Snooker returns to our television screens after the Christmas break with the start of the 2015 Dafabet Masters at the Alexandra Palace on Sunday. The top 16 players in the world go head-to-head in the famous straight knockout invitation event, with a tasty £200,000 on offer for next week’s champion.[Read More…]
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2015 Championship League Starts Monday
The Championship League returns to Crondon Park on Monday with the first and second groups of the season taking place next week. Defending champion Judd Trump and 2012 winner Marco Fu are both in Group 1, alongside 2011 runner-up Shaun Murphy and four further ranking event champions in Neil Robertson,[Read More…]
Lisbon the Port of Call
Portugal will become the 11th country to host a European Tour event when the Lisbon Open gets under way on Thursday. It marks another major step into unknown territory as the sport’s efforts to become more global continue. Continental Europe has already seen successful satellite minor-ranking tournaments staged in the[Read More…]
Morris Into the Last 16
David Morris has matched his run in last year’s UK Championship by reaching the fourth round for successive seasons in York. The Kilkenny cueist was under a little bit of pressure to back up his superb victory over world champion Mark Selby on Saturday and he didn’t disappoint with a[Read More…]
Determined Doherty Denies White in York
Ken Doherty followed fellow Irishman David Morris into the third round of the UK Championship after a superb fight back against Michael White on Sunday in York. The 45 year-old, runner-up in 1994, 2001 and 2002, went 3-0 down early on against the Welshman but responded with some heavy scoring[Read More…]
Hobbling O’Sullivan a Doubt as Carter Crashes Out
The first round of the UK Championship concluded on Thursday with most of the big names easing into the last 64. However, it had looked as though all of the top 16 seeds were going to avoid an early exit but the returning Ali Carter lost the last three frames[Read More…]
Maximum Effort as Murphy Wins in Mulheim
Shaun Murphy won the Ruhr Open in style as he compiled a superb 147 break en route to a 4-0 final victory over Robert Milkins in Germany. The 2005 world champion had the maximum on his mind as twice earlier in the day he had been thwarted by untimely misses[Read More…]
Trump Playing Like a Champion
Judd Trump produced some high quality snooker to easily dismantle the challenges of Stephen Maguire and Mark Selby in the Champion of Champions on Tuesday. The Englishman, who gained an invitation to this lucrative tournament by winning the Championship League and Australian Open in 2014, knocked in a flurry of[Read More…]
Robertson and Trump Through
Neil Robertson, Judd Trump and Shaun Murphy remained in the bottom half of the International Championship after contrasting victories in Chendgu on Monday. Trump, in a lacklustre display, was pushed all the way by Haining Open semi-finalist Jimmy Robertson but eventually prevailed in a final frame decider 6-5. The encounter[Read More…]
International Championship Preview
Sunday announces the start of the International Championship as the 64 qualifiers begin battle for the lucrative £125,000 winner’s cheque in Chengdu. Now in its third year on the calendar, the International Championship has quickly become a firm favourite with both the players and the fans alike. Its longer format[Read More…]