2018 Six-red World Championship 2018 Six-red World Championship The 2018 SangSom Six-red World Championship was a six-red snooker invitational tournament being held between 3 and 8 September 2018 at the Bangkok Convention Center in Bangkok, Thailand. Mark Williams was the defending champion, but he lost in the last 16 to amateur player Mohammed Shehab. The event was won by Kyren Wilson, defeating Ding Junhui 8–4 in the final. The breakdown of prize money is shown below: Group matches were played from 3–5 September. The top two players from each group qualified for the knock-out stage. All matches were the best of 9 frames. Positions
Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics "Great Britain and Northern Ireland" competed at the 2017 IAAF World Championships in London, from 4–13 August 2017. It was the first time that the United Kingdom had hosted the World Championships. Mo Farah won the first medal for the host nation, also winning the first gold medal of the Championships (in the 10,000 metres). <nowiki>*</nowiki> – Indicates the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final UK Sport targeted a minimum of 6 medals for London 2017, just slightly fewer than the set target of seven medals