Ronnie O’Sullivan has today announced his intentions to retire after the upcoming World Championship. The unbelievable statement comes on the eve of this year’s edition at the Crucible, where the Englishman is the favourite to win his sixth crown. Of course, O’Sullivan has often hinted at quitting throughout his career[Read More…]
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Paul Collier Chosen to Take Charge of World Final
Paul Collier has been selected to referee the final of the Betfred World Championship for the second time. The 45-year-old Welshman first took charge of snooker’s biggest match in 2004 when Ronnie O’Sullivan beat Graeme Dott in the final at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. And he’ll don the white[Read More…]
Ladies Champion to Play in World Championship
Reigning world ladies snooker champion Ng On Yee has qualified to take up a place in the qualifying rounds of this year’s Betfred World Snooker Championship. On Yee, 25, from Hong Kong, became the first non-British winner of the World Ladies Snooker Championship last year and is now set to[Read More…]
Flat Draw Paints a Sorry Picture
It has been a fiercely contested debate since day one – are flat draws good or bad for the sport? From my point of view I was initially in favour of the initiation of a system which would allow all professional players the opportunity to enter an event on an[Read More…]
What Now?
A whole day has passed since the conclusion of the 2015 World Championship in Sheffield and I’m sure some of us are feeling a snooker hangover. The entire season was jam-packed, particularly in the second half, but the month of April and the first few days in May was as[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…]
It’s There! Licence to Fill
Over the course of the World Championship I’ve 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 has elected to go through the tournament in disguise. Read[Read More…]