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‘I spent my entire World Snooker Championship prize money on cars – I don’t drive them’
When you win £500,000 for becoming a world champion, you’d surely have to be keen on driving to spend most of it on cars. Not Luca Brecel, though, who famously stunned snooker fans by prevailing at the Crucible in 2023.
Despite revealing he’d stayed up late partying and drinking during the tournament’s early rounds, Brecel knocked out reigning champion Ronnie O’Sullivan. He duly went all the way to the final, where he beat Mark Selby 18-15 to become the first man from continental Europe to lift the famous trophy. That also earned him his lucrative windfall, and he made the most of it.
