World no.1 Mark Selby scraped through the third round of the UK Championship on Monday but world champion Stuart Bingham crashed out. Selby looked great in not losing a frame in his opening two ties but had to rely on his battling qualities to cruelly deny Jamie Jones in a[Read More…]
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Bingham Beats Hamilton to Reach Last 32
Stuart Bingham and John Higgins safely negotiated the second round of the UK Championship on Saturday. However, former champion Mark Williams crashed out in a decider after losing the final three frames to Tom Ford in a 6-5 defeat. Irishman Ken Doherty, three times a runner-up in the tournament, also[Read More…]
Classic UK Finals in the Last Decade
In just over a fortnight the 2015 UK champion will be crowned at the Barbican Centre in York. The second biggest ranking event of the campaign gets under way on Tuesday with 128 competitors lining up in chase of major glory. The UK Championship is, of course, one of the[Read More…]
New Quiz: Snooker Trivia VII
A brief respite in between tournaments for a change as we enter a busy period on the 2015/16 calendar. The Bulgarian Open gets under way on Wednesday before the Champion of Champions, General Cup and UK Championship complete November’s roster. All the talk in the last few days has understandably[Read More…]
Perry Pinches Last Four Spot from Higgins
Joe Perry is the second man through to the semi-finals of the Champion of Champions after narrowly edging man of the moment John Higgins 6-5 in Coventry. The Englishman joins Kyren Wilson in the opposite side of the draw with the remaining two last four places to be decided in[Read More…]
Champion of Champions Preview
The Champion of Champions gets under way today as 16 invitees prepare to battle it out at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry. This invitation event has become a popular spectacle for fans since its inception in 2013, with only the champions from the previous year’s array of biggest tournaments receiving[Read More…]
Big Names to Contest Sofia Showdown
John Higgins and Mark Williams will play each other in the fourth round of the Bulgarian Open after passing their opening three tests in Sofia on Saturday. The duo, who have famously locked horns so many times throughout their illustrious careers, each manoeuvred their way through some tricky ties in[Read More…]
Higgins Ties Davis with International Championship Triumph
John Higgins has won the 2015 International Championship after a 10-5 victory over David Gilbert in China. As well as lifting the trophy and collecting a cool £125,000 for his success, Higgins now joins Steve Davis at second on the all-time ranking event winners’ list – having now surpassed Ronnie[Read More…]
Higgins Sets up Gilbert Final Clash
John Higgins is into the final of the International Championship after a 9-4 victory over Mark Selby on Saturday in China. The four-time world champion was in punishing form throughout the semi-final clash with the world no.1, capitalising on most of Selby’s errors with hard match snooker. Although it came[Read More…]
Contrasting Semi-Finals in Store for International Championship
World no.1 Mark Selby remains on course to claim the International Championship for the first time as he reached the semi-finals on Thursday in Daqing. Selby prevailed in a lengthy quarter-final bout with Neil Robertson 6-4 to set up an intriguing tie against John Higgins – a repeat of the[Read More…]