188bet and Matchroom Sport are excited to announce that 188bet is the title sponsor of the 2015 Champion of Champions snooker tournament. Taking place at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry from Tuesday to Sunday 10-15 November, the 188bet Champion of Champions will be broadcast live throughout on ITV4 in the UK.[Read More…]
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UK Championship Tickets Selling Out
The final session of snooker’s Betway UK Championship has sold out, with fans snapping up tickets for the showpiece tournament at the York Barbican. It’s one of the sport’s Triple Crown events and always draws capacity crowds to the Yorkshire city to see the world’s best green baize stars competing[Read More…]
Shoot-Out Moves to ITV
Snooker’s exhilarating Shoot-Out event will be televised by ITV4 for the next three years. The one-frame knockout tournament was first staged in 2011 and it is among the most thrilling events on the calendar, with high drama ensured by a shot clock and matches lasting a maximum of ten minutes.[Read More…]
It’s There! Dear John
Over the course of the World Championship I’ve challenged one snooker aficionado to highlight the best quirky, outlandish, unusual, laughable and questionable observations of each day. As if to further enhance his (or her!) alter ego as snooker’s sleeper, this spy has elected to go through the tournament in disguise. Read[Read More…]
Irish Open to be Launched as Part of ‘Home Series’
Barry Hearn has today announced that an Irish Open in Belfast will be on the calendar for the 2016/17 season. A further Scottish Open and English Open are also set to be added to run alongside the currently existing Welsh Open, ensuring that more of the game returns to the[Read More…]
UK Championship Tickets on Sale
The Betway UK Championship returns to the York Barbican later this year, and tickets are now available for fans to see their snooker heroes in the sport’s second biggest ranking event. The Triple Crown event has been staged in York since 2011 and has attracted record crowds year on year.[Read More…]
Should Evans Get a Tour Wildcard?
There has been a lot of media attention surrounding ten-time ladies world champion Reanne Evans this past week. The Englishwoman received an invitation to compete in the men’s edition of the World Championship but narrowly lost 10-8 to 1997 champion Ken Doherty in the opening round of qualifiers in Ponds[Read More…]
UK Championship Sponsored by Betway
World Snooker is delighted to announce Betway as the new title sponsor of the UK Championship. The 2015 Betway UK Championship will run from November 24 to December 6 at the York Barbican. The tournament is one of snooker’s Triple Crown events and has a history stretching back to 1977,[Read More…]
World Championship Sponsored by Betfred
Snooker’s biggest tournament, the World Championship, will be title-sponsored by Betfred for the next three years. The prestigious event will be known as the Betfred World Snooker Championship until at least 2017. This year’s tournament will run from April 18 to May 4 at the famous Crucible Theatre in Sheffield,[Read More…]
World Grand Prix Gets 888.com Sponsor
World Snooker is delighted to announce 888.com as the title sponsor of the new World Grand Prix, which takes place next week in North Wales. The 888.com World Grand Prix at Venue Cymru in Llandudno will run from March 16 to 22, televised by ITV4. Ronnie O’Sullivan, Mark Selby, Neil[Read More…]