. Well now. It wasnt disrespectful to snooker, far from it. Eurosport has a select core of lead commentators who find themselves describing the action we see. The 2022 World Snooker Championship is under way in Sheffield as 32 players compete to see who will be crowned champion on May 2 when the 15-day event comes to a conclusion. There was a lot of pressure on him to perform and he did. That is a terrific little shot. A 28-minute frame is won by Si. Hes a familiar voice to anyone who stayed up late to watch racing in Australia, hosting with Matt Keenan and Bridie ODonnell. Here is a run-down of who is providing commentary and insight at the tournament. Developed & Powered by Innovative Solution Technologies | ISOLS Group. I then went to the Edinburgh Fringe to watch some plays and thought to myself that actually a lot of them werent that good. No long wait for this semi-final to catch fire. Writing a monologue, which is what Banana Crabtree Simon is, was really interesting because it is one person telling the story, but he also has a world around him. 2019 MINI COOPER S COUNTRYMAN SIGNATURE in Edmond, OK Mini Cooper Countryman Features and Specs. It will be quite interesting for me to see what they do differently.. Kyren Wilson is one of the steeliest players on the World Snooker circuit and he kept his Crucible hopes alive with a determined second session against Stuart Bingham. Im interested that it is going to New York. Should be first frame in the bag for Belgium. Allen gets away to left-middle, and that'll be level again. The unpredictable Belgian roared back from 10-6 down by winning every frame in an inspired final-session performance to and deny him the opportunity of at the Crucible Theatre. Luca misses with his attempt from distance and that will cost him the fifth frame of the day. Really arcs that cue ball into the cluster and the reds are opened up. Selby is really into his snooker at the moment - it's almost like's eaten a mushroom, or caught a star. Luca goes for a red to left middle, but leaves Si another long-ranger. Si has been missing nothing, but reaches 39 before butchering an easy red using side. A few early excursions from Si to the table, but just running out of position at the wrong time. Vintage. With nothing doing, Carlton Kirby still finds plenty to talk about and discuss, with the dad jokes aplenty too. Former world champions Steve Davis, Dennis Taylor, Stephen Hendry, John Parrott and Ken Doherty are also understood to be in the comms booth throughout the 17 Sean Kelly is a great of the sport of cycling a 9-time monument winner, 4-time Tour de France green jersey winner and winner of the Vuelta a Espana in 1988. Pops in the pink to left middle before wriggling home a red near top cushion. In goes brown to follow. The Australian had been He's not sleeping well and thinks it's excitement and the pressure you put on yourself. Handed another chance to get moving early in the sixth frame. 36 points in fouls achieved so far by the Belgian. 97 percent pot success. NEIL ROBERTSON and Ronnie O'Sullivan aimed a jovial dig at TV commentators after Robertson's impressive frame-winning shot. Seconds later, he absolutely thumps a long red down the rabbit hole. Really is getting through that cue ball with real meaning. Si seeing all the possibilities so far as he screws back off black to land perfectly on next red. But not for long as Si buries a brilliant long red with no fear. If he plays like that, it's hard to see how anyone can stop him. Erleben Sie das Snooker-WM Snooker Spiel zwischen Luca Brecel und live mit Berichterstattung von Eurosport. Eurosport Snooker commentator David Hendon has worked in the sport for many years, but during his spare time away from the box he has become an acclaimed playwright. Si eventually clips the white thin off a red before Luca hammers home a breathtaking long red and rolling up behind the yellow. Former Egghead CJ de Mooi performed in the original production. "So to be in it is unbelievable, from 10-6 behind to beat Ronnie O'Sullivan, playing so well. Stephen Hendry | Lockdown ReflectionsIt can't really be 30 years since the Crucible King won his first world title, can it!? Regularly commentates for Eurosport in recent years. Well, we've somehow survived the annual World Championship marathon until the semi-final stage as we reach day 13 of the annual 17-day potting jamboree in Sheffield. Astonishing end to the session. White opens up the reds and that could be a frame-winner. Every single bike race we watch has some commentator giving their spin on the action. Another eight frames to come in the morning before their third session on Friday evening. These talents don't hold back when the mood takes them. These two are so well-matched, but it's Allen now sitting at the side, watching. It is tough, but I am still here. Hatch is often on the biggest races and usually covers the race finishes too. However, it is fine to think you can do better, but really you need to give it a try. It's Mark in again, he quickly finishes the frame, and that was an incredibly engrossing session (of World Championship snooker). A 5-3 lead before they resume at 10am on Friday morning. He was initially mixing his GCN duties with the odd spell of commentary but soon changed the balance towards commentary. Quite possibly. This is a real chance for Si to restore parity at 1-1 in this semi-final. The battle of wits here is a joy to behold, and Selbz has a long think before proceeding. Brecel cans green, brown and blue with three sublime shots, but can't land on the pink. A bit of everything in that first session, but Si probably deservedly holds the lead heading for the second day of the three-day semi-final joust. In goes the pink to lead by three points. Luca nipping out for a comfort break before they get ready to roll for the final frame of this opening session. A lead of 60 points before Si unearths a sound safety. is it just me or does anyone else have to mute the commentary on eurosport, seriously they call everything wrong, they think he can pot it, he cant, they think hes Both players have played really well tonight, but it's Allen who's had the edge, winning the safety exchanges overall and scoring well under pressure. No complaints from me. Break reaches a rapid 40. The fabled one-table set-up is upon us. Which he doesn't refuse. Ranking the game's top five players in history, including World Championship stars. The American former pro rider won 4 national titles in cyclocross and was a top-10 ranked rider. It makes sense when you find out that he was a languages graduate Rob was in fact in his 4th year of Uni at Bangor when I started my 1st year there (also in the languages department). Allen runs out of position a little, but finds a lovely recovery cut-back red, then a nice brown to middle. Luca Brecel admitted that he has "not practised for this tournament" after he. Probably now the highest-profile commentator on Eurosport, the only criticism Rob seems to get is due to his perfect pronunciation of all words in all languages. You could hear her a few times during 2021 already but Christmas has been heard more often in 2022 so far. Luca then sends a red careering into the green pocket. Follow the World Championship Snooker match between Luca Brecel and Mark Williams with Eurosport UK. For non-British based viewers shes been on the world feed for Grand Tours. In his racing days, Blythe was a consistent lower-level classics racer and sometime sprinter. He looks like he's relishing the occasion, and if both of these play well, we're in for a treat. I came at the play from from two different angles: snooker and theatre. Catch all the upcoming competitions. Si escapes from the snooker with the old hit and hope, but has presented his opponent with a glorious chance to build up a decent lead at this visit. But he's bossing the table, blatting a pink right into the heart of right-middle, and this is fantastic stuff. He learnt the script in no time at all and brought a lot of his own ideas for the character. I think it is a bit like being a snooker player in the sense that once you have been to the Crucible you have the hunger to do it again!. In goes blue and pink and a huge roar from the crowd. Selby returns to the table seeking three snookers, and I wonder if one reason he does this is every player he plays knows, nothing easy, nothing for free. He earns a delicate cut-back starter to left corner, sinks it nicely, and this is a frame-winning opportunity. Hes been heard less and less on Eurosport and GCN recently as hes been on the world feed coverage for the Flanders Classics in 2021. Selby fouls a couple of times, but we're still at it, then he sees a shot he can play, so gets the white down the top end; immediately, Allen sticks him to the black initiating another safety battle. O'Sullivan could not make a break over 30 in the final seven frames yesterday, but Si has brought some ammunition to this encounter. After a brief rest in January 2022, McCrossan has been back behind the mic once again. World Championship final LIVE: Selby and Brecel battle it out for glory. Also fronting the BBCs coverage is Hazel Irvine, who has been a mainstay of the channels coverage in recent years, although she missed the 2020 tournament due to a family illness. End of break, but with a good lead in the frame and the table only fair-to-middling. His daughters, Zoe and Elynor are currently emerging talents in womens cycling. It was funny and had a proper story. WebAny help would be useful, because I think he stopped commentating a long time ago when Phil Studd and Neal Foulds joined the team. Selby tries steering to left corner, but almost half an hour without a pot, he misses, then Allen thunders into right corner and escapes through a tiny gap between reds. Boys on baize at back of one. All the way Mark J!! Brecel playing without a B game out there. "If I don't feel good I am not going to play well, and if I feel good I will probably play well - that is just how this game plays out; it is a mental game. Allen took more than three minutes devising a safety, it directly earned him a chance, and now he'll be level at worst coming back tomorrow. I'm not sure he'll work it out in time to win this competition this year - he's not played that well yet and his form isn't set-in like Selby's - but he knows he can perform under pressure, and if it clicks, he can make it happen. Report Schalke 04 February 15, 2012 6:16 PM GMT He hasn't looked like missing here and is playing with such presence and authority. Imperative that he starts to weigh in here, but he is out of position again early in the fourth frame until he comes up with a superb cut on a black. Would expect this to be the first of many judging by the way they've played this week. What was he like to work with? I'm not sure we'll see many frames won from a red potted following the break. After becoming a consultant for high-profile teams like Canyon SRAM and the Danish national track team, Bigham moved to Ineos Grenadiers for 2022. Rankings Update Osullivan Up To Second, Story Of The 2020 Betfred World Championship. Nowt but a double to right-middle! People always say to me that I should write a play about snooker. A former F1 aerodynamicist, Bigham has turned his attentions to cycling and helped his track team beat national teams. 80. He goes for pink to the green pocket down the table, but misses it and pink rests over the left middle bag. Magical level of play as he clears them all up for a 125 break. Brecel admitting that he did not hit the practice table before he shocked Rocket Ronnie on Wednesday. Has been quite the afternoon so far. Presents Si with the chance to pounce, but he rattles jaws with two reds left up. From talking about spring classics to grand tours, hell also be seen in the studio after races. Every chance now to press on, but Luca somehow jaws a straight pink. Allen misses a glide to left-middle but it doesn't matter, 78 and a good night's sleep for him, two frames to the good. "Amaaazing" purrs Uncle Joe, then the pack is broken off the blue, there's claret everywhere, and he's doing all he can to force an overnight lead. Break hits 60 as a red down side rail goes quickly down the hatch. Blue stays out. I understand nothing from snooker. With Si settling very nicely out there. No retreat as he powers in a yellow before screwing back off two cushions. Don't mind if we do! @SHendry775 pic.twitter.com/08FZazPeLB. Si with breaks of 125, 102, 97 and 53 with Brecel doling out knocks of 50, 72 and 69.

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