Snooker News
The latest snooker news, results, rankings, and in-tournament updates from the professional, amateur, women’s, and seniors tours.
Brecel Bows out to Murphy
Shaun Murphy narrowly beat Luca Brecel 6-5 in a match of huge drama to reach the semi-finals of the UK Championship in York. After sharing the opening eight frames in a topsy-turvy affair, Brecel took the lead in the ninth as it became evident that his more experienced opponent was[Read More…]
Sniper’s Diary: The World After
By Johnny ‘Sniper’ Williams I know I said before the tournament that if I didn’t make the last 32 I would be upset, and in a way I am because I was one frame away, but then again in another sense I’m not. The standard was incredibly high and I[Read More…]
Maximum Drama in York
Mark Davis beat John Higgins 6-5 in a thrilling contest that saw the Scot make a 147 break but miss what was effectively match ball pink in the decider at the UK Championship in York. The last 16 encounter had everything in what proved to be the match of the[Read More…]
King Banishes Williams, Brecel Beams
Mark King beat Mark Williams 6-3 to cause the fourth big shock of the week as the first round of the UK Championship came to a conclusion in York. With a surprisingly strong record over the Welshman – six wins from their previous twelve encounters – King was always going[Read More…]
No Joyce for Champ Trump
Mark Joyce caused the shock result of the season so far as he beat an out-of-sorts Judd Trump 6-5 in the first round of the UK Championship in York. What made the victory even more incredible was that world no.50 Joyce had to win the last four frames, coming from[Read More…]
Magical Maguire Buries O’Brien
Stephen Maguire fired in three consecutive centuries and a break of 70 to complete a 6-2 victory over Fergal O’Brien on the opening day of the 2012 UK Championship. Neither of the duo played particularly well in sharing a stagnated first four frames but Maguire will feel lucky to have[Read More…]
Revel in the Rivalry
The first of the so-called big three majors gets under way tomorrow with the UK Championship in York. Along with the Masters and World Championship, the UKs have been a pinnacle tournament to which all of the top players strive to succeed in. As with the other two, being aired[Read More…]
World Amateurs: Sniper’s Diary 3
By Johnny ‘Sniper’ Williams So yesterday I played my final group match. I was a bit nervous to start with and a bit tired so I didn’t play great. I knew if I won this match I was guaranteed to finish third in my group, which I knew would be[Read More…]
Doherty into Munich Open
The first two rounds of the sixth and final European Players Tour Championship event took place over the last two days – with 32 players moving forward to the Munich Open just after the New Year. Ken Doherty won his two encounters over a pair of amateur opponents to strengthen[Read More…]