PERHAPS it is fitting that Wu Yize’s favourite film is The Shawshank Redemption, a movie about a fictional prison break in the US state of Maine. Because at this year’s World Snooker Championship,

Shaun Murphy and Wu Yize are level at 4-4 after the opening session of the 2026 World Snooker Championship final at the Crucible. Wu surged ahead 3-0 before Murphy’s four-frame burst, capped by a century, briefly put him in front, only for Wu to square ...

Shaun Murphy v Wu Yize live: Murphy trails in hunt for second World Championship title after protester interrupts - Murphy is targeting a second Crucible crown, 21 years after his first, but 22-year-o