Defending champion Ding Junhui and world champion Mark Williams both advanced from their heldover World Open qualifying round encounters with tight deciding frame victories on Monday in Yushan. In a busy opening day of action in China, the pair was made to work extremely hard for their places in the[Read More…]
Snooker News
The latest snooker news, results, rankings, and in-tournament updates from the professional, amateur, women’s, and seniors tours.
Mark Selby Defends Haining Open
Mark Selby retained the Haining Open title on Saturday after a typical come-from-behind victory over Li Hang in the final in China. The Haining Open isn’t a World Snooker sanctioned event, instead run by the Chinese Billiards and Snooker Association, but has become an annual fixture on the calendar that[Read More…]
2018 World Open: Preview and Draw
The 2018 World Open gets under way on Monday as the 2018/19 campaign begins to gather a little momentum. The first ranking event of the new term concluded only last week with Neil Robertson capturing the Riga Masters title at the expense of Jack Lisowski in Latvia. It marked an[Read More…]
Snooker in August
With the first ranking event of the 2018/19 campaign wrapped up, it’s time to look forward to what snooker in August holds in store for us to enjoy. Neil Robertson impressed as he captured the opening ranking title of a new term for the fourth time in the last six[Read More…]
Barry Pinches Wins Challenge Tour 3
Barry Pinches took advantage of a depleted field to capture the third Challenge Tour event of the season in Latvia at the weekend. The Challenge Tour series, consisting of ten events and providing amateur players with a possible route onto the Main Tour, is supposed to boast a total of[Read More…]
Neil Robertson Wins Riga Masters
Neil Robertson has won the 2018 Riga Masters after a 5-2 victory over Jack Lisowski in the final in Latvia on Sunday. The Australian took advantage of a poor display from his opponent, who was featuring in a ranking event final for the first time in his career, to prevail[Read More…]
Riga Masters Quarter-Finals Preview
Former Riga Masters champion Neil Robertson heads an interesting last eight line-up that will fight it out for the 2018 edition on the final day of action in Latvia on Sunday. The Australian, the winner two years ago in the Eastern European capital city, was in trademark high-scoring form as[Read More…]
China Welcomes Disability Snooker
Officials from World Disability Billiards and Snooker (WDBS) recently visited the China Administration of Sports for Persons with Disabilities (CASPD) to explore future partnership opportunities. Nigel Mawer QPM, chairman of WDBS and WPBSA Sport Development Manager Chris Hornby met with Mr Wu Secretary of the Party Committee for CASPD and[Read More…]
Reigning Champ Ryan Day Exits Riga
Ryan Day’s first defence of a ranking event ended in immediate disappointment as he lost 4-3 to Ali Carter in the last 64 of the Riga Masters on Friday. The Welshman, who landed his maiden ranking title just over 12 months ago in the Latvian capital city, was handed a[Read More…]
Preview: Riga Masters
Viva la Riga! After one of the most prolonged spells of downtime on the professional circuit in years, snooker returns on Friday in the Latvian capital for the first ranking event of the new season – the Riga Masters. Okay, so in the beginning of July a bout of qualifying[Read More…]