Snooker-Pigeon disrupts World Championship action at Crucible

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A pigeon caused a bizarre delay midway through Mark Selby's second-round World Championship match against Yan Bingtao on Friday, delighting and amusing the players, officials and the crowd at the Crucible in Sheffield.After five frames with Yan leading 3-2, the bird flew towards him before landing on the

A pigeon caused a bizarre delay midway through Mark Selby's second-round World Championship match against Yan Bingtao on Friday, delighting and amusing the players, officials and the crowd at the Crucible in Sheffield.

"There is a pigeon, yes, you heard that correctly, a pigeon in the Crucible Theatre," John Virgo said while describing the action on BBC."Absolutely extraordinary... It looked for a moment as though Yan Bingtao had had a towel thrown towards him.

 

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