65 players from 15 countries descend on the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds next week for the first ever unified World Billiards Championship. This is the 6th time the club has hosted the World Championship, but the first time it has been jointly organised by two world governing bodies and the[Read More…]
Snooker News
The latest snooker news, results, rankings, and in-tournament updates from the professional, amateur, women’s, and seniors tours.
Irish Scene: Hogan Back in Business
The 2012/13 Irish Senior amateur season got under way over the weekend as David Hogan returned to these shores with victory in Carlow. The 24 year-old topped the Irish rankings in 2011, ensuring his return to the professional circuit but the Nenagh man endured a nightmare first half to the[Read More…]
Stephen Lee Suspended
Stephen Lee has been suspended from professional snooker pending an investigation into suspicious betting patterns involving two of his matches – most recently the Premier League tie with John Higgins last night. World Snooker has released the following statement: “On 2 October 2012 the Crown Prosecution Service announced that there[Read More…]
PL Wins for Ding and Higgins
Ding Junhui and John Higgins both moved a step closer to the semi-finals of the Premier League with respective 4-2 victories over Mark Selby and Stephen Lee in Great Malvern. As the tournament begins to edge toward the business end of the season, every victory and every frame won could[Read More…]
Remembering Paul Hunter
Today marks the sixth anniversary of the passing of Leeds snooker ace Paul Hunter. Like many poignant deaths – from JFK to Lennon, Elvis to Cobain – snooker fans around the world remember where they were and how they found out about this untimely of deaths. For me, it had[Read More…]
Robertson Bags Gold in Gdynia
Neil Robertson made it back-to-back titles in Poland after falling over the line in his final against Jamie Burnett at the Gdynia Open. Following on from last season’s success for the Australian in Warsaw, Robertson went on another run to the final that included wins over Tian Pengfei and Stephen[Read More…]
Maguire Ends White Run
Stephen Maguire became the first player into the semi-finals of the Gdynia Open after a brace of 4-1 victories sealed his last four berth in Poland. Maguire, who has performed very well in the PTC series since its introduction in 2010, winning twice alongside three runners-up spots, looked in good[Read More…]
Fin’s Fables: The Greatest Comebacks
By Fin Ruane After Europe’s incredible Ryder Cup comeback last Sunday, comparisons were soon made alongside other great sporting comebacks. Liverpool’ amazing Champions League Final comeback in Instanbul in 2005 comes to mind as does Manchester United’s in the 1999 Final, but what of the great reverses in snooker? One[Read More…]
Selby Backs Fitness
With the Gdynia Open in Poland coming up at the weekend – the second European Players Tour Championship event of the season – Mark Selby has told World Snooker of his concerns regarding an injury that caused him to pull out of the China Open earlier in the year. After[Read More…]
Weekend Round-Up
Two very different qualifying tournaments were held over the course of this weekend. Saturday marked the return of the Snookerbacker Classic – back for a second year after a hugely successful debut in 2011/12. The format is similar to last season with a series of qualifying legs held across England[Read More…]