The draw for the first round of the 2014 World Championship was made on Thursday and as ever it threw up some interesting ties. The qualification stage is complete and all that is left is the small matter of the 17 days required for one of the 32 competitors[Read More…]
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Doherty Returns to the Crucible
Ken Doherty has qualified for the World Championship for the first time in two years after beating Dechawat Poomjaeng 10-5 in the final qualifying round in Sheffield. The Irishman put the disappointment of failing to reach the Crucible last season, as well as what has transpired to be a disastrous[Read More…]
The World Awaits for Final Qualifiers
After a week of high drama, the 2014 World Championship qualifiers are at its final stage. There are only 32 players remaining as they battle it out for the 16 remaining places on offer at this year’s Sheffield showdown. Such is the strength in depth on the Main Tour these[Read More…]
Higgins Trumps Judd With Stunning Comeback
John Higgins produced a sterling fight back against Judd Trump to reach the quarter-finals of the World Open on Thursday. In a match of the highest break-building, the four-time world champion found himself 4-0 down at the interval following breaks of 100, 63, 110 and 68 from his opponent, Trump[Read More…]
Ding Fights Back to Edge Advani
Ding Junhui came from 4-2 behind to overcome India’s Pankaj Advani in a second round decider in the Haikou World Open. The Chinese Sensation, who has four ranking event titles this season, two in his native country, just pipped his opponent in an encounter of high scoring. Advani looked to[Read More…]
More Upsets as Liang Misses 100th Maximum
The second day of the UK Championship threw up another few unexpected results but not as many as the higher ranked players fought back on Wednesday in York. Five players ranked inside the world’s top 41 were dumped out of the competition on the opening day’s action and they were[Read More…]
White Shocks Walden in Wuxi
Jimmy White produced a competent performance to pull off his best television victory in years at the Wuxi Classic in China. The Whirlwind was always in control against defending champion Ricky Walden and eventually completed an impressive 5-2 triumph to march into the last 32. The 51 year-old recorded four[Read More…]
Jack Sacks Maguire
Dechawat Poomjaeng thrilled the crowd on his way to causing the shock of the 2013 World Championship so far by beating Scotland’s Stephen Maguire 10-9 in Sheffield. Known as ‘Jack’ among his friends, Thailand’s Poomjaeng became only the third player from Thailand to compete at the Crucible after coming through[Read More…]
Sheffield Line-up Complete
The qualifying event for the 2013 World Championship came to a conclusion yesterday with a mixture of young and old stealing the headlines. There will be six hopefuls gracing the Crucible Theatre for the first time – four of them under the age of 25 as a new and exciting[Read More…]
The Final Round
In football, it’s gracing the field of a World Cup stadium. In tennis, it’s donning the all-white colours on the luscious green grass of SW19 at Wimbledon. In golf, as is the case this very weekend, it’s performing inside the beautiful surroundings of Augusta National at the Masters. In snooker,[Read More…]