Mark Allen annihilated the field in the fourth Championship League event to power his way into March’s Winners Group. The Northern Irishman was arguably one of last week’s best players at the Masters despite only reaching the quarter-finals. Allen came to within a whisker of beating Neil Robertson and looked[Read More…]
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Masterful Masters Quarter-final Preview
The first round of the 2013 Masters came to a conclusion last night with another belter of a game to add to what was already a memorable opening few days. The best was saved until last as Mark Selby left it late once again by staging a trademark comeback victory[Read More…]
Revel in the Rivalry
The first of the so-called big three majors gets under way tomorrow with the UK Championship in York. Along with the Masters and World Championship, the UKs have been a pinnacle tournament to which all of the top players strive to succeed in. As with the other two, being aired[Read More…]
Allen Wins Antwerp Open
Mark Allen claimed his first PTC title with a convincing 4-1 victory over Mark Selby in the Antwerp Open, Belgium. The Northern Irishman was in scintillating form and treated a capacity crowd to some amazing snooker as he raced into a 3-0 lead with the aid of three consecutive centuries.[Read More…]
Premier League Returns
This week sees the return of the Premier League to our screens and I’m not referring to the football on Saturday. Tomorrow, the 2012 Premier League snooker campaign gets under way as ten hopefuls go in search of the coveted league title. In the last decade there has been one[Read More…]
Mark Allen Receives Fine and Warning
Mark Allen has been fined £11,000 in total for his controversial comments about Chinese snooker players following the defeat to Cao Yupeng at the World Championship in April. The Northern Irishman alleged that he believed certain Chinese players to be cheats, an accusation made following what he perceived as a[Read More…]
Mark Allen Statement
Mark Allen has issued the following statement in reaction to the comments he made in Sunday’s controversial press conference after his defeat to Cao Yupeng. “Following my recent comments in the press conference after my first round defeat to Cao Yupeng, I would like to formally apologise to anyone who[Read More…]
Barry Hearn Announces Changes
World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn held a press conference at the World Championship today that will have an overbearing impact for the sport across various platforms. Although any one issue could be deemed as a major headline, probably the biggest revelation was the confirmation of a change in format for[Read More…]
Hendry and Robertson Progress
Stephen Hendry and Neil Robertson both came through their first round matches unscathed with 10-4 victories at the World Championship in Sheffield. Hendry had played superbly, compiling a maximum 147, in opening up an 8-1 advantage over Stuart Bingham yesterday but began this evening’s session poorly, dropping the opening three[Read More…]
Allen’s At it Again
Cao Yupeng caused a major upset by beating Mark Allen 10-6 in the opening round of the World Championship in Sheffield this afternoon. But once again the spotlight will be on the Northern Irishman for all the wrong reasons as he created a storm in the post-match press conference by[Read More…]