World champion Terry Griffiths proved that slow and steady can win the race - The Welshman was the first qualifier to win the world snooker championship.

Terry Griffiths, who has died from complications of dementia aged 77, was the rank outsider who in 1979 pulled off one of the biggest shocks in snooker history when he snatched the World Championship from under the nose of Dennis Taylor;

Terry Griffiths won the World Snooker Championships in 1979, adding a number of other titles, and a number of snooker stars have paid their respects to the Welshman

Former world snooker champion Terry Griffiths has died at the age of 77. The Welshman coached some of snooker's greatest players, including Ronnie O'Sullivan and Stephen Hendry

Three-time world champion Mark Williams was among those to pay tribute on social media, calling Griffiths a ‘legend’

Former world snooker champion Terry Griffiths has died at age of 77 after a long battle with dementia, his family has confirmed.

Terry Griffiths, the former world champion and one of snooker’s most recognisable faces during the 1970s and 1980s, has died at the age of 77. The Welshman is one of only 11 players in snooker history to have won all of the major triple-crown events and later became a distinguished coach,