Stephen Lee has been suspended from professional snooker pending an investigation into suspicious betting patterns involving two of his matches – most recently the Premier League tie with John Higgins last night. World Snooker has released the following statement: “On 2 October 2012 the Crown Prosecution Service announced that there[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
PL Wins for Ding and Higgins
Ding Junhui and John Higgins both moved a step closer to the semi-finals of the Premier League with respective 4-2 victories over Mark Selby and Stephen Lee in Great Malvern. As the tournament begins to edge toward the business end of the season, every victory and every frame won could[Read More…]
Remembering Paul Hunter
Today marks the sixth anniversary of the passing of Leeds snooker ace Paul Hunter. Like many poignant deaths – from JFK to Lennon, Elvis to Cobain – snooker fans around the world remember where they were and how they found out about this untimely of deaths. For me, it had[Read More…]
Robertson Bags Gold in Gdynia
Neil Robertson made it back-to-back titles in Poland after falling over the line in his final against Jamie Burnett at the Gdynia Open. Following on from last season’s success for the Australian in Warsaw, Robertson went on another run to the final that included wins over Tian Pengfei and Stephen[Read More…]
Maguire Ends White Run
Stephen Maguire became the first player into the semi-finals of the Gdynia Open after a brace of 4-1 victories sealed his last four berth in Poland. Maguire, who has performed very well in the PTC series since its introduction in 2010, winning twice alongside three runners-up spots, looked in good[Read More…]
Selby Backs Fitness
With the Gdynia Open in Poland coming up at the weekend – the second European Players Tour Championship event of the season – Mark Selby has told World Snooker of his concerns regarding an injury that caused him to pull out of the China Open earlier in the year. After[Read More…]
Weekend Round-Up
Two very different qualifying tournaments were held over the course of this weekend. Saturday marked the return of the Snookerbacker Classic – back for a second year after a hugely successful debut in 2011/12. The format is similar to last season with a series of qualifying legs held across England[Read More…]
Lee’s Glee with the PTCs
Stephen Lee won the second Asian Players Tour Championship event of the season this morning after a comprehensive 4-0 victory over home favourite Ding Junhui in the final. Earlier, the Englishman had beaten another local hero in Cao Yupeng 4-2 while Ding defeated compatriot Xiao Guodong by the same scoreline[Read More…]
Second APTC Under Way
While most eyes were fixed elsewhere, the second Asian Players Tour Championship got under way on Sunday and the mixed field has already been whittled down to the last 32 in Yixing, China. The snooker community had barely any time to catch their breath following the classic Shanghai Masters final[Read More…]
The Wizard Ends Dry Spell
It was a significantly good day to be nicknamed ‘The Wizard’ on Sunday. As the clock approached midnight, Simon Whitlock finally added a maiden major darts title to a trophy cabinet that many were becoming worried would end barren and neglected. Whitlock comfortably beat Wes Newton in the final of[Read More…]