This season’s German Masters world ranking event will be sponsored by F66.com for the first time. The F66.com German Masters will run from February 1st to 5th, 2017, at the iconic Tempodrom venue in Berlin. The event has become one of the most popular on the global tour since it[Read More…]
Snooker News
The latest snooker news, results, rankings, and in-tournament updates from the professional, amateur, women’s, and seniors tours.
Ronnie O’Sullivan into the Semi-Finals in Coventry
Ronnie O’Sullivan is into the semi-finals of the Champion of Champions after emerging through his opening two tests in Coventry on Monday. The two-time champion extended his unbeaten run at the Ricoh Arena with victories over Robin Hull and Martin Gould. O’Sullivan was triumphant in this lucrative invitational in each[Read More…]
RIBSA Announce Junior Elite Squad Scholarship
The Republic of Ireland Billiards and Snooker Association has announced details of a new Junior Elite Squad of Under-16 players for the 2017/18 season. This comes only a couple of days after RIBSA’s first Junior Development day was held at the Ivy Rooms in Carlow on Saturday. More than 30 players ranging[Read More…]
Championing Invitations
The inaugural China Championship came to an appropriate conclusion on Saturday with John Higgins pocketing the mammoth cheque in Guangzhou. Not only did the Scot overcome an elite field to win the lucrative invitational and collect £200,000 – the biggest prize ever awarded outside the UK – Higgins duly managed[Read More…]
John Higgins and Stuart Bingham Face Off for £200k
John Higgins and Stuart Bingham will contest the inaugural China Championship final after emerging from contrasting last four encounters in Guangzhou. Higgins comfortably conquered Mark Allen, who disappointed with a flat performance following his excellent victory over world no.1 Mark Selby on Thursday. Higgins raced into a 3-0 lead with[Read More…]
Final Four Gun for Guangzhou Glory
Mark Allen edged world champion Mark Selby in a 6-5 thriller to reach the semi-finals of the inaugural China Championship on Thursday. The Northern Irishman compiled a hat-trick of centuries as he established a 5-2 lead, only for Selby to launch one of his trademark comebacks and eventually force a[Read More…]
Eight Left in China Championship
The field of 16 has been reduced to eight after the opening two days of the inaugural China Championship in Guangzhou. Mark Selby showed no signs of relinquishing his control on the Main Tour as he comfortably outscored Anthony McGill for a 6-2 victory on Tuesday. The 33 year-old, who[Read More…]
Coral Continues Home Series Support
World Snooker is delighted to announce Coral as the title sponsor of the new Home Nations series. The three remaining events in the series – the Northern Ireland Open, Scottish Open and Welsh Open – will all be title-sponsored by Coral. This follows their successful sponsorship of the recent Coral[Read More…]
China Championship Preview
The inaugural Evergrande China Championship gets under way on Tuesday as the 2016/17 campaign continues to build momentum. 16 players have been invited to Guangzhou for the lucrative five-day event, with a whopping £200,000 on offer for the champion crowned on Saturday – the most ever to be awarded outside[Read More…]
Mark Selby Strolls to International Championship Success
Mark Selby has won the International Championship for the first time after destroying Ding Junhui in the final 10-1. The ‘Jester’ failed to replicate the high level of power scoring from his superb semi-final victory over Stuart Bingham, but gained the upper hand early and duly never relinquished his advantage.[Read More…]