# LIVE FROM 2026 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP - Igor Freires on travelling from Brazil to the Crucible

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Podcast: [Radio Snooker with Nick Metcalfe](https://stenobird.com/podcast/radio-snooker-with-nick-metcalfe-7085955)
Published: 2026-04-30T23:28:50+00:00
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Duration seconds: 746

## Resource

This fascinating World Championship continues, and there are so many delightful characters to talk snooker with. Here's writer Igor Freires, talking about his love of the game growing up in Brazil and travelling from the other side of the world to make the pilgrimage to the Crucible. Check out Igor's writing at www.blogdowntherail.com

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