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Archive May 1, 2025

George Clooney receives first ever Tony Award nomination as full list of nominees revealed

George Clooney has received his first ever nomination at the Tony Awards.

The nominees for the 78th annual Tonys were announced on Thursday (01.05.25) by previous award winners Sarah Paulson and Wendell Pierce and Clooney was named in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play category for his Broadway debut in ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’.

The 63-year-old actor is up against Cole Escola (‘Oh, Mary!’), Jon Michael Hill (‘Purpose’), Daniel Dae Kim (‘Yellow Face’), Harry Lennix (‘Purpose’) and Louis McCartney (‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow’).

‘Succession’ star Sarah Snook also got her first Tony Award nomination in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play for her acting in ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’.






Sarah Paulson and Wendell Pierce announced the nominations
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The other nominees in the category are Laura Donnelly (‘The Hills of California’), Mia Farrow (‘The Roommate’), LaTanya Richardson Jackson (‘Purpose’) and Sadie Sink (‘John Proctor is the Villain’)

‘Death Becomes Her’ – the musical based on Robert Zemeckis’ 1992 film of the same name – ‘Maybe Happy Ending’ and ‘Buena Vista Social Club’ all received the most nominations getting 10 nods a piece.

The three shows will compete against ‘Dead Outlaw’ and ‘Operation Mincemeat’ for the Best Musical prize.

‘John Proctor Is the Villain’ – a modern, feminist retelling of ‘The Crucible’ – and ‘The Hills of California’ were the plays with the most nominations, each being named in seven categories.






Wesley Wray with the Broadway company of Buena Vista Social Club


Wesley Wray with the Broadway company of Buena Vista Social Club
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Singer-and-actress Audra McDonald has become the most nominated performer in the history of the Tony Awards after receiving her 11th nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical in ‘Gypsy’.

Audra, 54, is up against Megan Hilty (‘Death Becomes Her’), Jasmine Amy Rogers (‘Boop! The Musical’), Jennifer Simard (‘Death Becomes Her’) and former Pussycat Dolls star Nicole Scherzinger (‘Sunset Boulevard’).

The 78th annual Tony Awards will take place on June 8 at Radio City Music Hall in new York City and will be hosted by ‘Wicked’ actress Cynthia Erivo, who previously won a Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical Tony for her starring role as Celie in the musical revival of ‘The Color Purple’.

The Tony Awards will stream on Paramount+ and air live on CBS.

The 78th annual Tony Awards full list of nominees:

Best Musical:

  • Buena Vista Social Club
  • Dead Outlaw
  • Death Becomes Her
  • Maybe Happy Ending
  • Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical

Best Play:

  • English
  • The Hills of California
  • John Proctor is the Villain
  • Oh, Mary!
  • Purpose

Best Revival of a Musical:

  • Floyd Collins
  • Gypsy
  • Pirates! The Penzance Musical
  • Sunset Boulevard

Best Revival of a Play:

  • Eureka Day
  • Romeo + Juliet
  • Thornton Wilder’s Our Town
  • Yellow Face

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical:

  • Megan Hilty, Death Becomes Her
  • Audra McDonald, Gypsy
  • Jasmine Amy Rogers, Boop! The Musical
  • Nicole Scherzinger, Sunset Boulevard
  • Jennifer Simard, Death Becomes Her

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical:

  • Darren Criss, Maybe Happy Ending
  • Andrew Durand, Dead Outlaw
  • Tom Francis, Sunset Sunset Boulevard
  • Jonathan Groff, Just in Time
  • James Monroe Iglehart, A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical
  • Jeremy Jordan, Floyd Collins

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play:

  • Laura Donnelly, The Hills of California
  • Mia Farrow, The Roommate
  • LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Purpose
  • Sadie Sink, John Proctor is the Villain
  • Sarah Snook, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play:

  • George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck
  • Cole Escola, Oh, Mary!
  • Jon Michael Hill, Purpose
  • Daniel Dae Kim, Yellow Face
  • Harry Lennix, Purpose
  • Louis McCartney, Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical:

  • Brooks Ashmanskas, Smash
  • Jeb Brown, Dead Outlaw
  • Danny Burstein, Gypsy
  • Jak Malone, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical
  • Taylor Trensch, Floyd Collins

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical:

  • Natalie Venetia Belcon, Buena Vista Social Club
  • Julia Knitel, Dead Outlaw
  • Gracie Lawrence, Just in Time
  • Justina Machado, Real Women Have Curves: The Musical
  • Joy Woods, Gypsy

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play:

  • Glenn Davis, Purpose
  • Gabriel Ebert, John Proctor is the Villain
  • Francis Jue, Yellow Face
  • Bob Odenkirk, Glengarry Glen Ross
  • Conrad Ricamora, Oh, Mary!

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play:

  • Tala Ashe, English
  • Jessica Hecht, Eureka Day
  • Marjan Neshat, English
  • Fina Strazza, John Proctor is the Villain
  • Kara Young, Purpose

Best Book of a Musical:

  • Buena Vista Social Club, Marco Ramirez
  • Dead Outlaw, Itamar Moses
  • Death Becomes Her, Marco Pennette
  • Maybe Happy Ending, Will Aronson and Hue Park
  • Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical, David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre:

  • Dead Outlaw, Music and Lyrics: David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna
  • Death Becomes Her, Music and Lyrics: Julia Mattison and Noel Carey
  • Maybe Happy Ending, Music: Will Aronson; Lyrics: Will Aronson and Hue Park
  • Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical, Music and Lyrics: David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts
  • Real Women Have Curves: The Musical, Music and Lyrics: Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez

Best Scenic Design of a Play:

  • Marsha Ginsberg, English
  • Rob Howell, The Hills of California
  • Marg Horwell and David Bergman, The Picture of Dorian Gray
  • Miriam Buether and 59, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
  • Scott Pask, Good Night, and Good Luck

Best Scenic Design of a Musical:

  • Rachel Hauck, Swept Away
  • Dane Laffrey and George Reeve, Maybe Happy Ending
  • Arnulfo Maldonado, Buena Vista Social Club
  • Derek McLane, Death Becomes Her
  • Derek McLane, Just in Time

Best Costume Design of a Play:

  • Brenda Abbandandolo, Good Night, and Good Luck
  • Marg Horwell, The Picture of Dorian Gray
  • Rob Howell, The Hills of California
  • Holly Pierson, Oh, Mary!
  • Brigitte Reiffenstuel, Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Best Costume Design of a Musical:

  • Dede Ayite, Buena Vista Social Club
  • Gregg Barnes, Boop! The Musical
  • Clint Ramos, Maybe Happy Ending
  • Paul Tazewell, Death Becomes Her
  • Catherine Zuber, Just in Time

Best Lighting Design of a Play:

  • Natasha Chivers, The Hills of California
  • Jon Clark, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
  • Heather Gilbert and David Bengali, Good Night, and Good Luck
  • Natasha Katz and Hannah Wasileski, John Proctor is the Villain
  • Nick Schlieper, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Best Lighting Design of a Musical:

  • Jack Knowles, Sunset Boulevard
  • Tyler Micoleau, Buena Vista Social Club
  • Scott Zielinski and Ruey Horng Sun, Floyd Collins
  • Ben Stanton, Maybe Happy Ending
  • Justin Townsend, Death Becomes Her

Best Sound Design of a Play:

  • Paul Arditti, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
  • Palmer Hefferan, John Proctor is the Villain
  • Daniel Kluger, Good Night, and Good Luck
  • Nick Powell, The Hills of California
  • Clemence Williams, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Best Sound Design of a Musical:

  • Jonathan Deans, Buena Vista Social Club
  • Adam Fisher, Sunset Boulevard
  • Peter Hylenski, Just in Time
  • Peter Hylenski, Maybe Happy Ending
  • Dan Moses Schreier, Floyd Collins

Best Direction of a Play:

  • Knud Adams, English
  • Sam Mendes, The Hills of California
  • Sam Pinkleton, Oh, Mary!
  • Danya Taymor, John Proctor is the Villain
  • Kip Williams, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Best Direction of a Musical:

  • Saheem Ali, Buena Vista Social Club
  • Michael Arden, Maybe Happy Ending
  • David Cromer, Dead Outlaw
  • Christopher Gattelli, Death Becomes Her
  • Jamie Lloyd, Sunset Boulevard

Best Choreography:

  • Joshua Bergasse, Smash
  • Camille A. Brown, Gypsy
  • Christopher Gattelli, Death Becomes Her
  • Jerry Mitchell, Boop! The Musical
  • Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck, Buena Vista Social Club

Best Orchestrations:

  • Andrew Resnick and Michael Thurber, Just in Time
  • Will Aronson, Maybe Happy Ending
  • Bruce Coughlin, Floyd Collins
  • Marco Paguia, Buena Vista Social Club
  • David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sunset Boulevard

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Victoria Beckham’s new eye makeup bundle saves nearly £20 on five products

Victoria Beckham Beauty has just made a 5-piece bundle available for purchase, giving beauty customers the chance to save nearly £20, but this offer won’t last.

Victoria Beckham’s new eye makeup bundle saves nearly £20 on five products(Image: Getty)

From her signature lip balm to innovative contour pens, Victoria Beckham’s beauty brand is renowned for her cult-favorite makeup. She uses both of her eyeshadow palettes and eyeliner to achieve her signature Posh Spice smokey-eye look, which is no exception to this.

Though they come with slightly higher price tags, Victoria Beckham Beauty currently offers its Eye Wardrobe Edit, which includes up to five eye makeup products, with a nifty discount on all items. If you want to use Victoria’s go-to products to recreate the Posh Spice style at home without paying full price, you may want to hurry—this deal won’t last forever.

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Victoria Beckham Beauty’s Eye Wardrobe Edit is offering a saving of £17.50 on five products(Image: Victoria Beckham Beauty)

One of the Eye Wardrobe palettes, which comes in four delectable shades, is included in the eye makeup set, along with Victoria’s favorite Satin Kajal Liner, which is available in a whopping twenty colors, the Future Lash Mascara, and a 21. Smudge Brush, also known as buff andamp. Customers can save nearly £20 on the five-piece bundle right now because each item boasts a handy price slash.

A posh mirror compact that is built to last a long time is included with the Eye Wardrobe palette. They are refillable, so there is no need to buy another palette; plus, they are plastic-free. This case, which retails for £24, is reduced to this bundle’s price to save £21.70.

The eye makeup palettes, which have received a lot of praise, come in four incredibly wearable colorways, with mattes, shimmers, and colors set to be your go-to for your favorite, frequently worn outfits.

These eyeshadows are referred to as the best shadow combination for a luxurious finish and have a buttery, smooth powder formula. Your typical palette will be overshadowed by the stunning, well-balanced colors of the Hyper-Perfected Shade Quartets. They are crafted with sophisticated undertones that innately go with any outfit. The decadently creamy texture of ultra-fine pigment promises to be buildable, silky, and easy to blend without falling out and wearing long. The irresistible shades were created to inspire creativity.

The bundle also includes the waterproof eyeliner pencil Satin Kajal Liner, which was created to give you the most smoky eye-toned appearance. The color range is extensive, with options for mattes, shimmers, and jewel colors. Nevertheless, more colors are appearing. This Orchid must-have is available in Victoria’s most recent collection along with white and pastel green, while cocoa, cinnamon, and Bordeaux, a stunning burgundy red, are other fall favorites.

This eyeliner is waterproof and smudge-free, making it ideal to wear it during the unpredictable autumn and winter months when the weather is unpredictable and has a creamy formula for smooth and easy application. Customers can’t get enough of this £32 wonder product because it’s so affordable and “high-performance” colors that are sure to turn heads.

A 21 and a black or red mascara (currently priced at 32, but now priced at 28.80) are included in the set. To finish the look, use a Smudge Brush and a Buff &amp. This brush is now £36, down from £40.

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Charlotte Tilbury has a range of alternative smokey eye palettes, including the £49 Charlotte’s Palette of Beautifying Eye Trends. Or purchase this Natasha Denona Mini Xenon Eyeshadow Palette at Sephora for just £24.

O’Sullivan and Zhao level in first Crucible semi-final

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Seven-time champion Ronnie O’Sullivan is level at 4-4 with Zhao Xintong after an entertaining opening session to their World Championship semi-final.

China’s Zhao, 28, a former UK champion who is competing as an amateur, showed few signs of nerves having reached the single table set-up for the first time, racing into a 2-0 lead with breaks of 60 and 62.

However, O’Sullivan, 49, appearing at this stage for the 14th time, clicked into gear and responded with three consecutive half centuries of his own as he took the next three frames to lead 3-2.

The players then traded frames, with Zhao breaking the right corner pocket potting the black while crafting an 86 to draw level at 4-4.

Their best-of-33 frame match, due to be played over four sessions, will resume on Friday at 10: 00 BST.

O’Sullivan &amp, Zhao in positive start

Both O’Sullivan and Zhao received a standing ovation as they left the auditorium after a hugely promising opening to a contest between opponents with a shared mutual respect, who are both seeking some sort of restoration.

Widely regarded as the greatest player of all-time, O’Sullivan is bidding for a record eighth Crucible crown in the modern era.

However, it comes against a backdrop of arriving in Sheffield without any competitive action since breaking his cue in frustration at the Championship League in January.

After Wednesday’s quarter-final 13-9 win over Si Jiahui there was also an open admission that he has only reached the last four due to the shortcomings of his opponents so far.

Zhao, who he has mentored at times, is only the third player from mainland China to reach a world semi-final and is on a run of 45 wins from 47 matches since returning from a 20-month ban.

He was one 10 players from China sanctioned in a match-fixing scandal and while he did not directly throw a match, he accepted charges of being a party to another player fixing two matches and betting on matches himself.

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The $10bn India-Pakistan trade secret hidden by official data

India and Pakistan announced a number of diplomatic measures against one another, including suspending cross-border trade and imposing visa suspensions, in the days after at least 26 people were killed last week in the picturesque tourist resort of Pahalgam in India-administered Kashmir.

New Delhi accused Islamabad of involvement in the April 22 attack, suspended India’s participation in an Indus River water-sharing agreement that ensures Pakistan’s water supply and trimmed down diplomatic missions.

Islamabad has called for a fair investigation into the attack, denied the accusations made by India, and said it will suspend all trade with India, including through third countries, among other retaliatory measures. Since 2019, trade between India and Pakistan has been suspended.

Both countries have also closed the Wagah-Attari crossing, the main land border between India and Pakistan.

However, experts claim that billions of dollars of secret, backdoor trading continues despite official figures indicating little trade between the neighboring nations.

What is the actual volume of trade between these rivals, then? And will the suspension of trade and closure of the land border truly impact trading still taking place between the two countries?

Have India and Pakistan previously engaged in free trade?

Yes . Trade between India and Pakistan began after the two countries were created out of British India in 1947 through partition.

When New Delhi granted Islamabad the “most favoured nation” (MFN) designation in 1996, a World Trade Organization rule that guarantees a nation treats all of its trading partners equally with respect to tariffs and trade concessions, trading volumes increased.

However, trade between the nuclear-armed neighbors never fully grew due to wider bilateral tensions. At least officially.

Trade between India and Pakistan totaled $ 2.41 billion in the fiscal year 2017-2018, up from $ 2.27 billion in 2016-2017. India imported $ 488.5 million worth of goods from Pakistan, and it exported $ 1.92 billion worth of goods.

But in 2019, India revoked Pakistan’s MFN status after a suicide bombing in Pulwama in India-administered Kashmir killed at least 40 Indian paramilitary personnel.

Bilateral trade decreased from $ 2.41 billion to $ 1.2 billion between 2018 and 2024. Pakistani exports to India decreased from $ 547.5 million in 2019 to $ 480.000 in 2024.

How much and what do India and Pakistan officially trade now?

Exports to Pakistan by India’s Ministry of Commerce totaled $447.7 million between April 2024 and January 2025. Just $420, 000 was exported to India during the same time period.

India’s exports include pharmaceuticals, petroleum, plastic, rubber, organic chemicals, dyes, vegetables, spices, coffee, tea, dairy products and cereals.

Copper, glassware, organic chemicals, sulphur, fruits and nuts, and some oilseeds are the main exports of Pakistan.

The immediate effects of the current trade ban, according to Shantanu Singh, an international trade lawyer based in India, will be felt in Pakistan’s pharmaceutical sector: pharmaceutical products are Islamabad’s main imports from India.

He also noted that the closure of the Wagah-Attari Integrated Check Post (ICP), which was the only land port through which trade was permitted between India and Pakistan, will increase the cost of trade.

“Land ports typically lower costs and ease of transportation, but with the closure of this land port, you would see a rise in costs of any kind of trade. Because Afghanistan’s imports used this land route, it will also negatively impact trade. The local economy built around the ICP is also likely to be affected”, Singh added.

Is there more real trade between Pakistan and India?

Indian exports to Pakistan are estimated to be worth $447.65 million, but actual trade volume is thought to be much higher as traders trade goods through third countries to avoid scrutiny and command higher prices when they are relabelled, according to official figures.

Unofficial Indian exports to Pakistan are in fact believed to stand at $10bn a year, according to the India-based think tank Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI).

What is the operation of this unofficial trade?

GTRI claimed that finding alternative routes through Singapore’s and Dubai’s ports has helped to accomplish this.

Explaining how the system works in a LinkedIn post, GTRI founder Ajay Srivastava said: “Indian goods are sent to Dubai, Singapore, and Colombo. The goods are then transported via transit hubs to bonded warehouses. The labels and documents are changed while they are still duty-free in storage. The products are re-exported to Pakistan under a new ‘ country of origin ‘ – say, UAE instead of India”.

Srivastava added that while illegal trade can sometimes be found, “this grey-zone strategy highlights how trade can change more quickly than policy.”

He continued, noting that commerce continues despite the formal trade restrictions that led to better prices even after re-export markups and maintains plausible deniability.

Does this sort of trade happen elsewhere?

Yes . According to experts in foreign trade, it is common to reroute goods by transporting them to locations where they are later transferred to other ships to avoid restrictions on international trade.

India, for instance, has been a location for such practices since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, said Jayati Ghosh, economics professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. To avoid sanctions, Ghosh claimed, they reroute fuel from Russia to European nations like Germany.

India has surpassed the Ukraine’s invasion in volume, importing 1.75 million barrels of Russian crude oil on average every day in 2023, a 140% increase over the same period in 2022. Russian oil accounted for about 40 percent of India’s total crude imports in 2024, up from just 2 percent in 2021.

According to trade expert Biswajit Dhar, China has been facilitating trade between India and India for decades by connecting goods to them via the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which includes Laos, Brunei, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Myanmar.

Higher tariffs are imposed on Chinese exports to India if they are exported directly. With ASEAN, India has a retail agreement”, Dhar said. Businesses will make every effort to satisfy a demand, no matter where it is located.

Will Pakistan and India continue to trade informally?

Since the Kashmir attack, government officials in India have been collating data on indirect exports to Pakistan and are reportedly lobbying to curb the practice. Due to Pakistan’s most recent trade ban against India, trading with third countries is also prohibited. This implies that Pakistani authorities are also aware of this informal trade.

However, preventing it may be challenging because, according to Singh, rerouting and relabeling goods in third countries are performed by private companies, including importers, exporters, and traders, rather than through official government channels.

“It is really for the customs agencies in Pakistan to determine whether the relevant nonpreferential rules of origin, if any, in Pakistan are met”, Singh said.

“This is typically accomplished by providing some kind of proof that the product importer must supply in order to fulfill the requirements that may be contained in Pakistan’s laws.” Therefore, Pakistan’s authorities must determine whether the good is actually from India or whether it is actually a circumvented good.

The challenge now is for customs authorities in Pakistan to determine how to tackle this circumvention through third countries, Singh said.

That would require them to bolster the scrutiny of goods entering Pakistan in some ways.

Because of the high demand, it will ultimately be difficult to stop this trade. “This trade is bound to happen because]India and Pakistan] have common cultures. And in Pakistan, he claimed, there is a sizable demand for Indian goods. “That demand must be met somewhere,” he says.

Traders are unlikely to want to relinquish a business that provides higher profit margins than official trade.

When we believe that the traders will act honestly and that the Indian traders will understand what the government of India is trying to say through these measures, Singh said, “This tactic] works.”

There is nothing that can be stopped, Dhar said, but if the traders don’t want to do that or if they want to be unscrupulous, they can’t.

Have India and Pakistan sparred over trade before?

Yes.

Trade was severely impacted by the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, which caused economic ties to be suspended, but the Tashkent Agreement in 1966 restored diplomatic and economic ties, allowing trade to gradually resume.

Trade slowed down as a result of the conflict’s resolution in the 1971 war, which further strained relations and caused trade to end. The Simla Agreement in 1972 emphasised peaceful resolution of disputes, indirectly supporting trade normalisation. However, decades of watchful eye have been keeping trade ties.

The Pulwama suicide bombing of 2019 further strained bilateral trade. After the attack, India slapped an import duty of 200 percent on all goods from Pakistan, including fresh fruit, cement and mineral ore.

Six months later, in August 2019, India unilaterally reorganized the former state into two federally governed regions by robbing the region of Kashmir of its semi-autonomous status.

Hodgkinson to make injury return in London in July

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On Saturday, July 19, Britain’s Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson will return from injury to compete in the women’s 800-meter at the London Athletics Meet this summer.

Due to a hamstring injury, the 23-year-old had to withdraw from Keely Klassic in Birmingham in February.

Hodgkinson set a personal best of 1:54.61 at the London Stadium’s previous year’s competition, which placed her sixth in the all-time rankings.

It would help her win gold at the Paris Games and add to her Olympic silver from Tokyo, where Hodgkinson will hope to win the World Championship title later this year.

After the race last year, I thought, “Can we do that all over again?” Hodgkinson, who won the 2024 BBC Sports Personality of the Year, said, “.

“It was such a dream to compete in the Olympic stadium, and I’m so excited to return and see what I can do.

That race really prepared me for what I did in Paris, in my opinion. I’ve won an Olympic medal now, which is pretty amazing to say loud, but I still haven’t won any world gold, so I have some really ambitious goals for the summer.

The best possible preparation for the World Championships in Tokyo will be having that crowd behind me in London and a few super-quick ladies to compete against.

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Hearn ‘a little more hopeful’ over Crucible future

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The deadline for a final decision will be in December, according to Barry Hearn, who has spoken with Sheffield City Council about the World Snooker Championship staying at the Crucible after 2027.

The Sheffield Theatre, which has hosted the blue-riband snooker event since 1977, has a two-year contract expiring.

Hearn, 76, the president of Matchroom Sport, has repeatedly demanded a larger financial commitment and improved facilities at the venue. Hearn, 76, is heavily involved in future negotiations.

Hearn told BBC Radio 5 Live, “We all want to stay here, but it has to be a combination.”

After meeting Sheffield Council, I saw a little more optimism: I believe there is more than enough chance that we will stay here.

By the end of the year, Sheffield has a lot of ideas, we’re meeting in three months, and we’re sticking to an idea.

“We need two years to get it planned properly if we do move, and it’s not something we want to do,” I keep saying.

The Crucible’s 980-seat capacity, which restricts ticket sales and overall revenue, has long been perceived as a problem for the sport, especially in light of player efforts to raise prize money.

Hearn claims the tournament will sell out with larger capacity increases in other significant British cities like Glasgow, Manchester, and London, in part because China and Saudi Arabia have been linked to bids to stage it.

The Saudi Arabia Masters will also be offering the top prize of $500, 000 this year to the world champion.

Additionally, he noted that the PDC World Darts Champion will raise £1 million next year.

Hearn also emphasized that growth and more money are not necessarily related to one factor alone in a place where he has a long history of attachment.

When Steve Davis won the World Championship at the Crucible in 1981, “my life changed.” He continued, “I’ve been here every year for the past 48 years.”

“Our history is here, our life is here, and we have hearts.” On both sides, I believe there is room for compromise, and we can work together to maintain the event while also providing much-needed funding for players’ return.

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