Jimmy White has been a professional on the Main Tour since 1980. In those 33 years, he has won almost everything that the game has to offer. He has delighted a legion of followers who have supported him through thick and thin. He went through many, many ups and downs[Read More…]
Snooker News
The latest snooker news, results, rankings, and in-tournament updates from the professional, amateur, women’s, and seniors tours.
It’s a Young Man’s Game After All
Mark Allen won the Kay Suzanne Memorial Cup in Gloucester yesterday, making it back-to-back European Tour titles. The Northern Irishman was rarely troubled throughout the weekend as he collected a second trophy in a month following his success in October’s Ruhr Open in Germany. Allen overcame Judd Trump in the[Read More…]
Finals Day in Gloucester
The last 16 line-up for the Kay Suzanne Memorial Cup was confirmed on Saturday at the Capital Venue in Gloucester. The likes of David Morris and Judd Trump already booked their place on Friday and were joined by eight further players yesterday. World no.1 Neil Robertson was banging in more[Read More…]
Morris Mounts Gloucester Challenge
David Morris got back to winning ways in Gloucester as he won three matches at the Kay Suzanne Memorial Cup on Friday. The Kilkenny cueist was pushed to the wire in his opening bout with Malta’s Alex Borg, needing all seven frames to finally prevail in a decider 4-3. However,[Read More…]
Kay Suzanne Memorial Cup Preview
The Kay Suzanne Memorial Cup takes place this weekend at The Capital Venue in Gloucester. In fact, the annual tournament now in its third year in the Players Tour Championship series, began yesterday with the preliminary amateur rounds. Those come to a conclusion today with Irish former professional Leo Fernandez[Read More…]
New Venue for World Championship Qualifiers
The qualifying rounds of snooker’s biggest tournament, the World Championship, will be held at the prestigious Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield next year. Ponds Forge stages a range of national and international sporting events every year and will host snooker for the first time with the World Championship[Read More…]
What We Learned from the International Championship
Yesterday saw the conclusion of the 2013 International Championship, the second year of the event held in Chengdu, China. It was another successful staging of a tournament that is quickly becoming one of the most prestigious on the calendar. Even though it is still a fledgling initiative, the International has[Read More…]
Ding Wins Three in a Row
Ding Junhui has won the International Championship to become the first player in two decades to capture three consecutive ranking event titles. In a thoroughly dramatic and topsy-turvy final with Hong Kong’s Marco Fu, Ding came from 9-8 down to prevail in a decider 10-9 and add to the Shanghai[Read More…]
Asia’s Best Contest International Final
Arguably the best two Asian players of all time go head-to-head for the International Championship title in Chengdu on Sunday. Unquestionably, China’s Ding Junhui is the greatest cueman to come out of the continent, highlighted by his abundance of success at such an early age already. And the only other[Read More…]
Ding’s Dominance Continues
Ding Junhui remains on course for a rare hat-trick of ranking event titles after he came through a tough test with Peter Ebdon to reach the semi-finals of the International Championship. The Chinese sensation had already become the clear favourite to collect the trophy in Chengdu after the defeats of[Read More…]