Former Riga Masters champion Neil Robertson heads an interesting last eight line-up that will fight it out for the 2018 edition on the final day of action in Latvia on Sunday. The Australian, the winner two years ago in the Eastern European capital city, was in trademark high-scoring form as[Read More…]
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Mark Selby Defeat Opens Up Top Half
Joe Perry inflicted a shock 10-4 drubbing on reigning champion Mark Selby on the opening day of the World Snooker Championship on Saturday in Sheffield. Selby had been one of the title favourites after a two-year winning run at the Crucible Theatre and a recent triumph in the lucrative China[Read More…]
Matthew Stevens Among Experienced World Championship Qualifiers
Matthew Stevens booked his return to the Crucible with a 10-2 triumph over Ken Doherty in the final round of the World Championship qualifiers in Sheffield on Wednesday. The Welshman, twice a runner-up, coasted to victory against the 1997 world champion to secure his return to the venue stages for[Read More…]
Jimmy White Loses in World Championship Qualifiers
Jimmy White’s long wait for a return to the Crucible Theatre will have to go on for another year at least after he suffered a 10-5 defeat to Joe Perry in the penultimate World Championship qualifying round on Sunday in Sheffield. The Whirlwind, who hasn’t reached the venue stages since[Read More…]
Jimmy White Moves One Step Closer to Crucible
Six-time World Snooker Championship runner-up Jimmy White beat Sam Craigie 10-6 in his opening qualifying round fixture at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield on Thursday. The 55 year-old, who is only competing on the circuit this season courtesy of an invitational tour card, is two additional wins away[Read More…]
Gibraltar Open: Preview and Draw
Gibraltar is the next stop on the calendar as the players head to the Iberian Peninsula for a bit of sun and baize, with the Gibraltar Open set to get under way on Wednesday. The Gibraltar Open is one of the last surviving events that follows the pro-am guise of the[Read More…]
Victorious Michael Georgiou Earns World Grand Prix Berth
Snooker Shoot Out champion Michael Georgiou has squeezed into the top 32 in the World Grand Prix Order of Merit standings, qualifying for next week’s event in Preston at the last opportunity. The 30 year-old, who by representing Cyprus became only the second European from outside the UK and Ireland[Read More…]
Glorious Michael Georgiou Wins Snooker Shoot Out
Michael Georgiou captured his maiden ranking event title by brilliantly winning the 2018 Snooker Shoot Out in Watford on Sunday. In beating Graeme Dott in a thrilling final frame showdown, Georgiou becomes the first Cypriot and only the second European from outside the United Kingdom and Ireland to claim a[Read More…]
Berlin’s Brief: Mark Williams Owns the Tempodrom Again
By Frank B. Halfar In Berlin The final of this year’s German Masters unexpectedly turned out to be an even more one-sided affair than the semi-final, where already Mark Williams had been the winner while conceding but one frame to his opponent. That he would sail to the championship with[Read More…]
