Snooker is played in almost complete silence. This unwritten rule allows players to maintain their highest level of concentration. That means no clapping or shouting out as players are taking a shot.

Gunia was a reporter for TIME based in Hong Kong. Marco Fu of Hong Kong plays a shot during the Hong Kong Masters 2022 Quarter Final match against Mark Selby of England at Hong Kong Coliseum on Oct.

Sheffield's Crucible Theatre was a regional arts centre with a polarising reputation before snooker came along, by chance, to ...

Joe Johnson started the 1986 world championships as a 150-1 outsider, but victory against Steve Davis, he tells Donald McRae, led to watching tennis with royalty and being mobbed in Tesco ...