Cue sports failed in its bid to be included in the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo yesterday but that comes as a shock to almost nobody involved in the participating sports – especially snooker. Snooker, pool and billiards will now look to 2024 for a more realistic stab at breaking[Read More…]
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World Cup Draw Confirmed
The line up of 24 teams to play in snooker’s 2015 World Cup in China next month has been announced. The tournament will take place in the city of Wuxi in the Jiangsu Province from June 15 to 21, with the two-man teams chasing a top prize of $200,000 from a[Read More…]
Snooker World Cup to Return in China
World Snooker’s prestigious World Cup 2015 will be held in the city of Wuxi in China. 24 teams will be chasing glory for their nation and the US$200,000 winner’s prize. The snooker World Cup has a long history dating back to 1979. Previous winners include Wales, England, Canada, Ireland, Scotland[Read More…]
This Girl Can Gets WPBSA Support
The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association has registered as a supporting partner of This Girl Can, a campaign which aims to get more women active and playing sport. This Girl Can is a national campaign, developed by Sport England and delivered in partnership with a wide range of organisations,[Read More…]
Reanne Evans to Play in World Championship
Snooker’s top ladies player Reanne Evans has been awarded a place in the qualifying rounds of this year’s World Championship. Evans, who has won the World Ladies Championship for the past ten consecutive years, will take a place in the sport’s biggest event at Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in[Read More…]
Sutton Suspended Until Hearing
WPBSA earlier released the following statement: As a result of suspicious betting patterns on the match between John Sutton and Jamie Burnett at the International Championship in Barnsley on 24th September 2014, Nigel Mawer, the Chairman of the WPBSA Disciplinary Committee, launched an investigation supported by the International Centre for Sport[Read More…]
Will Snooker be in Tokyo 2020?
On Thursday, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association announced that it has engaged heavily in working alongside the World Confederation of Billiard Sports on a bid for inclusion in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. The host city in Japan will be able to accept at least one sport as an addition[Read More…]
Carter Set for Champion of Champions Nod
World Snooker and the WPBSA have announced today that Ali Carter’s seeding for the remainder of the 2014/15 season will be based on a world ranking of 13. Carter was ranked 13th in May when he withdrew from the World Snooker Tour in order to receive treatment for lung cancer.[Read More…]