The Riga Masters qualifiers continued at the Preston Guild Hall on Wednesday with Mark Allen, Kyren Wilson, and Anthony McGill all progressing to the main stages. Masters champion Allen, with an average shot time of less than 15 seconds, won an entertaining contest with Daniel Wells 4-2 while Wilson, the[Read More…]
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The latest snooker news, results, rankings, and in-tournament updates from the professional, amateur, women’s, and seniors tours.
Stuart Bingham Loses in Riga Qualifying
Stuart Bingham became the first big-name casualty in the first event of the season as he crashed to a 4-0 defeat to Niu Zhuang in the qualifying round for the Riga Masters on Tuesday. The 2015 world champion appeared to be in rusty shape as his opponent took advantage of[Read More…]
Early Wins for Shaun Murphy and Barry Hawkins
The 2018/19 snooker season commenced on Monday with the start of the Riga Masters qualifying round at the Preston Guild Hall. There were no upsets of note to speak about as the top seeds in action safely negotiated their opening task of what will ultimately prove to be another long[Read More…]
Five Players To Watch in the 2018/19 Snooker Season
The new snooker season gets going on Monday with the qualifying round for the Riga Masters taking place at the Preston Guild Hall. With twenty ranking events and a host of other invitational tournaments scheduled between now and the start of next May, it’s sure to be another hectic calendar[Read More…]
Riga Masters and World Open Qualifiers Kickstart Campaign
The 2018/19 snooker season gets under way on Monday with the qualifying rounds for both the Riga Masters and World Open set to take place at the Preston Guild Hall. The pair of rankers will be the first in a campaign that will boast a total of at least 20,[Read More…]
Betting Sponsors Renew Ties with Snooker Events
Ladbrokes has renewed its sponsorship of snooker’s World Grand Prix and Players Championship, and added the new Tour Championship to the series. Those three events will make up the Ladbrokes Series of world ranking events in 2019. The Ladbrokes World Grand Prix will run from February 4-10 in Cheltenham, followed[Read More…]
Belgium to Host European Women’s Masters
World Ladies Billiards and Snooker (WLBS) announced the first staging of the European Women’s Masters on Thursday. To be held at the De Maxx club in Neerpelt, Belgium, the tournament will take place over three days in October and feature the world’s best women players, each vying for ranking points[Read More…]
Snooker Season Set for Break Off
Well, that was a nice little break – excuse the pun. After practically a month off, snooker returns next week with the start of the 2018/19 campaign as the qualifying rounds for the Riga Masters and World Open take place at the Preston Guild Hall. It’s been a much-welcomed period[Read More…]
Brandon Sargeant Wins Challenge Tour 1
Brandon Sargeant beat fellow Englishman Luke Simmonds 3-1 to capture the inaugural Challenge Tour event in Burton on Sunday. The new Challenge Tour is a series consisting of ten tournaments that are set to be staged throughout the UK and across Europe during the 2018/19 campaign. A prize fund of[Read More…]
Snooker’s New Challenge Tour to Commence
The inaugural season of the new Challenge Tour is to get under way today at the Meadowside Leisure Centre in Burton. There has been much excitement and a general feeling of progression in the sport since the announcement of a new Challenge Tour for amateur players was announced more than[Read More…]