By Free Ball A few gremlins have affected television transmission at times throughout The Championship. There were the technical difficulties on First Friday morning, accompanied by the BBC’s continuity announcer continuously insisting the snooker was in York. There was the surprisingly calm sound of Rob Walker prepping a morning crowd rather than the[Read More…]
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World Championship: Day 14 Schedule
Friday, 28th April 10AM Mark Selby 3-5 Ding Junhui (Session 2) 2:30PM John Higgins 5-3 Barry Hawkins (Session 2) 7PM Mark Selby 3-5 Ding Junhui (Session 3) TV Times (Scheduled) BBC (subject to regional programming) BBC Two LIVE: 10:00-12:00; 13:00-18:00; 19:00-21:00 BBC Red Button LIVE: 11:55-13:00; 20:55-23:00 Connected TV and Online[Read More…]
World Championship: Day 13 Schedule
Thursday, 27th April 1PM Mark Selby vs Ding Junhui (Session 1) 7PM John Higgins vs Barry Hawkins (Session 1) TV Times (Scheduled) BBC (subject to regional programming) BBC Two LIVE: 13:00-18:00; 19:00-20:00 BBC Red Button LIVE: 19:55-23:00 Connected TV and Online LIVE: Tables One & Two, 13:00-18:30; 19:00-23:00 BBC Two Highlights:[Read More…]
Preview: World Championship Semi-Finals
It’s down to the final four in the 2017 World Championship at the Crucible Theatre. After three weeks of qualifying action followed by the opening three rounds of the main event in Sheffield, the cream of the crop have certainly risen to the top. The quartet of remaining contenders all[Read More…]
Barry Hearn Plans New Challenge Tour
Barry Hearn has announced that a new Challenge Tour will be launched for amateurs featuring ten tournaments in Europe. The Challenge Tour, already successfully implemented in darts, which is similarly controlled by Hearn, is set to begin during the 2018/19 campaign. The tour will be open to players who enter next[Read More…]
It’s There! Red + Blue = In the Pink
By Free Ball I’m lucky. I’m self-employed; and although it comes with its problems, I try my best to push it hard at times, to make the time for, more often than not, the snooker time. It’s true that occasionally during a right slog of a match, I wonder what[Read More…]
World Championship: Day 12 Schedule
Wednesday, 26th April 10AM Mark Selby 6-2 Marco Fu (Session 2) Kyren Wilson 5-11 John Higgins (Session 3) 2:30PM Ronnie O’Sullivan 6-10 Ding Junhui (Session 3) Barry Hawkins 5-3 Stephen Maguire (Session 2) 7PM Mark Selby 6-2 Marco Fu (Session 3) Barry Hawkins 5-3 Stephen Maguire (Session 3) TV Times (Scheduled) BBC (subject to[Read More…]
Ding Junhui Close to Taking Down Rocket
Ding Junhui is on course for a telling victory over Ronnie O’Sullivan after the Chinese number one established a 10-6 quarter-final lead on Tuesday in Sheffield. The 30 year-old was in superb form as he dominated the second session to pull away after the opening session between the pair was[Read More…]
World Championship: Day 11 Schedule
Tuesday, 25th April 10AM Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Ding Junhui (Session 1) Kyren Wilson vs John Higgins (Session 1) 2:30PM Mark Selby vs Marco Fu (Session 1) Barry Hawkins vs Stephen Maguire (Session 1) 7PM Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Ding Junhui (Session 2) Kyren Wilson vs John Higgins (Session 2) TV Times (Scheduled) BBC (subject to regional[Read More…]
Preview: World Championship Quarter-Finals
144 have become just eight as the World Championship embarks on the quarter-final stage at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. Four former champions remain in contention to win the sport’s blue riband event, and with it the whopping £375,000 champion’s cheque. Arguably the tie of the round is the eagerly anticipated clash[Read More…]