The main tour is still dominated by the same core nations that helped make snooker into the mainstream sport it has become today. However, significant efforts have been made in an attempt to make the sport more global – with the ultimate goal seemingly to secure inclusion in the 2024[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
Mind Games: Studying Mental Health in Sport
Mental health in sport is a serious topic that isn’t really talked about very openly. Over the last number of years there have been some tragic cases of famous sportsmen and women struggling with the psychological aspects of both life and elite level sport. Arguably the most well-known of these[Read More…]
New Quiz: World Number Ones
Since the world rankings came into effect in the mid-1970s there have only been 11 players who have sat proudly at the top of the list. Many massive names in the sport fell just short as the dominance of a special few kept the challengers at bay for the last[Read More…]
New Quiz: Ranking Event Champions
There has been a rankings list in snooker for more than four decades now. Aside from the World Championship, though, a season consisting of a string of ranking events didn’t actually become commonplace until the mid-1980s. These days, there are roughly around ten full ranking events throughout the campaign, usually[Read More…]
New Quiz: Stephen Hendry Ranking Event Wins
By winning the Australian Goldfields Open on Sunday, John Higgins captured his 27th ranking event title. This took him to joint third on the all-time winners’ list alongside Ronnie O’Sullivan, and just one behind Steve Davis. Still way out in front, though, is Scotland’s Stephen Hendry, who accumulated an incredible[Read More…]
New Quiz: 100 Snooker Centuries
So now that the Australian Open is finished, we have a respite of around three weeks in the calendar that sees much of July off the green baize. Having less snooker during the summer is fine – indeed, it’s probably the way it should be. But this stagnated season opener[Read More…]
Higgins is Wizard of Oz
John Higgins has won the 2015 Australian Goldfields Open after a dramatic 9-8 victory over Martin Gould in Bendigo. In a hugely entertaining final where the pendulum swung on multiple occasions, Higgins just about prevailed as he lifted his 27th ranking event trophy – equalling Ronnie O’Sullivan at third on[Read More…]
Gould into Goldfields Final
Martin Gould is into the Australian Goldfields Open final after a comprehensive 6-1 victory over Stephen Maguire in Bendigo on Saturday. The Englishman will play John Higgins for the title on Sunday, after the four-time world champion impressively came from 4-0 down to beat Jamie Jones 6-4 earlier today. Gould[Read More…]
Higgins Stuns Jones to Reach Goldfields Final
John Higgins is into the final of the Australian Goldfields Open after a remarkable comeback against Jamie Jones in Bendigo. The Scot was heavy favourite going into the contest against a young Welshman making his debut at the last four stage of a ranking event. But it was Jones who looked[Read More…]
Maguire Tames Trump
Stephen Maguire got the better of defending champion Judd Trump as he reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open on Friday. Trump had comfortably won his opening two rounds without ever being put under any great deal of pressure, but the 25 year-old knew he was in for a different[Read More…]