THE revived World Cup in Wuxi is the week when snooker goes all ‘Ryder Cup’, and fiercely competitive individual sportspeople get to experience some rare joys of teamwork.
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A SHORT HISTORY OF THE WORLD CUP
THE WORLD CUP next week marks the start of the new televised snooker season and is a rare chance for players to represent their countries rather than themselves.
Read MoreDING STILL CHINA'S FAVOURITE SNOOKER SON
AS DING JUNHUI prepares to play Judd Trump in the quarter-finals of the Betfred World Championship, we remember his remarkable capture of the China Open as a teenager ten years ago…
Read MoreALLEN TO BE REUNITED WITH GRIFFITHS
MARK Allen admits that the chance of working once again with Terry Griffiths next season gives him renewed hope for the future.
Read MoreSTEVENS BACK ON CENTRE STAGE AGAINST O'SULLIVAN
MATTHEW Stevens will feature in what many might see as his rightful place on Saturday - against Ronnie O’Sullivan, in a huge match on the Crucible stage he has graced so often.
Read MorePROUD McMANUS WOWED BY McGILL
ALAN McMANUS believes the Crucible is a perfect fit with Anthony McGill’s game and personality…
Read MoreSELT RELISHING CRUCIBLE RETURN
MATT SELT believes he is better placed to do some damage at the Crucible this year than on his debut appearance at the theatre of dreams two years ago.
Read MoreTHINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER FOR JIMMY
JIMMY ROBERTSON heads to the Crucible on Saturday determined to make amends for his nightmare debut appearance on snooker’s most famous stage.
Read MoreTEN YEARS ON: MURPHY ON HIS GREATEST MOMENT
A DECADE HAS now passed since Shaun Murphy’s astonishing capture of the world title as a qualifier but the memories remain fresh in his mind.
Read MoreIGOR COULD DO WITH A BREAK
THERE are plenty of hard-luck stories in snooker but you do have to wonder what Igor Figuereido might have achieved if so many of the cards had not been stacked against him.
Read More30 YEARS ON: DAVIS WINS BLACK BALL THRILLER
30 YEARS AFTER losing on the last ball to Dennis Taylor, Steve Davis has won a black ball thriller in Sheffield…
Read MoreEVANS SET FOR CRUCIBLE BID
AMONG THE PLAYERS cueing up for the Betfred World Championship qualifiers is Reanne Evans, the ten times women’s world champion, whose inclusion in this year’s event has attracted plenty of pre-publicity.
Read MoreBANGING THE DRUM FOR THE AMATEURS
SOME of those amateurs involved in the Betfred World Championship qualifiers this week warmed up in the Snookerbacker Classic last weekend.
Read MoreCRUCIBLE COUNTDOWN: HENDRY v WHITE 25 YEARS ON
THIS YEAR marks the 25th anniversary of Stephen Hendry becoming the youngest ever world champion – a record his still holds…
Read MoreCOUNTDOWN TO THE CRUCIBLE
THE CRUCIBLE COUNTDOWN begins in earnest now the China Open is done and dusted...
Read MoreSNOOKER'S SCANDIES GRAB THE SPOTLIGHT
Think Norway v Finland in a sporting context and ski-jumping springs more readily to mind than snooker – but the Scandinavians changed all that in Beijing.
Read MoreWONDER WALL IS A BEIJING BONUS
You can hardly go to Beijing for a week without making the effort to get out to the Great Wall of China, one of the modern-day Seven Wonders of the World
Read MoreCAN A CHINA OPEN TITLE DAMAGE YOUR CRUCIBLE HEALTH?
Recent statistics suggest that winners of the China Open rarely go on to prosper at the World Championships - with Judd Trump the obvious exception
Read MoreDIFFICULT SEASON FOR THE REFEREES
IT has been quite a 24 hours for snooker’s refs. First new hope Marcel Eckardt got the Ronnie O’Sullivan treatment in Wales, then came news of Michaela Tabb’s resignation.
Read MoreSHAUN MURPHY REMEMBERS LEE SPICK
MASTERS CHAMPION Shaun Murphy remembers Lee Spick, his contemporary on the junior circuit, who died in January at the age of 34.
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