Summary
STEPHEN HENDRY has warned snooker's worried players that taking their cue from current TV boom sport darts in a bid to pep up the game's flagging image would be a step in the wrong direction. Hendry marked his 40th birthday 24 hours earlier by checking out early in the Wembley Masters -- a tournament he used to dominate -- but the struggling seven-time world champion still has the sport's future at heart.
Crucible champion and old rival Ronnie O'Sullivan claimed this week that a darts-style atmosphere and a Simon Cowell figure might rescue 'a dying game' and recapture the sporting public's imagination.See the full content of this document
Extract
We Must Not Copy Darts, Insists Hendry ; Snooker
But Hendry, pipped 6-4 to a quarter-final spot by Neil Robertson, s...
See the full content of this document
Sponsored links
