World's top 16 Snooker players at the Crucible

Friday 15th April 2016 - for the first time ever, the world's top 16 snooker players gathered together at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield for a press conference in advance of the World Snooker Championships.

Mark Selby, Stuart Bingham, Shaun Murphy, Neil Robertson, Judd Trump, Ronnie O’Sullivan, Mark Allen, John Higgins, Ricky Walden, Joe Perry, Barry Hawkins, Martin Gould, Mark Williams, Marco Fu, Michael White, Stephen Maguire - all in place on the stairs at the Crucible.

World Snooker Championship - action from Day 9

Images from some of the matches going on today, Monday 27th April 2015, from the World Snooker Championships at the Crucible theatre in Sheffield.

 Shaun Murphy using the rest in his match with Joe Perry

 Joe Perry playing down the table in his match with Shaun Murphy

 Referee Olivier Marteel shares a joke with the crowd before officiating the match between Ronnie O'Sullivan and Matthews Stevens

 Ronnie O'Sullivan breaks off in frame 17 of his match with Matthew Stevens

 Matthew Stevens plays out from under the cushion

 Ronnie O'Sullivan and Matthew Stevens chat between frames

Ronnie O'Sullivan wrapping up a 13-5 win to move into the quarter finals