Mark Allen won the Bulgarian Open on Sunday after a 4-0 victory over Ryan Day in the final in Sofia. The Northern Irishman was rarely troubled in the showdown encounter, and indeed on the final day in general, as he reeled off three whitewash wins out of his four matches[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
Irishmen Head to IBSF World Championship
The 2015 IBSF World Championship gets under way in Egypt on Monday. A strong eight-man team representing Ireland in the Men’s and Masters events have made the trek to Hurgada in search of global glory. The Masters team consists of Tom O’Driscoll, Anthony Bonnar, Alen Matic and Colm Gilcreest but[Read More…]
Big Names to Contest Sofia Showdown
John Higgins and Mark Williams will play each other in the fourth round of the Bulgarian Open after passing their opening three tests in Sofia on Saturday. The duo, who have famously locked horns so many times throughout their illustrious careers, each manoeuvred their way through some tricky ties in[Read More…]
O’Brien Battles Through in Bulgarian Open
Fergal O’Brien is into the fourth round of the Bulgarian Open after winning his opening three bouts in Sofia on Friday. The Irish no.1 was made to work hard but in typical ‘Ferginator’ fashion emerged from a trio of tough ties to reach Sunday’s last 16. The 43 year-old first[Read More…]
O’Donoghue and Boileau Join Bulgaria Field
The Bulgarian Open gets under way on Friday as the fourth European Tour of the season hits Sofia. Indeed, the tournament has already been running for the last two days as the preliminary rounds determined the amateurs who were able to join the main draw and make up the numbers.[Read More…]
Champion of Champions Gains 188BET Sponsor
188bet and Matchroom Sport are excited to announce that 188bet is the title sponsor of the 2015 Champion of Champions snooker tournament. Taking place at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry from Tuesday to Sunday 10-15 November, the 188bet Champion of Champions will be broadcast live throughout on ITV4 in the UK.[Read More…]
Higgins Ties Davis with International Championship Triumph
John Higgins has won the 2015 International Championship after a 10-5 victory over David Gilbert in China. As well as lifting the trophy and collecting a cool £125,000 for his success, Higgins now joins Steve Davis at second on the all-time ranking event winners’ list – having now surpassed Ronnie[Read More…]
Higgins Sets up Gilbert Final Clash
John Higgins is into the final of the International Championship after a 9-4 victory over Mark Selby on Saturday in China. The four-time world champion was in punishing form throughout the semi-final clash with the world no.1, capitalising on most of Selby’s errors with hard match snooker. Although it came[Read More…]
Gilbert into Maiden Ranking Final
David Gilbert is the first man into the International Championship final after a 9-5 victory over Thepchaiya Un-Nooh in China on Friday. In doing so, the Englishman reaches his maiden ranking event final at the age of 34 having been a professional player since 2002. The fact that this week[Read More…]
Contrasting Semi-Finals in Store for International Championship
World no.1 Mark Selby remains on course to claim the International Championship for the first time as he reached the semi-finals on Thursday in Daqing. Selby prevailed in a lengthy quarter-final bout with Neil Robertson 6-4 to set up an intriguing tie against John Higgins – a repeat of the[Read More…]