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Sheffield to remain "integral part" of World Snooker Championship

The World Snooker Championships will remain at the Crucible until at least 2017. Credit: Tim Goode/PA Archive/Press Association Images

The chairman of World Snooker has welcomed a decision to keep the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield until 2017.

The Crucible will host the competition for the next three years at least, taking it up to it's 40th year in the city.

Sheffield and the Crucible are such an integral part of the history of the World Championship. Many thousands of people make snooker's greatest pilgrimage each year to witness the intense and magical ambience that the Crucible generates.

– Barry Hearn, Chairman of World Snooker