Player slams World No 19 Vafaei for criticism of snooker venueSelby seriously thinking of quitting after first-round exit
The former world snooker champion Shaun Murphy has made an emotional intervention in the row brewing about the historic Crucible Theatre which was described as “smelly” by Hossein Vafaei on Sunday.
World No 19 Vafaei said the venue for the championships since 1977 “smells really bad”, the practice room is like a “garage” and the tournament should move elsewhere but Murphy described the Iranian’s outburst as “almost sacrilege”, and complained that he has “not helped the sport at all”.
