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…]
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World Championship First Round Preview
The eagerly anticipated 2013 World Championship gets under way tomorrow as 32 of the best players on the planet do battle for the biggest prize of them all. The Crucible Theatre in Sheffield plays host to the 17-day marathon for a 37th consecutive year with defending champion Ronnie O’Sullivan returning[Read More…]
2013 World Championship Draw
The draw for the last 32 of the 2013 World Championship has just been completed on talkSPORT radio station. Here is the full draw… Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Marcus Campbell Ali Carter vs Ben Woollaston Stuart Bingham vs Sam Baird John Higgins vs Mark Davis Shaun Murphy vs Martin Gould Graeme[Read More…]
China Open Preview
The penultimate world ranking event of the 2012/13 season gets under way today with the China Open in Beijing. Peter Ebdon is the defending champion after a heroic effort saw him pip Stephen Maguire in last year’s final 10-9. The encounter started off under dour circumstances with only six of[Read More…]
Gould Wins Championship League
Martin Gould won the 2013 Championship League last night at Crondon Park after edging Ali Carter 3-2 in the final. The Winners Group saw seven players who had already emerged successful in previous qualifying groups com together to fight it out for the main prize. The round-robin stage was a[Read More…]
TV Figures Maxed Out for Ding’s 147
Mark Allen and Ding Junhui played out one of the best matches of the season in the PTC Grand Finals in Galway. Figures announced by Ireland’s MediaConsult company confirmed that over 100 million viewers in Asia alone tuned in to watch the live coverage. The match itself was as near[Read More…]
Devastating Ding’s Decider Delight
Ding Junhui produced a scintillating comeback to overcome Neil Robertson and win the 2013 PTC Grand Finals in Galway. The Chinese superstar takes home the winner’s cheque of 100,000 pounds, as well as 22,000 pounds for recording the fifth maximum break of his career in Saturday’s quarter-finals. And the 25[Read More…]
Quarters in Galway
The quarter-final line-up for the 2013 Players Tour Championship Grand Finals in Galway has been confirmed and what an intriguing round it promises to be. A mixture of proven champions, journeymen and up-and-comers ensures that the climax to the series at the Bailey Allen Hall should be an exciting one.[Read More…]
Ding Denies Trump in League
Ding Junhui triumphed in the third group of this year’s Championship League to join John Higgins and Ali Carter in March’s Winners Group. China’s Ding, who surrendered a two frame lead to Neil Robertson in last week’s Masters almost repeated the blunder in today’s final at Crondon Park as Judd[Read More…]
2013 Masters Preview
The 2013 Masters gets under way on Sunday as the 16 best ranked players in the world do battle at the Alexandra Palace in London. First staged in 1975, the Masters is now the second longest running professional tournament on the annual calendar – behind only the World Championship itself[Read More…]