Steve Davis gives a fascinating insight into whether Ronnie O'Sullivan will win the 2026 World Snooker Championship

EXCLUSIVE: Steve Davis has given his verdict on whether Ronnie O’Sullivan has what it takes to win an eighth World Snooker Championship.

With the legend and Stephen Hendry having both scaled the mountain on seven occasions, ‘The Rocket’ needs just one more title to cement his legacy as the greatest player to have ever picked up a cue.

Steve Davis thinks Ronnie O’Sullivan can win an eighth World Snooker Championship

Having proven himself as an icon of the sport, very few are in a better position than Steve Davis to give their opinion on who will walk away from the Crucible with another piece of silverware for their trophy cabinet.

The six-time world champion believes that, while Ronnie O’Sullivan has momentum in his favour, with so many good players in the competition, anything is possible.

In an exclusive interview with Sporf, the 68-year-old explained: “I think he’s identified that he wants to win the eighth title, so I think he’s probably trying to build up to a crescendo in the season. He doesn’t play in every event these days, so he’s always saying that he’s a little bit rusty, which is understandable, but on the other hand, he’s proven that he can do that in the past. There’s an argument that he’s fresher than some of the players who’ve had a long season, but he’s one of many players who can win. He’s capable and he’s hitting form. Then, also, Thepchaiya Un-Nooh has hit form, so if Thepchaiya, who’s a lot further down the rankings, if it’s feasible for him to win it, there are so many players [who can win]. Gone are the days of only a handful being able to win.”

Steve Davis did a DJ set to warm up the crowd for Blur

While the world knows Davis for his incredible skills at the table, he’s a multi-talented man with a passion for music, with his DJing career taking him all the way to the national stadium to support one of the biggest bands in British history.

He beamed: “That’s crazy. When one door shuts, another opens. There was no plan, but I’d been doing a community radio show on Phoenix FM, for many years with a friend of mine. Somebody asked us to DJ at a small event, and it got a bit of publicity, and the phone rang, and it was Glastonbury. It was our second-ever DJing experience. It was a massive shock. We didn’t have a clue what we were doing, really. We got through it and then it spiralled out of control. Two summers ago, Blur were doing their comeback at Wembley, and we got a phone call saying, ‘Do you want to DJ in between the bands? They’re Essex lads, so maybe they took pity on me, but that was an experience. DJing in front of 70,000 people just before Blur came on was mind-blowing.”

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