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BBC Sport looks at key facts and stats from the World Snooker Championship at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre....

The schedule for the 2014 World Championship at the Crucible in Sheffield....

World number three Mark Selby is convinced Sheffield will eventually lose the World Snooker Championship to China....

Irishman Ken Doherty, 44, who won the World Championship in 1997, says he relishes the time he has left in the sport...

You can watch the World Snooker Championship on BBC TV in HD, on the red button, online and on mobile devices....

After almost 30 years as a professional, the adopted Londoner is battling to stay on snooker's main tour....

Michael Wasley says his dramatic win over Robert Milkins to secure his Crucible debut was the "biggest of his career"....

Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan is drawn to face Robin Hull in the first round of the World Championship in Sheffield....

BBC Sport takes a look at some great finals at the World Snooker Championships, as the 2014 tournament approaches....

Peter Ebdon fails to qualify for the World Championship for the first time since turning professional....

Ex-world champion Graeme Dott will miss this year's event after losing 10-7 to Kyren Wilson in the last qualifying round....

Two-time champion Mark Williams will miss the World Championship for the first time since 1996 after failing to qualify....

Former world champion Steve Davis is planning to return to Q School after defeat in World Championship qualifying....

Steve Davis is one of five former champions seeking to qualify for a place at the World Championship at the Crucible....

Ding Junhui beats Neil Robertson 10-5 to win the China Open, his record-equalling fifth ranking title of the season....

World number one and defending champion Neil Robertson will face Ding Junhui in Sunday's China Open final....

Mike Dunn pulled off the biggest win of his career to shock world number two Mark Selby in the China Open quarter-finals....

Defending champion Neil Robertson survives a scare to beat Yu Delu 5-4 and reach the quarter-finals of the China Open....

Veterans Jimmy White and Peter Ebdon rolled back the years to reach the third round of the China Open....

Neil Robertson overcomes a virus to earn "one of the greatest" wins of his career in the first round of the China Open....