Three of Ireland’s five-man team have made it through to the last 32 in the European Under-21 Championship in Romania. All five players advanced relatively comfortably past the round-robin phase that took place over the last few days but two have this morning been defeated in the first round of[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.
McCrudden Closes Gap to Murphy with Third Premier Win
Martin McCrudden closed the gap at the top of the Irish rankings after victory in the sixth Premier Tour event of the season on Sunday. McCrudden won his third event of the campaign with a titanic 4-3 victory over Rodney Goggins in the final, having earlier whitewashed John Sutton in[Read More…]
Dafabet to Sponsor World Championship
World Snooker is a delighted to announce that the sport’s biggest tournament, the World Championship, will be sponsored by Dafabet for the first time this season. The Dafabet World Championship will run from April 19 to May 5 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. The top 16 seeds plus 16[Read More…]
Murphy Lands World Open Title
Shaun Murphy won his fifth ranking event title on Sunday after a hard-fought 10-6 victory over Mark Selby in the Haikou World Open. The Englishman held on for his first success in a main ranker for almost exactly three years to continue his resurgence of late. In doing so, Murphy[Read More…]
Murphy and Selby for World Open Glory
Mark Selby and Shaun Murphy will contest the Haikou World Open final after both emerging from their semi-finals with 6-4 victories on Saturday. The English duo have won seven ranking event titles between them but it is perhaps their failure to land more that has curtailed their careers somewhat. The[Read More…]
Stephen Lee Appeal Latest
This is the following statement released by the WPBSA in relation to the latest in the Stephen Lee appeal: Edwin Glasgow QC and Peter Stockwell, who formed the Appeals Committee to hear the first part of Stephen Lee’s appeal against his conviction for seven counts of match fixing, have on[Read More…]
Higgins Trumps Judd With Stunning Comeback
John Higgins produced a sterling fight back against Judd Trump to reach the quarter-finals of the World Open on Thursday. In a match of the highest break-building, the four-time world champion found himself 4-0 down at the interval following breaks of 100, 63, 110 and 68 from his opponent, Trump[Read More…]
Ding Fights Back to Edge Advani
Ding Junhui came from 4-2 behind to overcome India’s Pankaj Advani in a second round decider in the Haikou World Open. The Chinese Sensation, who has four ranking event titles this season, two in his native country, just pipped his opponent in an encounter of high scoring. Advani looked to[Read More…]
Allen Begins Hunt for Hat-Trick
Mark Allen’s love affair with the Haikou World Open continued as he beat Mike Dunn in the last 64 on the opening day’s action in China on Monday. The two-time defending champion has never lost a match in the event since it went out east and will be hoping that[Read More…]
Trump Wins Championship League
Judd Trump got back to winning ways yesterday after emerging victorious in the 2014 Championship League at Crondon Park. Trump, who won the event in 2009, beat defending champion Martin Gould 3-1 in the final to collect his first piece of silverware in a year and a half. It will[Read More…]