Alex Higgins was the two-times World Snooker champion from Northern Ireland whose speedy style of play helped turn the game into a must-watch sport. But, away from the table, he was a wild boy – whose ...

For a moment in the mid-1980s snooker ruled the world. The 1985 World Championship final between Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor is usually seen as the high watermark, with 18 million viewers rapt by ...

Alex Higgins (18 March 1949 – 24 July 2010) was a Northern Irish professional snooker player and a two-time world champion who is remembered as one of the most iconic figures in the sport's history.

Snooker legend Alex Higgins is set to make a shock comeback after five years away from the game. Is the 'Hurricane' right to return? Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins is recognised as being one of snooker's ...