John Higgins ended Ronnie O’Sullivan’s bid to win his eighth World Snooker Championship in one of the great modern games at the Crucible

Thirty years after their first match at the Crucible, 50-year-olds Ronnie O'Sullivan and John Higgins again go head-to-head on the biggest stage.

The World Championship last-16 tie between Ronnie O'Sullivan and John Higgins is set for a dramatic end after the Scot closed the deficit to two frames.

Four-time winner John Higgins produces a sensational recovery from 8-3 and 9-4 down to defeat Ronnie O'Sullivan 13-12 in a final-frame last-16 Crucible epic.

John Higgins ended Ronnie O’Sullivan’s bid to win his eighth World Snooker Championship in one of the great modern games at the Crucible