Mark Allen put behind him the disappointment of failing to win the Riga Open earlier this month by capturing the Paul Hunter Classic title with a 4-2 victory over Judd Trump on Sunday. The Northern Irishman had led Mark Selby 3-0 in Latvia’s final only to be narrowly pipped to[Read More…]
Finals
Wales Deny Ireland Home Internationals Win
Ireland placed second in the Home Internationals for a second successive year as they again finished narrowly behind a strong Welsh team at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds. The Irish team was hoping to regain the trophy they last captured in 2012 but, needing a 7-5 victory over England[Read More…]
Riga Open Success for Selby
Mark Selby walked away with the inaugural Riga Open title on Sunday evening after a fittingly thrilling climax to what was an entertaining event in Latvia. The world champion returned after the summer break to collect another trophy in style by coming from 3-0 down to opponent Mark Allen in[Read More…]
Trump Denies Robertson in Australia
Judd Trump has won the 2014 Australian Goldfields Open after a 9-5 victory over Neil Robertson in Bendigo. It marks the Englishman’s first ranking event title success since he captured the International Championship, where he also overcame Robertson in the final, almost two years ago. It was an unexpected[Read More…]
Robertson Feels Pain in Victory over Perry
An emotional Neil Robertson has won the opening ranking event of the new campaign with a thrilling 10-9 victory over close friend Joe Perry. Following a grueling ding-dong battle between the two practice partners, defending champion Robertson finally overcame the gutsy challenge from his willing opponent to prevail with a[Read More…]
Deadly Ding Wins Yixing Open
Ding Junhui has started this season in the same fashion as his performances for much of the last campaign – by winning titles. The Chinese Sensation may have disappointed many with a first round early exit at the Crucible in April but that couldn’t put too much of a dampener[Read More…]
McCrudden Lands Fourth National Title
Martin McCrudden won the Irish National Championship for the fourth time on Saturday – a record in the modern era. The Celbridge potter put the disappointment of failing in his bid to turn professional at Q-School last week behind him by emerging through a tough field at the Ivy Rooms[Read More…]
Hossein Vafaei Ayouri Wins World Under-21 Championship
Hossein Vafaei Ayouri has won the World Under-21 Championship after beating Ireland’s Josh Boileau in the final by 8 frames to 3. The Iranian, who won the IBSF World Amateur Championship in 2011, adds a second world title to his collection after a dominating display in the United Arab Emirates.[Read More…]
Mark Selby is World Champion
Mark Selby has won the 2014 World Snooker Championship. The ‘Jester from Leicester’ mounted a superb comeback to beat Ronnie O’Sullivan 18-14 having at one point trailed the two-time defending champion 10-5. At that point in the match on Sunday evening it appeared as though O’Sullivan was going to romp[Read More…]
