Snooker returns after another of its many summer breaks with the World Open starting on Monday in China. The competition is back for the first time since 2014, with Shaun Murphy finally getting the chance to defend the title he won in Haikou more than two years ago. The tournament moves to[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.
Wildcards for Home Nations Events
The Home Nations series of world ranking events to run during the 2016/17 season will each feature two amateur wild cards from the host nation. The series will comprise the new English Open, Irish Open and Scottish Open as well as the existing Welsh Open. Each tournament will feature 128[Read More…]
What’s Been Happening?
In short, not much. It’s been almost two weeks since the conclusion of the Indian Open, where Anthony McGill collected his maiden ranking event trophy, as the stagnated start to the 2016/17 campaign continues. The biggest tournament of the season so far gets under way on Monday with the return[Read More…]
Anthony McGill Wins Indian Open
Anthony McGill has won the Indian Open after beating Kyren Wilson 5-2 in the final in Hyderabad – his first ranking event success. In a battle of two of the sport’s best young emerging stars, the Scot took control of the contest after the scores were tied at 2-2, reeling[Read More…]
Maguire Denies Advani in India
Stephen Maguire withstood a spirited fight back from Pankaj Advani to deny the home favourite in the Indian Open second round on Thursday. Advani had fought back from 3-1 down to force a decider in front of a large partisan crowd, before disappointingly losing a dramatic final frame to the[Read More…]
Williams Through Despite Sickness
The first round of the Indian Open was completed on Wednesday with most of the big seeds going through in Hyderabad. The notable exception was 2015 runner-up Ricky Walden, the fourth seed going down 4-1 to Nigel Bond, while Ryan Day also suffered at the hands of the much-improved John[Read More…]
Fernandez Suspended For 15 Months
The WPBSA has today released this statement concerning Irish snooker player Leo Fernandez: After a hearing before the WPBSA Disciplinary Committee that took place on 24th June 2016 Leo Fernandez admitted to a breach of 2.1.2.1 of the WPBSA Members Rules: 2.1.2 Corruption: 2.1.2.1 to fix or contrive, or to be a party[Read More…]
Indian Open Begins Under Darkness
The Indian Open began on Tuesday under rather farcical circumstances in Hyderabad. First, there was a power cut during the keenly contested match between Joe Swail and Jimmy White with the latter needing just three more pots to secure victory. In addition, there were technical problems with the much-hyped Eurosport[Read More…]
Players Set for Indian Open
The Indian Open gets under way on Tuesday as the stagnated start to this campaign stutters along. The qualifiers plus six local wildcards head to Hyderabad for the third edition of the Indian Open. The event wasn’t scheduled last season following victories for Ding Junhui and Michael White in the two previous[Read More…]
QUIZ: Snooker Trivia VIII
Today, it’s the return of the Snooker Trivia series. If you don’t remember how it works, essentially it is a speed round in which you have two minutes to answer 12 questions about the sport. Generally, the first few questions are pretty easy before they become a little more challenging[Read More…]