Steve Davis has revealed he is to finally stop playing snooker 35 years after winning his first World Championship crown. The 58-year-old from Essex, nicknamed the Nugget, lost to Fergal OBrien in the first round of qualifying for this years tournament at the Crucible, and decided that would be his final match.That was my last match as a professional, Davis told the BBC. So Im calling it a day. I phoned up Barry [Hearn, his long-time manager] and told him it was on my mind to enter the World Championship and make that the last. I said, Barry, I think its time to retire from professional snooker.And he said, Steve, you retired 10 years ago we just didnt have the heart to tell you. Champion Bingham crashes out Defending champion Stuart Bingham has been knocked out of the World Championship in the first round An emotional Davis took a bow in front of the Crucible crowds with the World Championship trophy on Sunday.Davis began his career in 1978 and was almost unbeatable during the 1980s when he secured six world titles and was world No 1 from 1983 to 1990.He picked up 53 non-ranking titles and 28 ranking titles, which has him joint second on the all-time list with Ronnie OSullivan and John Higgins. Only Stephen Hendry (7) has won more World titles than Davis Davis, who now spends time as a music DJ, added: The Fergal OBrien match was my last and I told [World Snooker chairman] Barry Hearn it was time to call it a day. My father passed away recently and it was natural time to stop playing.I should have done it ages ago, I played a bit for my father. I am delighted to have such a great time in the game, I was lucky to have a hobby as my profession.It has been a fantastic. The game will move on to other places but I feel like the grandfather of the sport. Also See: World Snooker Photos Bet £5 Get £20 free Get Sky Sports Fake Balenciaga For Sale . The attacking midfielder arrives on a free transfer from Spains Malaga. The 28-year-old joins Scottish striker Kenny Miller and Argentine midfielder Matias Laba as designated players on the Whitecaps roster. Fake Balenciaga From China . You can watch all the action on TSN2 beginning at 7pm et/4pm pt. Pineda won his second straight start last Wednesday against Chicago, as he held the Cubs to just four hits over six scoreless innings to run his record to 2-0, while lowering his ERA to 1. https://www.fakebalenciaga.com/. -- Isaiah Pead took a stutter step forward, then raced to the left sideline and travelled 60 yards up the field before finally getting tripped up by a leg tackle. Fake Balenciaga . 1. Did the Senators trade the wrong goalie? Lets make one thing clear: The Ottawa Senators acquired Ben Bishop from the St. Louis Blues for one reason and one reason alone. Wholesale Balenciaga . Ashton scored a hat trick -- giving him 13 goals in 16 AHL games this season -- to power the Toronto Marlies to a 5-2 victory over the visiting Lake Erie Monsters in AHL action on Sunday.Eleven more weightlifters, including four from Russia, have been provisionally banned over retested samples from London 2012. Six silver and bronze medallists from four years ago tested positive when their samples were looked at again.The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) said in a statement that all 11 have been provisionally suspended until their cases are closed. Natalya Zabolotnaya, Svetlana Tzarukaeva, Alexandr Ivanov and Andrey Demanov are the Russian lifters named in the latest IWF statement.Zabolotnaya was a silver medallist at -75kg in London and has won the European title on five occasions.Ivanov and Tzarukaeva won mens -94kg and womens -63kg silver medals at the Games, whiile double mens -94kg European champion Demanov finished fourth.ddddddddddddOther medallists to fail tests include womens -75kg Iryna Kulesha of Belarus, Armenias +75kg competitor Hripsime Khurshudyan and Moldovas -53kg athlete Cristina Iovu.Azerbaijans Intigam Zairov, who also tested positive in retests from Beijing, Georgias Rauli Tsirekidze, Turkeys Sibel Simsek and Kazakhstans Almas Uteshov are the other lifters named.Weightlifters have produced a total of 31 positives in doping retests carried out on samples taken at the 2008 Games in Beijing and from London. Also See: Putin slams Olympic ban Judo team gets all-clear ' ' '