Hazel Irvine Apologizes Live on BBC to World Snooker Championship Star, as Pundit Says, ‘I’ve Never Seen Anything Like This’

BBC snooker presenter Hazel Irvine has apologised to Mark Allen live on air after bringing up his missed black in the semi-final against Wu Yize.

Allen had the chance to book a place in his first World Championship final with a routine shot at the black, however fluffed his lines and went on to lose to .

Irvine referenced Allen’s in today’s coverage of the .

She said: ” I still cannot watch Mark Allen’s missed black, I am really sorry Mark.”

Before former player and pundit John Parrott added: “Unbelievable. If you are watching pal, I am still hurting for you. I am absolutely am, I have never seen anything like it.”

In the penultimate frame on a drama-filled night, Allen only needed to sink the final black after Wu, 22, had missed the last pink.

Yet even though the black was on its spot – the type of shot he would have hit successfully a thousand times in the past – the star could not sink it under the most extreme pressure.

Irvine also mentioned how : “But the grace in which he took that was extraordinary, wasn’t it?”

Following his gutting loss, Allen said to the BBC: “You don’t deserve to be in a world final if you’re missing balls like that. That was pure pressure to be honest.

“Normally I’m pretty good under pressure but I just didn’t handle it well today. I had two or three good chances to close out the match and didn’t do it, so credit to Wu.

“Even though I’m devastated to lose that match, I think the right person is in the final.

“All credit to Wu, if he doesn’t win this one, he’s going to win many world titles.”

Wu leads Shaun Murphy 13-12 ahead of tonight’s evening session which will conclude the 2026 World Championship.