SNOOKER’S BIGGEST box office attraction is an action today in his 23rd World Championship…
Read MoreO'SULLIVAN TAKES CENTRE STAGE AGAIN
MCGILL UPSTAGES SENIOR SCOT HIGGINS
JOHN Higgins says he still has the desire needed to win a fifth Betfred World Championship title - but compatriot Anthony McGill also made waves on Sunday
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 MoreFAB FOUR HEADING FOR CRUCIBLE
THERE WILL BE four Crucible debutants in this year’s Betfred World Championship after Kurt Maflin earned a last gasp victory over Fergal O’Brien to secure the final qualifying place.
Read MoreJONES MISSING HIS MATE AT THE CRUCIBLE
IT WAS A GOOD day for Wales in Sheffield on Wednesday but their newest star of the green baize won’t be at the Crucible this year.
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 MoreDOHERTY REPELS EVANS CHALLENGE
KEN DOHERTY survived a night of high drama to deny Reanne Evans further progress towards becoming the first woman to qualify for the final stages of the Betfred World Championship.
Read MoreWHITE SURVIVES QUALIFYING SCARE
MICHAEL WHITE survived a major scare to keep his Crucible hopes on track in the Betfred World Championship qualifiers on Wednesday.
Read MoreNEXT STOP SHEFFIELD FOR CHINA CHAMP SELBY
MARK SELBY returns home for his world title defence as China Open champion, which seemed unlikely at the start of the week after he developed a neck injury.
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 MoreSELBY NECK SCARE AHEAD OF CRUCIBLE DEFENCE
MARK Selby suffered a worrying recurrence of neck problems at the China Open ahead of his Betfred World Championship title defence later this month.
Read MoreDING BACK IN THE SWING IN BEIJING
DING JUNHUI’S 5-1 victory over Marcus Campbell in the China Open on Monday was hard earned and could set him on a much needed run through a ranking event after a disappointing season.
Read MoreO'SULLIVAN WITHDRAWS FROM CHINA ON HEALTH GROUNDS
RONNIE O’Sullivan’s next competitive match will be at the Crucible after the five-time world champion pulled out of the China Open on health grounds.
Read MoreALL WHITE ON THE NIGHT
MICHAEL WHITE was earmarked for stardom at a young age and his capture of the Indian Open on Saturday means he has arrived in the snooker big time.
Read MoreBETFRED RETURN AS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SPONSORS
BETFRED are to return as sponsors for the World Championships at the Crucible in a three-year deal starting with next month’s blue-riband event in Sheffield.
Read MoreMILKINS TARGETS MAGUIRE IN CRUCIBLE TOP-16 SCRAP
THOSE players most at risk of missing out on an automatic place at the World Championships have been feeling the heat in Mumbai in more ways than the 35 degrees outside.
Read MoreCARTER AND FU HIGHLIGHT VISA ISSUE
AN increasingly international calendar and packed spring schedule claimed a couple of casualties at the Indian Open as Ali Carter and Marco Fu failed to get their visas in time.
Read MoreSNOOKER 'ON SHORTLIST OF THREE' FOR 2020 OLYMPICS
SNOOKER IS ON a shortlist of three sports battling for inclusion on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics according to the president of the International Billiards and Snooker Federation.
Read MoreROBERTSON TIMES IT RIGHT IN GDYNIA
NEIL ROBERTSON’s capture of the Kreativ Dental Clinic Gdynia Open title netted his him first title since last June’s Wuxi Classic...
Read MoreSNOOKER GOES TO THE POLES
THE GDYNIA OPEN is the last event of the European Tour and a big tournament for three reasons.
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