Ali Carter has won the 2014 General Cup after overcoming Shaun Murphy in a thrilling final 7-6 in Hong Kong. It completes a remarkable comeback for the ‘Captain’, who was diagnosed with lung cancer in May and has been fighting the illness in the subsequent months. Carter was initially supposed[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
Q&A With Fin Ruane; RIBSA Public Relations Officer
It was recently announced that Fin Ruane would take up the role as Public Relations Officer with the Republic of Ireland Billiards and Snooker Association. Having spent a significant amount of time with Fin over the last number of years, coupled with his excellent Fables series on SnookerHQ, I can vouch for[Read More…]
Seeds and Schedule for Champion of Champions
With the second annual Champion of Champions set for the prestigious Ricoh Arena, Coventry, the four seeded players for this year’s event are Ronnie O’Sullivan (1), Mark Selby (2), Neil Robertson (3) and Ding Junhui (4). Taking place from Monday 3rd to Sunday 9th November, the Champion of Champions features[Read More…]
Carter Battles to Hong Kong Semis on Return
Mark Davis is still on course to defend the General Cup after placing top of his group in Hong Kong. Shaun Murphy, though, will be the favourite after the recent Bulgarian Open champion continued his good form by reaching the semi-finals undefeated following the round-robin stage. Murphy will take on[Read More…]
Murphy’s Major Mission
In-form snooker ace Shaun Murphy is eagerly awaiting the UK Championship in York and believes he will be one of the leading contenders for the famous title. The £700,000 tournament at the York Barbican starts in just six weeks, with 128 of the world’s leading players to compete for the[Read More…]
Goggins Wins Opening Irish Ranker
Rodney Goggins emerged victorious in the first ranking event of the 2014/15 Irish amateur campaign, after an impressive victory over Robert Murphy in Letterkenny. Murphy raced into a 2-0 lead, helped by a break of 103, but Goggins replied in turn with runs of 106, 95 and 67 to clinch[Read More…]
General Cup Starts Sunday
The 2014 General Cup gets under way in Hong Kong on Sunday as the snooker season enjoys another mini leg in China. First contested in 2004, The General Cup has been an almost permanent fixture on the calendar since 2009. For one reason or another, there never seems to be[Read More…]
Ruhr Open Welcomes New Sponsor
World Snooker is delighted to announce Kreativ Dental as the new title sponsor of the Ruhr Open European Tour event. The tournament will take place in the city of Mulheim in the Ruhr region of Germany fromNovember 19 to 23. Many of snooker’s top stars will enter at the last[Read More…]
Murphy Wins Bulgarian Open
Shaun Murphy won the 2014 Bulgarian Open after a dominant Sunday display in Sofia. The 2005 world champion began the day in confident fashion, scoring heavily in a 4-0 whitewash over Jimmy White, and became the big favourite after overcoming world champion Mark Selby to reach the semi-finals. In the last[Read More…]
Trump Through
Judd Trump reached the last 16 of the Bulgarian Open after coming from behind to beat 2006 world champion Graeme Dott 4-3 in Sofia. The Englishman had already produced a sterling display to overcome another Scot in John Higgins 4-1 with the aid of two centuries and a maximum attempt.[Read More…]