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…]
Finals
The latest snooker news reports from finals on the World Snooker Tour, Women’s Tour, Seniors Tour, and amateur tours
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…]
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…]