Josh Boileau heads a strong Irish team who will head to the European Championships in Poland next February. The 20 year-old captured his maiden Senior ranking event title last Sunday and, in doing so, surged to the top of the Irish rankings to guarantee his place in the Men’s Championship[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.
Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice Receives Betway Donation
The UK Championship principal sponsors Betway has donated £18,610 to Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice after a superb fortnight of pocket-rattling action. Betway’s pre-tournament pledge to donate £10 for every point scored over 100, and £10 for each century break recorded, meant that a total of £17,610 was raised. Add to[Read More…]
Sniper’s Snippets: The President’s Cup
The third Irish ranking event of the season took place last weekend with Josh Boileau grabbing his first Senior success in the President’s Cup. The week prior, the young cueist from Kildare had lost in the rescheduled final of the Irish Open to Michael Judge, but there was no stopping[Read More…]
Gibraltar Open Sponsored by Dafabet
World Snooker is delighted to announce Dafabet as the new title sponsor of this week’s Gibraltar Open. The televised stage of the Dafabet Gibraltar Open will run from December 11 to 13 at the Tercentenary Sports Hall and will feature top stars including Mark Selby, Judd Trump, John Higgins, Jimmy[Read More…]
Masters Draw Pairs O’Sullivan and Williams
Amid the pandemonium surrounding Neil Robertson’s 147 and UK Championship success, the draw for the 2016 Masters was also made on Sunday. Robertson has openly admitted that, having now claimed the first BBC major, he wants to go on and capture a rare Triple Crown achieved in the same season.[Read More…]
Perfect Robertson Adds to Majors Haul
Neil Robertson won his second UK title on Sunday after a 10-5 victory over Liang Wenbo that included a superb 147. The Australian’s family should be in for a neat Christmas period after he picked up almost £200,000 for his triumph and maximum break double. Add to that the £100,000[Read More…]
Robertson and Liang in Overseas UK Final
Neil Robertson and Liang Wenbo will contest the first all-overseas UK Championship final in York on Sunday. The Australian and Chinese competitors emerged through contrasting semi-finals on Saturday to set up a clash for the second biggest ranking title. While Robertson was clinical in his 6-0 drubbing of Mark Selby,[Read More…]
Semi-Finals in York
A fantastic Friday in York saw an incredible three quarter-final ties go down to a decider at the Barbican Centre. Only four players remain left in the hunt for glory in the sport’s second biggest ranking event and the two semi-finals could not be any more different. The bottom half[Read More…]
World Ladies Snooker Rebranded
The World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association (WLBSA) has become World Ladies Billiards and Snooker (WLBS) after becoming a subsidiary company of the WPBSA. As part of a rebrand the WLBS is looking to restructure ladies snooker to ensure events and governance falls in line with WPBSA processes. The WLBS[Read More…]
Quarter-Final Preview
The UK Championship has reached the quarter-final stage with just eight competitors left vying for the title in York. The two halves of the draw could not look much more different, with the bottom section boasting three stars of the sport and former UK champions. In contrast, the top half is[Read More…]