Action from Day 7 of the Betfred 2017 Snooker World Championship

Just had time after work to catch the last frame of the John Higgins vs Mark Allen match at the Crucible, Sheffield.  John Higgins started by trailing 2-5 matches down, but came back by 72 points to 40 to leave it at 3-5 after the first session.

The Top 16 Snooker players gather at the Crucible

In a scene reminisent of last year, the day before the 2017 Betfred Snooker World Championship gets underway, the Top 16 players gathered for a photo call before the press conference that started the tournament.

Gathered together were: Mark Selby, Ryan Day, Neil Robertson, Marco Fu, Shaun Murphy, Ronnie O’Sullivan, Liang Wenbo, Ding Junhui, Stuart Bingham, Kyren Wilson, Mark Allen, John Higgins, Barry Hawkins, Ali Carter, Anthony McGill, Judd Trump

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.

Ricky Walden beats Mark Allen to International Championship Snooker title

Well done to England's Ricky Walden who has defeated world number eight Mark Allen 10-7 to take the International Championship title in Chengdu, China.

The world number 11 comprehensively took frames 15, 16 and 17 after a closely fought first session to claim the £125,000 top prize.  He had previously beaten Robert Milkins 9-2 in the semi-final where Mark Allen beat two-time world champion Mark Williams.

Of his third world ranking title, Ricky said "It's a dream come true, "I couldn't be happier. "It was a tough first session today, then I got better in the second session."

Hope to see you back at the Crucible next spring Ricky!