Alfie Burden’s snooker career may be nearer the end than the beginning, but the 39-year-old Londoner is now proudly supporting son Lene on his journey with Arsenal’s academy teams.
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OPINION: PUT SENIORS ENTRY AGE BACK UP TO 45
The World Seniors Championship takes later in January with some doubt hanging over the event as to what its intended purpose is.
Read MoreBINGHAM: NEW EXPECTATIONS HAVE TAKEN THEIR TOLL
Stuart Bingham admits it has been hard coping with the added pressures and expectations this season after his Crucible triumph.
Read MoreDAVIS: RONNIE GONG WAS LONG OVERDUE
Steve Davis has hailed Ronnie O’Sullivan’s OBE in the New Year Honours list as long overdue.
Read MoreSNOOKER'S TOP FIVE AMBASSADORS? WHAT DO YOU THINK...
Risking opening a hornet's nest, we have a go at listing the game's current 'Top Five Snooker Ambassadors'.
Read MoreCLASSY ROBERTSON IS CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS
NEIL ROBERTSON, like the great players of any era, thrives in a big match in a big arena with a big title on the line, as he proved by capturing the Champion of Champions in Coventry on Sunday night.
Read More'GAGGING' FINES POLICY HAS FALLEN INTO DISREPUTE
If snooker is to thrive and even survive in a competitive sporting marketplace there has to be a rethink over fining players for relatively innocent comments.
Read MoreGLORY FOR RORY
RORY McLEOD was an unexpected winner of the Ruhr Open but fully earned the title, his second as a professional.
Read MoreNEW BOOST FOR WOMEN'S SNOOKER
A NEW COMPANY has been formed to promote women’s snooker under the direction of World Snooker.
Read MoreEBDON BRINGS THE VEGAN DEBATE TO TWITTER
Vegan devotee and campaigner Peter Ebdon has joined Twitter and will be using the social media forum to give those views a wider audience.
Read MoreWORLD SNOOKER AND TABB SETTLE CASE
A WORLD SNOOKER statement so short that it could have been a tweet has signalled the end of the employment tribunal brought by the referee Michaela Tabb (using her married name McInnes) against the governing body.
Read MoreVARIED FIELD CONTESTS SIX REDS TITLE
THERE’S A VARIED field contesting the Six Reds World Championship in Bangkok this week…
Read MorePAUL HUNTER: SNOOKER'S GOLDEN BOY REMEMBERED
WITH THE Paul Hunter Classic taking place in Germany this week, we look at the life and legacy of the man in whose memory it is named.
Read MoreSHOOTOUT HEADING TO ITV4
THE NEWS that ITV4 will take over from Sky Sports as host broadcasters of the Shootout confirms ITV as major players in snooker’s broadcasting landscape.
Read MoreHAWK SWOOPS TO LAND RIGA TITLE
BARRY HAWKINS won the Riga Open in Latvia, losing only seven frames in the whole tournament…
Read MoreCOME FLY WITH ME
TRAVELLING IS a key part of professional sport… but some snooker players are better away from home than others.
Read MoreRONNIE IN THE PINK
RONNIE O’SULLIVAN won the sixth staging of the Pink Ribbon pro-am at the Capital Venue in Gloucester in Sunday night.
Read MoreHIGGINS THE WIZARD OF OZ
JOHN HIGGINS’S CAPTURE of the Australian Goldfields Open title on Sunday puts him joint third on the all-time list of ranking event winners.
Read MoreGOULD GLITTERS DOWN UNDER
MARTIN GOULD takes on John Higgins in the Australian Goldfields Open final in Bendigo on Sunday.
Read MoreTERRY'S HALF DOZEN
IT WAS ANNOUNCED last week that Terry Griffiths, much sought after as a coach, will be working with six players this season.
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