Ronnie O’Sullivan began his 2018/19 campaign with a 6-3 win over Neil Robertson to complete the Shanghai Masters quarter-final in China on Wednesday. There had been plenty of anticipation surrounding the 42 year-old’s return to the baize after the best part of half a year away, subsequent to his fiery[Read More…]
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UK Women’s Snooker Championship Launches New Season
The draw and format for this weekend’s LITEtask UK Women’s Snooker Championship has been released with defending champion Ng On Yee and former world number one Reanne Evans seeded through to the last 16. On Yee beat Evans 4-1 in last year’s final, spearheading a tremendous season on the women’s[Read More…]
Shanghai Masters Last 16 Preview
Ronnie O’Sullivan will make his maiden bow of the 2018/19 campaign on Wednesday when he plays Neil Robertson in the last 16 of the Shanghai Masters in China. The revamped tournament, being played as a lucrative invitational rather than a ranking event for the first time since its launch more[Read More…]
Shanghai Masters Draw and Preview
Following the conclusion of the Six Red World Championship, snooker returns to its more traditional 15-red format next week with the revamped Shanghai Masters in China. After a decade as one of the most popular and well-supported ranking events on the calendar, the decision was made to transform the Shanghai[Read More…]
Kyren Wilson Wins Six Red World Championship
Kyren Wilson made it back-to-back triumphs on the Main Tour after claiming the 2018 Six Red World Championship title on Saturday in Thailand. The Englishman produced an assured display to see off the challenge of former champion Ding Junhui with an 8-4 scoreline. The last time the pair met in[Read More…]
Six Red World Championship Final: Ding Junhui vs Kyren Wilson
Ding Junhui and Kyren Wilson will contest the 2018 Six Red World Championship final on Saturday after each emerging from tough semi-final encounters in Bangkok. Ding, the champion from two years ago, trailed Luca Brecel 6-5 in a gripping affair that ebbed one way and then the other, before eventually[Read More…]
Six Red World Championship: Semi-Final Preview
Three top 16 players feature in the last four of the Six Red World Championship with outsider Akani Songsermsawad hoping to upset the odds and lift the title on home soil in Thailand. The popular 22 year-old, known as Sunny Akani, prevailed in both of his opening knockout phase fixtures[Read More…]
Stephen Hendry Autobiography Released Today
The knockout stages of the 2018 Six Red World Championship get going on Thursday but the release of Stephen Hendry’s new autobiography today will have just as many people talking about the game – if not more. Hendry, who retired from the sport six years ago after a farewell swansong[Read More…]
Six Red World Championship Moves to Knockouts
Mark Williams and Ding Junhui were among those to complete the line-up for the last 16 in the 2018 Six Red World Championship after victories on Wednesday in Bangkok. The pair, who between them have emerged with the trophy in each of the last two editions in Thailand, maintained their[Read More…]
Former Champions Find Form in Six Red World Championship
Former champion Stephen Maguire became one of the first players to guarantee their spots in the knockout stages of the 2018 Six Red World Championship after a second round-robin victory on Tuesday in Bangkok. The Scot, who lifted the title four years ago when he edged Ricky Walden in a[Read More…]