Mark Allen was convincingly beaten 6-2 by Marco Fu in the quarter-finals of the Masters on Thursday. While it is important to point out that Fu is currently producing some of the most clinical snooker of his career, the result still represents a disappointing exit for Allen. The Northern Irishman[Read More…]
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Should Snooker Lose Bookie Sponsorship?
Irish amateur John Sutton’s suspension pending a hearing into an alleged betting scandal once again threw the sport of snooker into the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. Last week’s German Masters was a superb spectacle, in particular Fantastic Friday’s evening session which produced four out of four deciding frame[Read More…]
Stephen Lee Owes £125,000
Nicholas Stewart QC has delivered his ruling on the costs of the final part of Stephen Lee’s appeal against his finding that he was in breach of the WPBSA Rules for match and spot fixing in connection with seven matches in 2008-9. The appeal was against the finding, sanction and[Read More…]
2014 SHQ Awards: The End of Season Review
The 2014/15 campaign gets under way on Saturday with the Wuxi Classic qualifiers. Yes, you read that correctly. After only a short few weeks, the action returns almost straight away as the roadshow sets off once more. Some will argue that there isn’t enough of a break in between seasons.[Read More…]
Stephen Lee Update
The following statement has been released regarding the ongoing Stephen Lee case and appeal. WPBSA Statement On Monday 12th May 2014 Nicholas Stewart QC sat as the Appeals Committee to hear the remaining parts of Stephen Lee’s appeal against the finding that he was in breach of the WPBSA Rules[Read More…]
Stephen Lee Appeal Date Set
World Snooker today released the following statement concerning the ongoing case and appeal involving former world no.5 Stephen Lee. “On Thursday 24th April 2014, there was a hearing in the case of Stephen Lee. The Chair of the independent Appeals Committee, Nicholas Stewart QC has directed that subject to Stephen[Read More…]
Stephen Lee Appeal Latest
This is the following statement released by the WPBSA in relation to the latest in the Stephen Lee appeal: Edwin Glasgow QC and Peter Stockwell, who formed the Appeals Committee to hear the first part of Stephen Lee’s appeal against his conviction for seven counts of match fixing, have on[Read More…]
WPBSA Stephen Lee Statement
Today, World Snooker released this statement regarding the latest in the Stephen Lee appeal on a 12-year ban for match fixing. The Appeals Committee have considered the evidence and submissions made by all parties in the first part of Stephen Lee’s appeal against his conviction for match fixing. Today they[Read More…]
2013 Snooker Highs and Lows
2013 was another action-packed year on the baize. There were many highs, lows and all that comes in between as comebacks, victories, defeats and scandals dominated the snooker headlines. Such is the enormity of the calendar these days that there is barely a respite throughout the entire 12 months. Indeed,[Read More…]
Round-Up: Lee, Ronnie, Wales
While there has been no snooker played on the table this week there has certainly been plenty of talk about the sport off it. Here’s a quick round-up of everything that’s been going on. Stephen Lee Appeals As expected, Stephen Lee has lodged his appeal against the 12-year ban he[Read More…]
