Barry Hearn has announced that a new Challenge Tour will be launched for amateurs featuring ten tournaments in Europe. The Challenge Tour, already successfully implemented in darts, which is similarly controlled by Hearn, is set to begin during the 2018/19 campaign. The tour will be open to players who enter next[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
World Championship: Day 12 Schedule
Wednesday, 26th April 10AM Mark Selby 6-2 Marco Fu (Session 2) Kyren Wilson 5-11 John Higgins (Session 3) 2:30PM Ronnie O’Sullivan 6-10 Ding Junhui (Session 3) Barry Hawkins 5-3 Stephen Maguire (Session 2) 7PM Mark Selby 6-2 Marco Fu (Session 3) Barry Hawkins 5-3 Stephen Maguire (Session 3) TV Times (Scheduled) BBC (subject to[Read More…]
Ding Junhui Close to Taking Down Rocket
Ding Junhui is on course for a telling victory over Ronnie O’Sullivan after the Chinese number one established a 10-6 quarter-final lead on Tuesday in Sheffield. The 30 year-old was in superb form as he dominated the second session to pull away after the opening session between the pair was[Read More…]
World Championship: Day 11 Schedule
Tuesday, 25th April 10AM Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Ding Junhui (Session 1) Kyren Wilson vs John Higgins (Session 1) 2:30PM Mark Selby vs Marco Fu (Session 1) Barry Hawkins vs Stephen Maguire (Session 1) 7PM Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Ding Junhui (Session 2) Kyren Wilson vs John Higgins (Session 2) TV Times (Scheduled) BBC (subject to regional[Read More…]
Preview: World Championship Quarter-Finals
144 have become just eight as the World Championship embarks on the quarter-final stage at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. Four former champions remain in contention to win the sport’s blue riband event, and with it the whopping £375,000 champion’s cheque. Arguably the tie of the round is the eagerly anticipated clash[Read More…]
Mark Selby and Barry Hawkins Ease into Quarters
Mark Selby and Barry Hawkins made light work of their final second round sessions on Monday to join the almost complete last eight World Championship line-up in Sheffield. The pair of Englishmen both resumed 10-6 ahead but required just around an hour to clinch the three frames necessary for a[Read More…]
World Championship: Day Ten Schedule
Monday, 24th April 1PM Mark Selby 10-6 Xiao Guodong (Session 3) Barry Hawkins 10-6 Graeme Dott (Session 3) 7PM Neil Robertson 8-8 Marco Fu (Session 3) TV Times (Scheduled) BBC (subject to regional programming) BBC Two LIVE: 13:00-18:00; 19:00-20:00 BBC Red Button LIVE: 13:00-18:00; 19:00-23:00 Connected TV and Online LIVE: Tables[Read More…]
Stephen Maguire Thrashes Rory McLeod
Stephen Maguire hammered Rory McLeod 13-3 to reach the quarter-finals of the World Championship with a session to spare on Sunday. An unusual schedule made it appear as though there’d be no match conclusions on the second Sunday in Sheffield, but Maguire raced away to record a convincing victory over[Read More…]
2017/18 Provisional Snooker Calendar
Something which went a little over everybody’s head in the last couple of months was the release of the provisional calendar for the 2017/18 campaign. World Snooker provided an initial overview in February but an updated revision was uploaded onto its website in recent weeks. The calendar has 19 ranking[Read More…]
World Championship: Day Nine Schedule
Sunday, 23rd April 10AM Neil Robertson vs Marco Fu (Session 1) Barry Hawkins vs Graeme Dott (Session 1) 2:30PM Mark Selby 6-2 Xiao Guodong (Session 2) Stephen Maguire 6-2 Rory McLeod (Session 2) 7PM Neil Robertson vs Marco Fu (Session 2) Barry Hawkins vs Graeme Dott (Session 2) TV Times (Scheduled)[Read More…]