The European city of Budapest will stage a tournament on snooker’s new Challenge Tour later this season. The Challenge Tour event in Hungary, which will be the eighth of the season, will run on November 24 and 25 at the Snooker Terminal academy in Budapest. The new Challenge Tour is[Read More…]
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Australia Schedules Women’s Ranking Event
World Ladies Billiards and Snooker (WLBS) and the Australian Billiards and Snooker Council (ABSC) have announced that a World Women’s Snooker Tour event will be staged in Australia for the first time ever later this year. The Australian Women’s Snooker Open will take place from 25-28 October at the Mt[Read More…]
African Confederation Joins WSF
The African Billiards and Snooker Confederation (ABSC) has become the latest regional body to become a full member of the World Snooker Federation (WSF). The agreement follows positive discussions between both organisations in recent months, during which it has become clear that the interests of the WSF and ABSC are aligned[Read More…]
World Women’s Snooker Open Day in Leeds
World Women’s Snooker is coming to Yorkshire this autumn with the staging of a special event in Leeds city centre. Following positive discussions between World Ladies Billiards and Snooker (WLBS) and Leeds Kirkgate Markets, both parties announced a new open day which will take place from 10am on Friday, 14th September[Read More…]
Betting Sponsors Renew Ties with Snooker Events
Ladbrokes has renewed its sponsorship of snooker’s World Grand Prix and Players Championship, and added the new Tour Championship to the series. Those three events will make up the Ladbrokes Series of world ranking events in 2019. The Ladbrokes World Grand Prix will run from February 4-10 in Cheltenham, followed[Read More…]
Belgium to Host European Women’s Masters
World Ladies Billiards and Snooker (WLBS) announced the first staging of the European Women’s Masters on Thursday. To be held at the De Maxx club in Neerpelt, Belgium, the tournament will take place over three days in October and feature the world’s best women players, each vying for ranking points[Read More…]
European Masters Gets D88.com Sponsor
World Snooker has announced that the European Masters world ranking event will be sponsored by D88.com for the first time this season. The D88.com European Masters will run from October 1st to 7th in Lommel, Belgium. The tournament was staged in Lommel for the first time last season and Judd[Read More…]
English Open Coming to Crawley
Crawley will welcome the best snooker players in the world later this year when the English Open comes to the town. Taking place at K2 Crawley from October 15th to 21st, it will be the first world ranking event ever staged in the West Sussex town. The English Open is[Read More…]
Paul Hunter Disability Classic Staged in Derby
The Paul Hunter Disability Classic successfully returned to the Cueball Derby last weekend as World Disability Billiards and Snooker (WDBS) staged its latest event for players with learning and sensory disabilities. The final event of the 2017/18 season, the weekend saw a significant increase in entries from the inaugural competition[Read More…]
Shaun Murphy and Rob Walker Become WDBS Ambassadors
World Disability Billiards and Snooker (WDBS) has recently announced that leading professional snooker star Shaun Murphy and Olympic/Paralympic broadcaster Rob Walker have both agreed to become WDBS ambassadors ahead of the 2018/19 season. Former world number three Murphy is one of the most recognisable players in the sport and one[Read More…]