On Thursday, it was announced that the new European Championship to be staged this season will undertake a format change. Instead of the intended flat draw consisting of 128 players at the venue in Romania, there will now be only 32 players travelling to the country which is set to[Read More…]
Snooker News
The latest snooker news, results, rankings, and in-tournament updates from the professional, amateur, women’s, and seniors tours.
Ireland Set for Home Internationals
The 2016 Home Internationals will get under way on Friday, again to be staged at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds. The team event pits nations from the British and Irish Isles, as well as some invited countries from further afield, against each other for annual international amateur honours. Ireland[Read More…]
Ronnie O’Sullivan to Play in Two Chinese Events
Ronnie O’Sullivan announced today on social media that he will be entering the Shanghai Masters and International Championship this year in China. The Englishman, who is yet to play competitively this season, was last in action at the World Championship where he lost to Barry Hawkins in a dramatic second[Read More…]
Ali Carter Wins World Open
Ali Carter has won the 2016 World Open after a 10-8 victory over Joe Perry in Yushan on Sunday. The 37 year-old adds a fourth ranking event title to his collection, pockets £90,000, and returns to the top 16 in the world rankings following the success. It looked as though[Read More…]
Joe Perry and Ali Carter into World Open Final
The World Open final will be between Joe Perry and Ali Carter after contrasting last four victories for the Englishmen on Saturday. While Perry reached his third ranking event final in as many years with a stunning performance of break-building against close pal Neil Robertson, Carter’s triumph over Thepchaiya Un-Nooh was[Read More…]
Ali Carter Thumps Higgins
Ali Carter reached his first ranking event semi-final for more than two years as he thumped John Higgins 5-0 in the World Open on Friday. The Englishman took advantage of an out-of-sorts Higgins to comfortably outplay the Scot with runs of 101, 98 and 51 and reach the last four[Read More…]
Shaun Murphy Continues World Open Defence
Reigning champion Shaun Murphy is into the quarter-finals of the World Open after a 5-1 victory over Kurt Maflin in Yushan. Murphy had waited more than tears to defend the title he won in Haikou, but is now only three wins away from repeating the success in China. The Englishman[Read More…]
Seeds Stumble as Selby and Ding Crash Out
If yesterday was a day for the seeds, day three in the World Open was all about the underdog as there were a host of upsets in the last 32 in Yushan. World champion Mark Selby, world no.2 Stuart Bingham, home favourite Ding Junhui and former world no.1 Judd Trump all[Read More…]
Stars Surge in World Open
It was a relatively straightforward day for the marquee players as the first round of the World Open came to a conclusion on Tuesday. Defending champion Shaun Murphy, world champion Mark Selby, Crucible runner-up Ding Junhui, and former world number ones John Higgins and Neil Robertson all advanced to the[Read More…]
Murphy Wins Yushan Opener
Shaun Murphy finally got his defence of the World Open under way with a 5-1 defeat of Sanderson Lam in Yushan. It’s more than two years since then 2005 world champion got his hands on the World Open trophy in Haikou but he safely negotiated his held over qualifying round[Read More…]