Stuart Bingham has been handed a six month ban, three of which are suspended, following a long investigation into his betting on the sport. The 2015 world champion, who also has to fork out £20,000 to cover the costs incurred by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, has been[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
Stephen Hendry Returns in UK Seniors Championship
The first major event in the new World Seniors Tour gets under way on Tuesday with the UK Seniors Championship in Surrey. Organised by Snooker Legends promoter Jason Francis, the World Senior Tour will comprise four tournaments in its debut campaign. The UK Seniors Championship pits eight seeded legends against four[Read More…]
Ronnie O’Sullivan Runs Away With English Open Success
Ronnie O’Sullivan has won the English Open after an impressive 9-2 victory over Kyren Wilson at the Barnsley Metrodome on Sunday. By lifting the Steve Davis Trophy in front of a big crowd on home soil, O’Sullivan collects his 29th ranking event title – taking him above the six-time world[Read More…]
English Open Final: Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Kyren Wilson
Ronnie O’Sullivan and Kyren Wilson will contest the final of the English Open after emerging from tough semi-final encounters on Saturday in Barnsley. O’Sullivan withstood a spirited comeback from Anthony McGill to eventually prevail 6-4 against the Scotsman, while earlier in the day Wilson reeled off the last four frames[Read More…]
Changes Afoot for Second Irish Ranking Event
The second senior ranking event of the Irish 2017/18 campaign gets under way this morning at the Ivy Rooms in Carlow. Michael Judge is the top seed after his victory in the Barracks Classic last month, fronting a field of 61 entrants. The Dubliner has therefore been granted a bye[Read More…]
English Open: Semi-Final Preview
Four remain in the hunt for the English Open title as the first Home Nations event of the season reaches the business end of proceedings in Barnsley. An interesting quartet is left battling it out for glory at the Metrodom, with one proven star of the sport attempting to hold[Read More…]
English Open: Quarter-Final Preview
Ronnie O’Sullivan is the senior statesman as he heads a distinctly young English Open quarter-final line-up in Barnsley. There have been signs over the past year or so that a changing of the guard is potentially imminent, highlighted by several new ranking event champions and the emergence of many new[Read More…]
Maximum Magic from Liang Wenbo in English Open
Liang Wenbo fired in a maximum 147 as he fought from behind to beat Tom Ford in the English Open on Wednesday. The defending champion looked in trouble when he trailed 3-1 but forced a deciding frame with the perfect break that pocketed the Chinese number two a neat £40,000 from[Read More…]
Mark Selby Survives Scare in Metrodome
World champion Mark Selby avoided an early exit from the English Open by coming from 3-2 down to beat Scott Donaldson in a decider on Tuesday. The world number one has struggled to find his top form this season after a record-equalling last campaign that brought him five ranking titles,[Read More…]
Judd Trump Among Array of Seeds Who Progress in English Open
All of the bigger names advanced as the Home Nations series got under way with the start of the English Open on Monday. There were a few close calls but, by the end of a hectic day’s play that concluded after midnight, there were no major casualties of note to[Read More…]