Crucible World Snooker Championship: Hossein Vafaei claims historic Sheffield venue 'smells really bad'
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A top snooker player has criticised Sheffield’s Crucible theatre as “smelly,” “so bad,” and “like playing in a garage” after crashing out of the World Snooker Championship this weekend. Iranian player Hossein Vafaei has become the latest player calling for the tournament to leave the Steel City’s world-famous venue. His comments come after suffering a 10-5 defeat at the hands of former champion Judd Trump. "Everything's so bad - if you ask me if I want to come back here, I would tell you no...

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