Down the Rail

For the second time in my life, I took the 13-hour trip to Sheffield from Brazil to watch the World Snooker Championship. As opposed to 2022 when I attended the event's first week, this time I was there for the final week and, once again, with the media accreditation that gives me full access to the Crucible backstages and the press. And now, (as I did in 2022 turning out to be the most viewed post in the blog's history), here's my full blog about the visit: Sheffield I'll never get enough of the "Steel City". It's incredible to see the whole city embracing snooker and it really is something we could not have anywhere else.  Sheffield grew around snooker when it found itself as home of the UK's most popular sporting event in the 80's, and has now been the home of the game for nearly 50 years. And that's why it's become the "snooker capital of the world". Being in Sheffield is a huge part of the experience in attending the World Ch