Shaun Murphy became the biggest casualty of the 2019 UK Championship so far after losing to Eden Sharav in the first round on Thursday.
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Jimmy White and Ken Doherty Lose in Qualifiers
Jimmy White and Ken Doherty have been knocked out of the 2019 World Snooker Championship after respective 10-4 losses in the penultimate qualifying round on Monday.
Preview: Northern Ireland Open Semi-Finals
Ronnie O’Sullivan and Mark Selby will do battle in a mouthwatering Northern Ireland Open semi-finals encounter on Saturday at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast. The pair of Englishmen will renew one of the sport’s biggest rivalries after emerging from their respective quarter-final ties with David Gilbert and Thepchaiya Un-Nooh unscathed.[Read More…]
Preview: Northern Ireland Open Quarter-Finals
Ronnie O’Sullivan, Mark Selby, and Judd Trump are among the eight players who have reached the Northern Ireland Open quarter-finals at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast. The trio of stars emerged from two rounds on Thursday to reach Friday’s last eight, where the format will increase from the best of[Read More…]
Paul Hunter Disability Classic Staged in Derby
The Paul Hunter Disability Classic successfully returned to the Cueball Derby last weekend as World Disability Billiards and Snooker (WDBS) staged its latest event for players with learning and sensory disabilities. The final event of the 2017/18 season, the weekend saw a significant increase in entries from the inaugural competition[Read More…]
Ronnie O’Sullivan and Judd Trump Coast into International
Ronnie O’Sullivan breezed into the main draw of the International Championship as the qualifiers reached its conclusion in Preston on Friday. The “Rocket” wasted little time as he demolished Gerard Greene 6-0 in less than 90 minutes at the Guild Hall. O’Sullivan, without a ranking event victory since the 2016[Read More…]
White Loses as Australian Open Qualifiers Begin New Season
The 2015/16 campaign kicked off on Monday as the Australian Open qualifiers began in Crawley, England. It has only been four weeks since the conclusion of the World Championship but we’re already back under way with a new season. Some like the wall-to-wall snooker and when the Barry Hearn era[Read More…]
Clark Foils Fernandez Tour Return
Rhys Clark denied Leo Fernandez a return to the Main Tour after a 4-1 victory over the Irishman in the final round of Q-School Event 1 in Burton. The young Scot joins the professional ranks for the first time in his career and is joined on the graduate list by[Read More…]
Shanghai Masters Qualifiers Begin
The Shanghai Masters qualifiers got under way today at the Metrodome in Barnsley. The third ranking event of the campaign is also the second that uses the old flat 128 draw format – the others being the already completed Australian Open won by Judd Trump and the season-ending World Championship[Read More…]
PTC 5
In a day of relatively few, if any, shocks, Irishmen John Sutton and Douglas Hogan progressed to the final amateur qualifying round of Players Tour Championship 5 in Sheffield. However, former Irish amateur champion Dessie Sheehan was not so fortunate – succumbing to a 4-2 defeat to Zak Surety. Sutton[Read More…]