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She then added another message clarifying her split from the snooker star.Laila wrote: “After ten years of love and memories, Ronnie and I have parted ways.“Peace and love to you all, Laila X”The pair got engaged in 2013, following their initial meeting in 2012.In 2016, The Holby City star told The Irish Times that the two met accidentally while house-hunting.She said: "It happened by accident.

Neil Robertson is currently competing against Barry Hawkins, 42, in the final of the Masters in London.The Australian has opened up in the past about the “really tough” time he’s had with snooker, as he has also been busy supporting his wife during her mental health struggles.In 2017, Neil admitted that his career in professional sports had been tricky to balance with issues at home, as his wife was battling anxiety and depression for several years.Remembering the last few years with Andy Goldstein on Eurosport’s vodcast in 2020, the snooker player revealed just how tough life had been at times for the couple.The issues they experienced reportedly saw him drop down to 20 in the world rankings and miss the Masters for the first time in 10 years.Speaking to Andy he said: “What Tyson Fury did a year or so ago when he did that documentary where he discussed his issues with mental health, his anxiety and depression… “Watching that, I felt as though I was watching Mille talk. He was talking about the exact same thing more or less,” Neil explained.“She wasn’t substance-abusing with drugs, but with anxiety one of the big things people do is drink alcohol to try and settle it down, and that is what Mille was doing, which was very tough for me to try and juggle that and try and be one of the best snooker players in the world.“For a few years, I was doing that without really talking about it.

snooker tournaments between 2003 and 2004.In 2003, she took part in Blackpool's WEPF Ladies World Championship, followed by the Ladies European Championship in Jersey.For the latter competition, Vikki made it to the semi-final before being defeated by fellow pool player Barbara Taylor.Vikki - who is now a full-time mum - was born in Ipswich.In her teenage years, she developed a broad interest in the sport.And though her career was short-lived, having only played in a handful of tournaments as a professional pool player, she's seemingly now living her dream through her partner.The doting couple became engaged in 2010 before tying the knot a year later.Their wedding ceremony was held in Mexico in May 2011, where they were joined by close friends and family members who watched as the couple exchanged their vows.While Vikki has since retired from pool, she shows her act of support by cheering him on at all of his snooker games.When Mark won his second world title against Ding Junhui in 2016, the Leicester-born star dedicated his triumph to his father-in-law, who passed away in September 2015."I've not really got that much family, so I class Vikki's family as my own," the father-of-one shared."She lost her father last year, and two years ago, when I won it, he was here watching."So it was quite emotional him not being here."But I'm sure he was looking down, and if this was for anyone, it was for Terry."Mark gushed about his close bond to Vikki's dad, saying he was extremely close to her father.And while he was no longer going to be around for his son-in-law's snooker games, Mark hoped Vikki's dad was proud of his win."I knew Vikki would be emotional," Mark added."Terry was probably the next biggest thing I had to a father

Ronnie O’Sullivan is currently playing in the UK Snooker Championship, where he’ll once again be supported by his fiancee Laila Rouass.The star opened up in an unearthed interview about their life together, including a particularly stressful phone call he received from a terrified Laila.Back in 2017, Laila and her daughter Inez were caught up in a Barcelona terrorist attack.The attacks took place on August 17 when a terrorist drove a van into pedestrians on La Rambla.At the time, the Holby City actress was in a restaurant in the city with her daughter.Ronnie has since explained how she called him while it was going on.He said in 2017: “I felt helpless. I just wanted them both to be safe.“We just kept talking.

Piers Morgan has weighed in with his thoughts on snooker player Shaun Murphy’s comments about the game.This comes after Shaun shared how he feels professional tournaments should not allow amateur players.This comes after he lost in the first round at the UK Championship to an amateur player.Outspoken broadcaster Piers reacted to Shaun saying “It is not fair, it is not right” on Twitter earlier today.In view of his 7.9 million followers on the platform, Piers retweeted the news.Alongside this, he penned: “What a massive baby.”Shaun blasted snooker authorities earlier today over his surprising defeat.The player, who was the 2005 world champion, was beaten by Si Jiahui of China.He lost to the amateur player in the first round on Tuesday

The World Snooker Championship has been rescheduled with the tournament now set to get underway on July 31.

Top snooker referee Olivier Marteel has joined the health heroes on the coronavirus front line and is using scuba diver masks in a bid to fill the void left by lack of equipment.

Ronnie O’Sullivan has hinted that he is close to retiring from snooker after admitting he enjoys life when playing less.

Snooker legend Ronnie O'Sullivan believes he wasted nine years of his career by partying too much instead of fully dedicating his time to the sport.

By the time of his death due to throat cancer in 2010, Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins had cemented his place in snooker history as one of the most enigmatic players to ever pick up a cue.

Legendary snooker star Willie Thorne has been diagnosed with leukaemia with the 66-year-old set to start chemotherapy immediately.

Tour Championship snooker is set to go ahead behind closed doors today, despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic causing most other events to be suspended.

Snooker bosses have discussed the possibility of playing the World Championship behind closed doors.

Snooker star Willie Thorne cannot move his arms and legs, feed himself or put a drink to his mouth after being struck down by sepsis.

Live sport will return to free-to-air UK television for the first time when Championship League Snooker kicks off on ITV4 from June 1.

Professional snooker will restart in two weeks’ time - under a strict new set of health and safety measures.