ZHOU YUELONG and Yan Bingtao, 17 and 15 years old respectively, pulled off a remarkable triumph to win the World Cup for China’s B team in Wuxi on Sunday.
Read MoreCHINESE DUO GET TEENAGE KICKS TO LAND WORLD CUP
THE WEEK SNOOKER GOES ALL 'RYDER CUP'
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.
Read MoreA 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 MoreQ SCHOOL QUALIFIERS... AND THOSE LEAVING THE STAGE
AS EIGHT PLAYERS earn professional status through Q School, two stalwarts are departing the stage…
Read MoreBINGHAM CLAIMS DOUBLE AT AWARDS NIGHT
THURSDAY night saw the fifth staging of the World Snooker Awards at London’s Dorchester Hotel – and it was another big evening for Stuart Bingham.
Read MoreHEARN'S 2020 VISION
WE CONSIDER Barry Hearn’s new five-year plan for snooker, announced this week…
Read MoreTHE BIG SHAUN MURPHY INTERVIEW
Before this year’s Betfred World Championship Shaun Murphy spoke about his 2005 win, and fears he had become “a bottler” before a recent strong revival and winning the Masters.
Read MoreMAGNIFICENT McGILL
ANTHONY McGILL nearly quit snooker as a teenager. Now he’s in the quarter-finals of the Betfred World Championship…
Read MoreO'SULLIVAN: MY SHOES, AND MY OBSESSSIONS
RONNIE O’Sullivan breezed into the last 16 of the Betfred World Championship at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield on Wednesday.
Read MoreGLEE FOR YEE
NG ON YEE of Hong Kong sprang a surprise by beating ten times champion Reanne Evans on her way to claiming the women’s world title at the Northern Snooker centre in Leeds on Tuesday.
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 MoreRELIEVED SELBY: I WAS PREPARING 'CURSE' EXIT SPEECH
MARK Selby breathed a huge sigh of relief on Saturday night - after edging a Betfred World Championship classic against Kurt Maflin.
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 MoreWORLD CHAMPIONSHIP DRAW: FIRST THOUGHTS
KURT MAFLIN was the last player to qualify for the Crucible this year and will be among the first in action on Saturday when he faces defending champion Mark Selby in the first round.
Read MoreSTEADMAN HITS DIZZY HEIGHTS
CRAIG STEADMAN is Crucible bound after qualifying for the final stages of the Betfred World Championship for the first time in his career on Wednesday.
Read MoreFIRED UP SELT ROARS BACK TO BEAT WHIRLWIND
JIMMY White is no stranger to heartbreak when it comes to the Betfred World Championship and there was more agony for him in Monday night’s penultimate qualifier against Matt Selt.
Read MoreDOTT CLOSING IN - BUT WHITE GONE
GRAEME Dott stands just one win away from getting back to the Crucible after reaching the final round of Betfred World Championship qualifying on Sunday night.
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 MorePRIDE OF WALLSEND: 'MY GREATEST DAY'
GARY Wilson admitted that reaching a first major final with a thrilling China Open win over home favourite Ding Junhui was “by far the best moment of my career”.
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