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Hossein Vafaei says he doesn’t fear anyone ahead of returning to the World Snooker Championship, but admits the support and pressure from his home country of Iran can be “too much”. Vafaei is playing at The Crucible in Sheffield – the venue of the annual World Snooker Championship – for the third consecutive year and he tells the ��ѿ��ý's Jamie Broughton that the pressure he faces can lead to him not sleeping before matches. The qualifier returns to The Crucible a year after knocking out China’s Ding Junhui in round one in 2023. Image: Iran's Hossein Vafaei competes against China's Jiang Jun during the round 4 of the World Snooker Championship qualifying session at the EIS, in Sheffield, northern England, on April 17, 2024. (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)