Paul Scholes gets BBC apology during coverage of Ronnie O'Sullivan World Championship win

Paul Scholes gets BBC apology during coverage of Ronnie O'Sullivan World Championship winFormer Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes watched Ronnie O'Sullivan in action against He Guoqiang at the Crucible on Wednesday afternoonCommentsSportCharlie Malam and Connor O'Neill Senior Sports Content Creator22:41, 22 Apr 2026View 3 ImagesFormer Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes was apologised to(Image: ( Ben Roberts Photo/Getty Images))Paul Scholes received an apology from the BBC’s John Parrott because of how few frames he got to watch Ronnie O'Sullivan in action on Wednesday. Scholes was sitting on the front row for the second session of O'Sullivan's World Snooker Championship first-round match against He Guoqiang.‌O'Sullivan led 7-2 from the first session and needed just three frames at the Crucible to secure a dominant victory and his spot in the last 16. During the ninth frame of the match, the BBC cameras cut to Scholes watching on, with Parrott saying: "A very interested spectator, one of England's greatest midfielders, Paul Scholes, is here today to watch Ronnie. I'm sure he'll be impressed with what he's seen."‌Ken Doherty then added from the BBC studio at the end of the frame: "Fantastic. One great watching another. What a player he was! I know he loves the snooker. A lot of the footballers love to play snooker in their spare time. Great to have him here."‌But the match was completed soon after, as O'Sullivan wrapped it up with stylish century breaks of 113 and 120. Parrott added: "Paul Scholes might have enjoyed this, but he's only going to see three frames of it. Sorry Paul, this man is just too good."O'Sullivan, 50, is making a record-extending 34th consecutive appearance at the Crucible and takes on fellow Class of 92 snooker icon John Higgins in the next round in Sheffield.JOIN US ON FACEBOOK! All the best sports news and much more on our dedicate...