Ronnie O’Sullivan staged an impressive comeback to win the 2012 German Masters – beating Stephen Maguire 9-7 in a thrilling final in Berlin. The victory marks O’Sullivan’s first ranking event title – not including the minor Players Tour Championship events – since the 2009 Shanghai Masters, an unprecedented barren run[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.
O’Sullivan or Maguire
Ronnie O’Sullivan and Stephen Maguire will contest tomorrow’s final of the German Masters after contrasting semi-finals earlier in Berlin. O’Sullivan came through a tough encounter with Stephen Lee 6-4 while Maguire put on the performance of the week – if not a contender for the entire season – in his[Read More…]
Johnny Bravo Williams and Sutton
Johnny Williams and John Sutton have reached the Snookerbacker Classic Grand Finals after coming through the Dublin leg at CrossGuns Snooker Club. The pair become the fifth and sixth men who will do battle at the South West Snooker Academy later this month, joining Allan Taylor, Jamie Barrett, David Gray[Read More…]
Rallying Ronnie Stuns Higginson
Ronnie O’Sullivan produced arguably one of the greatest comebacks of his career by winning five frames on the spin to pip Andrew Higginson 5-4 in the German Masters first round. O’Sullivan didn’t fly to Berlin last year to compete but knew that he had to make the effort this time[Read More…]
Doherty Dumped by Defending Champ
Ken Doherty advanced beyond the wildcard round but then suffered a thrashing at the hands of defending champion Mark Williams in the first round of the German Masters in Berlin. The Dubliner easily saw off home favourite Patrick Einsle this morning 5-1 to safely progress into the last 32 but[Read More…]
German Masters Preview
The German Masters commences tomorrow, returning once again to the Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany. The ranking event is, without doubt, one of the greatest success stories in recent years for the sport. The German Masters had been in existence for four years during the mid-1990s but it took eleven years[Read More…]
Gray and O’Donnell Advance in SB Classic
David Gray and Martin O’Donnell have become the third and fourth players to advance to the Snookerbacker Classic Grand Finals. The English duo overcame a strong field of 32 players in the second qualifying event, this time held at South West Snooker Academy in Gloucester, and will join Allan Taylor[Read More…]
Celbridge All-Ireland Champions
Celbridge Snooker became the 2012 All-Ireland club champions yesterday after beating Northern Ireland outfit Drumaness 3-1 at the Gleneagle Hotel in Killarney. Kildare’s Celbridge had proven to be one of the outright favourites after winning the Leinster title earlier in January and maintained their form by going unbeaten throughout this[Read More…]
Hawkins Wins Snooker Shoot-Out
Barry Hawkins claimed the 2012 Snooker Shoot-out and with it the top prize of £32,000 in Blackpool. The Englishman beat Graeme Dott in the final of the single frame formatted event 61-23 to lift the biggest title of his career to date. Hawkins has been a Main Tour regular for[Read More…]
Snooker Shoot-Out
The Sky Shoot-Out gets under way tomorrow as Nigel Bond begins the unlikely quest of defending the title he claimed last year in Blackpool. Unlikely being the key word because this tournament is like a lottery and, despite being branded as an event aimed at gamblers, I wouldn’t touch this[Read More…]