The 2014 Champion of Champions concluded on Sunday with a familiar sight – that of Ronnie O’Sullivan lifting the winner’s trophy aloft. The soon-to-be 39 year-old produced a trademark stylish performance to see off Judd Trump 10-7 in an enthralling final that was played in the highest quality. On any[Read More…]
Finals
Wonderful Walden Wins International Championship
Ricky Walden has won the 2014 International Championship after a superb 10-7 victory over Mark Allen in Chengdu. After a relatively slow start from both, the final transpired to be a wonderful occasion of attacking snooker that produced a worthy winner. The pair was both seeking a hat-trick of ranking event[Read More…]
Bingham Underlines Winning Habit
Stuart Bingham has won his second event of the season after emerging victorious in the Haining Open on Friday. The 38 year-old won the Shanghai Masters at the end of September and has added this campaign’s second Asian Tour event. Indeed, Bingham has clearly taken a liking to the minor[Read More…]
Captain Carter Wins General Cup
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…]
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…]
Shanghai Delight for Bingham
Stuart Bingham has won the 2014 Shanghai Masters after thrashing Mark Allen 10-3 in China. The final didn’t live up to any expectation and was a dour affair throughout that suffered from a lot of drawn out, scrappy frames that were bereft of good play. England’s Bingham didn’t play that[Read More…]
Maguire Crowned Six Red World Champion
Stephen Maguire has won the 2014 Six Red World Championship after a thrilling 8-7 victory over Ricky Walden in Thailand. The Scot came from 5-2 and 7-5 down to pip his English opponent in an exciting affair that would befit any major final. Maguire started the match slowly, going down[Read More…]
Allen Wins Paul Hunter Classic
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…]
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…]