Barry Hearn made a wave of announcements for the second week in a row after another exciting press conference at the World Championship in Sheffield today. Last week, the European market was discussed as well as alterations made to the format of the Welsh Open and German Masters – not[Read More…]
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Barry Hearn Announces Changes
World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn held a press conference at the World Championship today that will have an overbearing impact for the sport across various platforms. Although any one issue could be deemed as a major headline, probably the biggest revelation was the confirmation of a change in format for[Read More…]
Changes to Tour Structure Planned
The busy weekend down in Killarney for the Alex Higgins International Trophy meant that I didn’t have time to report the announcement by World Snooker for planned changes to the structure of the Main Tour. For the 2013/14 campaign, the circuit will be opened up to 128 professionals – an[Read More…]