The 2016/17 Irish senior campaign gets under way on Saturday at the Ivy Rooms in Carlow. 62 players have entered the first event of the season, with six in total scheduled between now and the Irish National Championship in May. Jason Devaney finished the last term ranked number one and[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.
Ding Junhui and Mark Selby on Course for Another Final
Mark Selby and Ding Junhui remain on course for a repeat of their epic World Championship final contest after each emerging from tough last eight ties at the Shanghai Masters on Friday. World no.1 Selby edged Ryan Day 5-3 while Ding ended Michael Holt’s excellent run with a victory of[Read More…]
Michael Holt Knocks Ronnie Out of Shanghai
Ronnie O’Sullivan is out of the Shanghai Masters after a 5-2 defeat to Michael Holt in China on Thursday. The 2009 champion was competing in his first event of the campaign and narrowly survived his opening test when he came from 4-1 down to beat Liang Wenbo in the last[Read More…]
Ryan Day Rumbles Robertson
Neil Robertson, Shaun Murphy and Mark Williams crashed out of the Shanghai Masters as the first round came to a conclusion on Wednesday. Robertson, somewhat unusually for him, complained about the conditions as he was downed by Ryan Day in a scrappy affair 5-2. The Australian had been in good[Read More…]
O’Sullivan Through and Maximum Moment for Maguire
Ronnie O’Sullivan came from 4-1 down to win while Stephen Maguire knocked in a maximum break on another entertaining day at the Shanghai Masters. O’Sullivan was playing in his first competitive match of the campaign so was understandably rusty during the opening exchanges. It looked as though China’s Liang was[Read More…]
Ding Squeezes Through as Teenager Stuns Gould in Shanghai
Home favourite Ding Junhui is into the last 16 of the Shanghai Masters after a dramatic opening day in China. The tenth edition of the ranking event began with three out of the four first round ties going the distance, made all the more thrilling as the format returned to[Read More…]
Players Prepare for Shanghai Masters
The biggest event of the season so far gets under way on Monday with the Shanghai Masters in China. Now in its tenth edition since Dominic Dale won the inaugural staging back in 2007, the Shanghai Masters is one of the most keenly contested and respected ranking events on the[Read More…]
Lucrative New Invitational Set for China
Snooker’s new Evergrande China Championship will have a top prize of £200,000, the biggest ever for a tournament outside the UK. The event will run from November 1st to 5th and it will also be the first ever professional tournament in the city of Guangzhou in the Guangdong Province of[Read More…]
Ding Junhui Captures 6 Red World Crown
Ding Junhui won the 6 Red World Championship on Saturday after an 8-7 victory over Stuart Bingham in Bangkok. The Chinese no.1 compiled runs of 72 and 67 as he held off the Englishman in a tense decider to collect the £45,000 winner’s cheque. After losing the first frame, Ding[Read More…]
Stuart Bingham and Ding Junhui in 6 Red Final
Stuart Bingham and Ding Junhui will contest the 6 Red World Championship final on Saturday in Bangkok. Bingham knocked out the last remaining home hope Akani Songsermsawad in the quarter-finals before a 7-1 thrashing of 2014 champion Stephen Maguire in the last four. Bingham was runner-up when this event was first[Read More…]