The 2017 Eden World Women’s Championship gets under way on Monday at the Lagoon Billiard Room in Singapore. A field of 32 has been separated into eight groups of four, with the top eight seeds and players of the same nationality kept apart in an initial round-robin phase. Two players will progress[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.
Players Championship: Semi-Final Preview
Four players remain in the hunt for the lucrative Players Championship title in Llandudno this week. The field of 16 players, invited based on their high earnings from this season, has been whittled down to the semi-finalists after eight sessions of action in Wales. Host broadcaster ITV’s horse racing coverage[Read More…]
Marco Fu Beats Mark Selby in Players Championship
Marco Fu dispatched of world number one Mark Selby to reach the semi-finals of the Players Championship in Llandudno on Thursday. The Scottish Open champion, one of the most in-form players over the last three months, twice trailed by a single frame but managed to tie the scores at 2-2[Read More…]
Shoot Out Voted to Remain Ranking Event
Snooker’s professional players have voted to keep the Coral Shoot Out tournament as a world ranking event. Last month the one-frame knock out event was made a ranking event for the first time, with Anthony McGill winning the £32,000 top prize in Watford. World Snooker subsequently asked all tour players[Read More…]
Sniper’s Snippets: Grand Prix
By Jonathan Williams The Grand Prix for me went better than expected. It wasn’t necessarily the best in terms of a last eight appearance, but more the fact that I beat Robert Murphy for what I think was the first time in around 12 years. Now, I may have only played[Read More…]
Judd Trump Ousts Ronnie O’Sullivan
Judd Trump became the first player to book a Players Championship semi-final spot after a 5-3 victory over Ronnie O’Sullivan in Llandudno on Wednesday. The 27 year-old has been in terrific form throughout this season, even if he hasn’t quite managed to obtain a quantity of silverware he would be[Read More…]
2017 Snooker Q School Opens for Entry
Any snooker player who has dreamed of turning professional will have a chance of earning a tour card at Q School 2017 in May. There will be 12 two-year tour cards available, with the opportunity to join the global snooker circuit and compete for prize money of £10 million. Q[Read More…]
Mark Selby Seizes Day in Players Championship
Mark Selby came through a tough battle with Ryan Day 5-4 to move into the last eight of the Players Championship in Llandudno. The world champion was never behind in the match but was challenged by a resilient opponent who has been in top form of late. Day had come[Read More…]
Ronnie O’Sullivan and Anthony Hamilton Win in Wales
Ronnie O’Sullivan and Anthony Hamilton moved into the quarter-finals of the Players Championship after recording respective 5-1 victories on Monday evening. The pair each landed a brace of centuries as they coasted into the last eight with a minimum of fuss in Llandudno. O’Sullivan made much lighter work of Liang[Read More…]
Players Championship: Preview and Draw
The Ladbrokes Players Championship gets under way on Monday with the 16 best players from this season in action at the Venue Cymru in Wales. The Players Championship brings together the highest earners on the circuit since the 2016/17 campaign began last May. Shaun Murphy was the only man in[Read More…]