Ka taƙaita labarin:  Shugaban Snooker na Duniya Barry Hearn ya yi watsi da jita-jitar cewa Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta Betfred za ta bar Sheffield gidanta na ruhaniya. A wannan shekara ana bikin cika shekaru 40 na wasan snooker mafi daraja a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Crucible, kuma akwai sha'awar daga China don karɓar bakuncin taron. Amma Hearn ya bayyana cewa yana kusa da tsawaita yarjejeniyoyi tare da Sheffield City Council, da kuma watsa shirye-shiryen BBC, dukansu biyu sun ƙare a shekara ta 2017. Barry Hearn ya yi watsi da jita-jitar cewa gasar cin kofin duniya za ta bar Sheffield. "Ba za mu je China ba, lokaci!" in ji Hearn. <unk>A kan dutsen kabarina ba zan sami <unk>Wannan shi ne mutumin da ya ɗauki snooker daga Sheffield<unk>. <unk>Ina kusa da tsawaita yarjejeniyar BBC kuma zan sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar shekaru 20 tare da Majalisar Sheffield City idan sun so su zauna tare da ni.<unk> A halin da ake ciki, wanda aka fi so a gasar Ronnie O'Sullivan ya ce zai so ya daidaita Steve Davis's haul na kambi shida na Crucible. Amma Rocket, wanda ya lashe kofin sau biyar, ya damu ko wasan nasa zai yi daidai da na wannan shekarar. Magoya bayan Snooker sun isa Crucible kafin ranar bude gasar cin kofin duniya ta Betfred. "Ina da karfin gwagwarmaya kuma ina son na shida har ma da na bakwai a duniya", in ji O'Sullivan. <unk>Amma wannan gasa ce mai tsayi don kasancewa mai da hankali da kuma kiyaye tsari.<unk> John Higgins ya jagoranci 6-3 a wasan farko da ya yi da Robert Milkins a ranar Asabar, yayin da Anthony McGill ya ci 6-3 a kan Stephen Maguire. Ronnie O'Sullivan ya buga wasa a wasan kusa da na karshe da Judd Trump a gasar cin kofin duniya ta Betfair.
A wannan shekarar ne aka cika shekaru 40 da gudanar da gasar snooker mafi daraja a gidan wasan Crucible. Barry Hearn yana kusa da tsawaita yarjejeniya da Sheffield City Council. Har ila yau, Hearn na kusa da kulla sabuwar yarjejeniya da BBC. Dukkanin yarjejeniyoyin biyu za su kare ne a shekarar 2017.