Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua whakakahoretia e te tumuaki o te Ao Snooker a Barry Hearn ngā kōrero ka wehe atu te Betfred World Championship i tōna kāinga wairua o Sheffield. I tēnei tau te 40 o ngā tau o te whakataetae nui rawa o te snooker i te Crucible Theatre, ā, kei te hiahia a Haina ki te manaaki i te kaupapa. Engari kua whakakitea e Hearn kei te tata ia ki te whakawhānui atu i nga kirimana me te Kaunihera o Sheffield City, me te hoa whakawhitiwhiti i te BBC, ka mutu i te tau 2017. Kua whakakahoretia e Barry Hearn ngā kōrero ka wehe atu te Betfred World Championship i Sheffield. "Kāore mātou e haere ki Haina, wā!" te kī a Hearn. Kāore i runga i tōku pōhatu, "Ko te tangata tēnei nāna i tangohia te pūkoro i Sheffield". <unk>Kei te tata tonu ahau ki te whakawhānui i te whakaaetanga a te BBC, ā, ka hainahia e au he kirimana 20 tau ki te Kaunihera o Sheffield City mēnā e hiahia ana rātou ki te noho ki ahau.<unk> I tēnei wā, ko Ronnie O'Sullivan te toa toa o te whakataetae, e mea ana e hiahia ana ia kia rite ki a Steve Davis i te wikitoria i ngā karauna e ono o te Crucible. Engari e manukanuka ana te Rocket, te toa toa e rima-wā, mēnā kei te rite tonu tana tākaro mō te whakataetae o tēnei tau. Ka tae mai ngā kaiwhaiwhai snooker ki te Crucible i mua i te rā whakatuwheratanga o te Betfred World Championships. "He tino whakataetae ahau, ā, e hiahia ana ahau ki tētahi taitara ao tuaono, tuawhitu rānei", te kī a O'Sullivan. <unk> Engari he whakataetae roa tēnei kia noho arotahi ai, kia mau ai ki te āhua.<unk> I eke a John Higgins ki te 6-3 i tana tukinga tuatahi ki a Robert Milkins i te Rahoroi, i a Anthony McGill i eke ki te 6-3 ki a Stephen Maguire. Ka tākaro a Ronnie O'Sullivan i tana whiringa toa ki a Judd Trump i te Whakataetae o te Ao Betfair.
I tēnei tau ka whakanuia te 40 tau o te whakataetae snooker tino rongonui i te Crucible Theatre. Kei te tata a Barry Hearn ki te whakawhānui i ngā kirimana ki te Kaunihera o Sheffield City. Kei te tata hoki a Hearn ki te whakarite i tētahi kirimana hou ki te BBC. Ko ngā kirimana e rua ka pau i te tau 2017.