Silvino Francisco, a colourful snooker star of the 1980s, has passed away aged 78. Francisco won the British Open in 1985 and reached a career-high rank of No.10 in the world during his peak. The ...

Former snooker star Silvino Francisco – who won the 1985 British Open – has died aged 78. The South African was a widely popular player on the circuit throughout the 1980s and reached number ten in ...

Terry Griffiths, who has died from complications of dementia aged 77, was the rank outsider who in 1979 pulled off one of the biggest shocks in snooker history when he snatched the World Championship ...

Clive Everton, who has died at the age of 87, was one of the most influential and important voices in snooker’s extraordinary transformation into the sporting mainstream. A BBC commentator from 1978 ...