Scotland's John Higgins has beaten Judd Trump of England 18-15 to win the world snooker championship for the fourth time.
Higgins held off the 21-year-old Trump who had lit up the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield with brilliant potting in his bid to become the youngest world champion since Stephen Hendry in 1990.
Trump led 10-7 after the first session but Higgins then won six frames to edge 13-12 ahead and he remained in control of the match in the final session to clinch the title.
35-year-old Higgins, world champion in 1998, 2007 and 2009, returned to the sport in November after serving a six-month suspension for bringing the game into disrepute.
He was at the centre of allegations of match-fixing which were reported during last year's world championship.
Higgins was later cleared of match-fixing but received his ban for not reporting an illegal approach to discuss throwing matches.
