China’s Liang Wenbo reached the fourth round of the Riga Open after knocking out world champion Stuart Bingham on Saturday. The 28 year-old’s highest break was just 50 but he recorded a second successive 4-1 triumph to add to an earlier victory over Ireland’s David Morris in Latvia. Except for[Read More…]
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Snooker Returns in Riga
Professional snooker returns on Wednesday with the Riga Open as the European Tour kicks off in Latvia. After more than a three-week summer break from the sport, it will be interesting to see how the marquee players perform. In truth, even though there has already been the World Cup and[Read More…]
New Quiz: Ranking Event Champions
There has been a rankings list in snooker for more than four decades now. Aside from the World Championship, though, a season consisting of a string of ranking events didn’t actually become commonplace until the mid-1980s. These days, there are roughly around ten full ranking events throughout the campaign, usually[Read More…]
O’Brien Ousts Bingham Down Under
Fergal O’Brien came from 4-2 down to knock world champion Stuart Bingham out of the Australian Open on day one in Bendigo. Bingham appeared to be coasting to a routine enough victory in his first competitive match since being crowned Crucible king back in May – barring his World Cup[Read More…]
2015 SHQ Awards: The End of Season Review
As we prepare for a new season that amazingly starts in a mere few days, there’s still just about enough time to reflect on the 2014/15 campaign. Over the last few years on SnookerHQ I have always done an end of season review in May and this year will be[Read More…]
Bingham Bags Player of the Year Awards
Newly-crowned World Champion Stuart Bingham was named snooker’s Player of the Year at the sport’s annual awards ceremony in London tonight. Bingham conquered the Crucible for the first time by beating Shaun Murphy 18-15 in an epic final this week. He also won the Shanghai Masters world ranking event earlier[Read More…]
It’s There! It’s Over
Over the course of the World Championship I challenged one snooker aficionado to highlight the best quirky, outlandish, unusual, laughable and questionable observations of each day. As if to further enhance his (or her!) alter ego as snooker’s sleeper, this spy elected to go through the tournament in disguise. One person[Read More…]
Brilliant Bingham Becomes World Champion
Stuart Bingham is the 2015 world snooker champion after a thrilling 18-15 victory over Shaun Murphy in Sheffield. The English duo served up a treat in a dramatic final that ebbed one way and then the other. The pendulum swung in Bingham’s favour for the defining time in a tense[Read More…]
Murphy and Bingham Poised for Final Showdown
On the 17th and final day at the Crucible, Monday will see either Shaun Murphy or Stuart Bingham crowned as the 2015 world champion. The English duo served up a treat on the opening day of the final on Sunday, with 2005 champion Murphy boasting a narrow 9-8 advantage over his friend[Read More…]
Murphy vs Bingham: World Championship Final Preview
Englishmen Shaun Murphy and Stuart Bingham will contest the 2015 Beftred World Snooker Championship final in Sheffield. The duo came through contrasting semi-finals contested over the last three days at the Crucible Theatre to set up an ultimate showdown that not many would have predicted at the outset of the[Read More…]