INFOGRAPHIC: Century breaks at the Crucible

SNOOKER - The World Snooker Championship will get underway on Saturday, 20 April, and recent years have seen a tremendous growth of century breaks, compared to previous decades. Ronnie O’Sullivan is on top of the wave of prodigal break builders. Click on the picture below to see our full Infographic.

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INFOGRAPHIC: Rocket reaches snooker stratosphere

SNOOKER - Ronnie O’Sullivan won his fourth Crucible Snooker World Championship title by seeing off Ali Carter 18-11 in the final on Monday. The similarly unstoppable Slavko Jeric and Ruud Dankers teamed to produce this Infographic showing how high The Rocket has soared in Crucible history.

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ON THIS DAY - 1997: O’Sullivan rattles in fastest maximum

SNOOKER - Oh, how fitting that the 2012 World Snooker Championship should start precisely 15 years after Ronnie O’Sullivan showed us all how the game should be played. He shoots a 147 maximum in 5 minutes and 20 seconds (averaging 8.8 seconds per shot), only two seconds shorter than it took Dave Brubeck’s jazz ensemble to produce the classic ‘Take Five’.

OFF THE WALL - Zero in 147 days, 147 in 5 minutes

FOOTBALL - On Wednesday, 14 March, Fernando Torres’s Champions League cameo against Napoli failed to produce his elusive next goal. His side went through to the quarterfinals, but the Spaniard is now 147 days without an official goal. Click here to see snooker’s Ronnie O’Sullivan rack up a maximum 147 points in little over 5 minutes. Idea for stat provided by Twitter follower @Joostsat.