Mark Selby and John Higgins will contest the final of the 2017 Betfred World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. The pair won contrasting last four encounters to set up a repeat of the final ten years ago, which Higgins won 18-13. A lot has changed in the[Read More…]
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World Championship: Day 15 Schedule
Saturday, 29th April 10AM John Higgins 10-6 Barry Hawkins (Session 3) 2:30PM Mark Selby 12-12 Ding Junhui (Session 4) 7PM John Higgins 10-6 Barry Hawkins (Session 4) TV Times (Scheduled) BBC (subject to regional programming) BBC Two LIVE: 10:00-12:00; 16:30-17:30; 19:00-21:30 BBC One LIVE: 13:15-16:30 BBC Red Button LIVE: 11:55-13:15; 21:25-23:00[Read More…]
Mark Selby and Ding Junhui on Course for Classic
Mark Selby and Ding Junhui tussled in a thrilling third session which left their World Championship semi-final finely poised at 12-12 in Sheffield. The pair goes into Saturday’s final session each requiring five frames in order to reach the final at the Crucible for a second successive season. Defending champion[Read More…]
TJ Dowling Looks to Defend Irish National Championship
The focus of the majority of snooker fans will be on the Crucible Theatre this weekend and the conclusion of the World Championship. However, also taking place is the start of the Irish Senior National Championship at the Ivy Rooms in Carlow. The flagship end-of-season tournament on the domestic scene in[Read More…]
It’s There! Taxi for Steve Davis
By Free Ball A few gremlins have affected television transmission at times throughout The Championship. There were the technical difficulties on First Friday morning, accompanied by the BBC’s continuity announcer continuously insisting the snooker was in York. There was the surprisingly calm sound of Rob Walker prepping a morning crowd rather than the[Read More…]
World Championship: Day 14 Schedule
Friday, 28th April 10AM Mark Selby 3-5 Ding Junhui (Session 2) 2:30PM John Higgins 5-3 Barry Hawkins (Session 2) 7PM Mark Selby 3-5 Ding Junhui (Session 3) TV Times (Scheduled) BBC (subject to regional programming) BBC Two LIVE: 10:00-12:00; 13:00-18:00; 19:00-21:00 BBC Red Button LIVE: 11:55-13:00; 20:55-23:00 Connected TV and Online[Read More…]
World Championship: Day 13 Schedule
Thursday, 27th April 1PM Mark Selby vs Ding Junhui (Session 1) 7PM John Higgins vs Barry Hawkins (Session 1) TV Times (Scheduled) BBC (subject to regional programming) BBC Two LIVE: 13:00-18:00; 19:00-20:00 BBC Red Button LIVE: 19:55-23:00 Connected TV and Online LIVE: Tables One & Two, 13:00-18:30; 19:00-23:00 BBC Two Highlights:[Read More…]
Preview: World Championship Semi-Finals
It’s down to the final four in the 2017 World Championship at the Crucible Theatre. After three weeks of qualifying action followed by the opening three rounds of the main event in Sheffield, the cream of the crop have certainly risen to the top. The quartet of remaining contenders all[Read More…]
Barry Hearn Plans New Challenge Tour
Barry Hearn has announced that a new Challenge Tour will be launched for amateurs featuring ten tournaments in Europe. The Challenge Tour, already successfully implemented in darts, which is similarly controlled by Hearn, is set to begin during the 2018/19 campaign. The tour will be open to players who enter next[Read More…]
It’s There! Red + Blue = In the Pink
By Free Ball I’m lucky. I’m self-employed; and although it comes with its problems, I try my best to push it hard at times, to make the time for, more often than not, the snooker time. It’s true that occasionally during a right slog of a match, I wonder what[Read More…]