By Colin Bell It was time for the annual Goldfields Open in Bendigo, Victoria – the only snooker ranking event in Australia. There had been some negative publicity prior to the event. Top ranking players not entering, complaints about the distance, prize money and the tax all got mentioned. In order 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.
Williams a Winner Again
Mark Williams ended a two-year barren spell by winning the inaugural Rotterdam Open in the Netherlands yesterday. The Welshman will go down as one of the sport’s greatest ever players but his career has been anything but consistent. A dominant force at the beginning of the century, Williams won two[Read More…]
Snooker Going Home to India
World Snooker has revealed that there will be an 11th ranking event this season – to be staged for the first time in India. India has long been touted as a future destination with the game increasingly growing in popularity there. And as it was widely speculated that this would[Read More…]
World Seniors Returns to Portsmouth
World Snooker: Snooker superstars past and present will return to the Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth in October for the 2013 World Seniors Championship. The tournament was staged in the South Coast city for the first time last year with the likes of Steve Davis, Jimmy White, Dennis Taylor, Cliff Thorburn,[Read More…]
Fu Finds Form to Land Second Title
Marco Fu yesterday claimed his second ranking event title by beating home favourite Neil Robertson 9-6 in the Australian Open final in Bendigo. The 35 year-old thoroughly deserved the victory, being the best player of the week by some distance. Even though neither he nor Robbo played particularly well in[Read More…]
Selby Safely Through in Oz
Mark Selby is into the quarter-finals of the Australian Open after outclassing Zhang Anda 5-1 in Bendigo. The UK and Masters champion produced an excellent display to easily overcome his Chinese opponent. The 30 year-old raced into a 4-0 lead at the interval thanks to breaks 69, 71, 76 and 90. [Read More…]
Selby’s Comeback Burns
Mark Selby came from 3-0 down to overcome Ian Burns 5-4 in a low-quality affair at the Australian Open in Bendigo. In a match that lasted more than four hours, Selby looked to be heading for a second opening round exit in succession when Burns, in the last 32 of[Read More…]
Unwell Robertson Begins Well in Australia
World no. 1 Neil Robertson eased past Marcus Campbell in the first round of the Australian Open – despite admitting afterwards that he could have pulled out sick. The Wuxi Classic champion has been waking up in the middle of the night in cold sweats and had to fight off[Read More…]
Fin’s Fables: Snooker Down Under
This coming week sees the second main ranking event of the new season take place in Bendigo, Australia, and as the UK and European based tour players begin the long journey Down Under to compete in the third staging of this event many snooker fans out there might think Australia[Read More…]
Cao Wins Men’s Gold
Cao Yupeng has captured the gold medal in the Men’s Singles at the 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in South Korea. In an all-Chinese final, Cao beat compatriot Ding Junhui 4-2 in a contest that lacked much fluidity. The 22 year-old, who many tip to be the Chinese[Read More…]