Ronnie O’Sullivan gives snooker retirement update and sets World Championship target - O’Sullivan is yet to get going this season but says he still has what it takes to compete with the best

EVERYBODY is tipping Daniel Ricciardo to become a Sky Sports pundit now he has been axed from F1 because he has a fun personality. But he will have to scrap the nice-man character and be brutally honest on some of his pals if he is to make a career on TV.

Ronnie O'Sullivan is set to miss competitive action for the rest of October as he gears up for a huge November on the World Snooker Tour circuit.

Ronnie O’Sullivan has explained that he wants to become a coach once he retires from snooker, but plans to teach budding athletes from another sport in addition to the game he has dominated for decades.

SNOOKER is known as a gentlemen’s game, but sometimes table manners go out the window. Even the sport’s biggest stars have got into a scrape or two, with some relationships going to

Ronnie O'Sullivan has threatened to retire from snooker if the sport tries to modernise and introduce walk-on introductions, as seen in darts

Asked if he planned to continue playing, O'Sullivan replied: "As long as I can pace myself." Next year, the Rocket will attempt to win an unprecedented eighth world title at the Crucible to surpass the record he currently shares with Stephen Hendry.