Pakistan’s Muhammad Naseem Akhtar has won the IBSF World Under-18 Championship in Beijing on Tuesday. The 16 year-old fought back from 3-1 down in the final against China’s Peifan Lei to upset the home hopeful 5-3. Akhtar’s highest break in the tournament was just 74 but he lost only two[Read More…]
Finals
The latest snooker news reports from finals on the World Snooker Tour, Women’s Tour, Seniors Tour, and amateur tours
Riga Masters Delight for Ryan Day
Ryan Day finally secured his maiden ranking event title after a superb victory in the Riga Masters on Sunday in Latvia. The Welshman emerged from a very tough route to claim the top prize, but more importantly he silenced the doubters who thought he would never get his hands on some[Read More…]
Paula Judge Wins RILSA Irish National Championship
Paula Judge beat Cathy Dunne 3-0 to capture the RILSA National Championship at the weekend in Sharkx, Newbridge. While Michelle Sherwin was capturing her record 14th RIBSA ladies national title in Carlow, Judge took top honours in the separate national women’s association. By all accounts, the Republic of Ireland Ladies Snooker[Read More…]
Mark Selby Defends World Championship
Mark Selby has won a third World Championship title after beating John Higgins 18-15 in the final in Sheffield. In doing so, the 33 year-old becomes only the fourth player to successfully defend the crown, on the 40th anniversary of the tournament being staged at the Crucible Theatre. Selby joins[Read More…]
Peter Lines Wins World Seniors
Peter Lines has won the 2017 World Seniors Championship after a 4-0 victory over John Parrott at the Bath Halls in Scunthorpe. Lines, one of the qualifiers from the four preliminary tournaments staged before this week, was the pre-tournament favourite with many bookies and fans alike, and duly delivered to[Read More…]
Chris Totten Wins European Amateur Championship
Scotland’s Chris Totten has won the European Amateur Championship after a 7-3 victory over Andres Petrov on Sunday. The 18 year-old was a surprise package but emerged to take the prestigious title ahead of several more esteemed competitors. Totten found himself 3-2 down to Estonia’s Petrov, who also reached the[Read More…]
Ng On Yee Crowned World Women’s Champion
Ng On Yee became the 2017 Eden world women’s champion after a highly dramatic final day of action in Singapore on Sunday. The Hong Kong cueist collected her second world title and pocketed the £5,000 winner’s cheque after a brace of remarkable deciding frame victories. The 26 year-old first knocked[Read More…]
Alexander Ursenbacher Edges Jackson Page for European Under-21 Title
Alexander Ursenbacher denied Jackson Page a second European title after beating the Welshman 6-4 in the final of the EBSA Under-21 Championship in Cyprus on Sunday. Last week, 15 year-old Page claimed the Under-18 crown and looked set to make it a unique double after overcoming countryman Tyler Rees in[Read More…]
Judd Trump Wins Players Championship
Judd Trump came from behind to superbly win the Players Championship, beating Marco Fu 10-8 in front of a big crowd in Llandudno. Trump had lost in his last three ranking event finals, all this season including the last two tournaments he entered, but scored heavily to add to his[Read More…]
Shaun Murphy Wins Gibraltar Open
Shaun Murphy has emerged victorious in the Gibraltar Open to collect his seventh ranking event trophy on Sunday. The Englishman beat Judd Trump 4-2 in a high-scoring final to claim his first title in a year. Murphy had been the only invitee to the upcoming Players Championship who had not[Read More…]