‘Stupid game’ – Ex-world champ Shaun Murphy slams snooker and reveals why tennis and golf stars have it much easier

SHAUN MURPHY has slammed his own sport of snooker as “stupid”, trying to explain just how difficult it is to be a top cueist.

Murphy, 42, has already reached the top of the game when he won the World Championship back in 2005, but he still reckons it’s one of the hardest sports in the world to master.

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The Magician hasn’t won a World Championship since, but is still a 12-time ranking title winner and currently sits...