Hossein Vafaei stoked up his rivalry with Ronnie O’Sullivan after setting up a mouth-watering clash with the defending champion at the Cazoo World Championship. Vafaei produced a brilliant display of ...

Hossein Vafaei is set to discover whether he will be made to pay for his outspoken comments about seven-time champion Ronnie O’Sullivan when the pair start their second-round match in the World ...

Jimmy White and Alan McManus both hit out at Hossein Vafaei’s criticism of the Crucible, with the Whirlwind labelling the comments ‘pathetic’. The Prince of Persia gave his opinion on the Sheffield ...

Hossein Vafaei has told seven-time winner Ronnie O’Sullivan to “play like a man” and vowed to make him pay for his perceived disrespect after setting up a second-round grudge match at the World ...

Neil Robertson feels that some reaction to Hossein Vafaei’s Crucible criticism has been ‘really disappointing’ and believes British players have said much worse without as much retaliation. Vafaei ...

Ronnie O’Sullivan shrugged off an extraordinary act of self-sabotage by opponent Hossein Vafaei to deliver a potential knockout blow in the opening session of their so-called grudge match at the World ...

Snooker chiefs have responded to Hossein Vafaei's claims that The Crucible smells. Vafaei took aim at the iconic location of the World Championship after being knocked out of the tournament by Judd ...

World number one Mark Selby crashed out of the UK Championship after suffering a 6-2 defeat to Iran’s Hossein Vafaei in York. Vafaei raced into a 5-0 lead with breaks of 105, 69, 55 and 56 before an ...

Iranian snooker star Hossein Vafaei has been told to ‘win some tournaments’ rather than complain about conditions following his extraordinary rant about the state of the Crucible Theatre. After being ...

Shaun Murphy did not like what he heard from Hossein Vafaei (Picture: Getty Images) Shaun Murphy is not impressed with Hossein Vafaei’s criticism of the Crucible, describing his comments as ‘sacrilege ...