Pankaj Advani has won the IBSF World Amateur Championship for a third time after beating Amir Sarkhosh 8-2 in the final in Qatar. The Indian, who also won the tournament in 2003 and 2015, was one of the pre-tournament favourites and duly delivered again on the big stage to record[Read More…]
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Soheil Vahedi Wins World Amateur Championship
Soheil Vahedi has won the IBSF World Championship after a fantastic 8-1 victory over Andrew Pagett in Qatar. In doing so, he becomes the second Iranian to capture the most prestigious amateur title after compatriot Hossein Vafaei Ayouri’s success in 2011. The triumph will also mean a likely invitation onto[Read More…]
Michael Judge Makes Quarter-Finals in World Amateur Championship
Michael Judge is into the quarter-finals of the IBSF World Amateur Championship after two knockout victories in Doha on Sunday. The Irishman edged 2012 champion Muhammad Asif 5-3 in the last 32 before a more convincing 5-0 whitewash of Manan Chandra. Judge spent 20 years as a professional player between[Read More…]
Irish Trio in Doha for World Amateurs
129 players head to Doha in Qatar this weekend for the 2016 IBSF World Championship. Among them is a strong three-man Irish team comprising TJ Dowling, Michael Judge and Jason Devaney. Dowling earned his place after capturing a third National Championship in May – an incredible 18 years after his[Read More…]
6 Red World Championship into Knockouts
The round-robin phase of the 6 Red World Championship has concluded in Bangkok. With 32 out of the original 48 competitors advancing to the knockout stage, it was always going to be unlikely to see any of the big names drop out early on. And so it was to be[Read More…]
Williams Through Despite Sickness
The first round of the Indian Open was completed on Wednesday with most of the big seeds going through in Hyderabad. The notable exception was 2015 runner-up Ricky Walden, the fourth seed going down 4-1 to Nigel Bond, while Ryan Day also suffered at the hands of the much-improved John[Read More…]
Advani Wins Another World Title
Pankaj Advani won the IBSF World Championship for a second time in his career after an 8-6 victory over Zhao Xintong on Saturday. It marks an incredible 15th world title for the Indian, adding to his previous triumphs in six-red snooker and billiards. The 30 year-old will once again be[Read More…]
Chinese Teenagers Win World Cup
China B has sensationally won the 2015 World Cup on home soil after overcoming Scotland 4-1 in the final in Wuxi. The team, comprising teenagers Zhou Yuelong and Yan Bingtao, also saw off Welshmen Mark Williams and Michael White in the last four. Combining for a remarkable age of just[Read More…]
Defending Champions China Conquered in World Cup
Scotland will play India while Wales tackle China B in the semi-finals as the World Cup enters the final day in Wuxi on Sunday. There was a suitably global feel to the last eight line-up today with only Scotland and Wales representing the traditional hotbed of the sport, though they[Read More…]
Ireland Out as World Cup Heads for Knockouts
Ken Doherty and Fergal O’Brien’s Republic of Ireland bowed out of the World Cup on Friday after a 3-2 defeat to England ended their chances of reaching the last eight in China. England were also eliminated in Wuxi under dramatic circumstances, despite overcoming the Irish in their final group game.[Read More…]