Snooker

Only eight remain in this year’s snooker world championship and, barring the eliminated Ronnie O’Sullivan, the cream of the crop have survived ensuring there is top-class action to come. The eight quarter finalists have 105 ranking event titles between them with only Anthony McGill and Kyren Wilson missing the Crucible crown from their cvs. The […]

The second-round of the World Snooker Championship is underway and big-hitters Judd Trump, John Higgins and Ronnie O’Sullivan have, so far, kept their hopes of lifting the Crucible crown alive. There are some tasty round two ties and Mark Allen’s clash against Mark Selby on Saturday looks like being a cracker. Three-time World Champion Selby […]

The qualifiers are complete, the draw has been made and 32 of the world’s top potters are ready to battle it out in a two-week snooker World Championship marathon. There’s no shortage of contenders this year and you could easily make a case for many of the runners, including the 11/4 favourite Judd Trump. The […]

The English Institute of Sport in Sheffield hosts four rounds of qualifiers this week to whittle down a field of 128 hopefuls to just 16 players who will head to the Crucible later this month and face the top-16 professional snooker players at the World Championships. Road to the Crucible Less than eight months after […]

The closing action of the Championship League snooker marathon gets underway on Tuesday and it’s the final chance for some of the sport’s big-hitters to make the Winners Group.  Six groups of seven players have gone before and Neil Robertson, Kurt Maflin, Yan Bingtao, Joe Perry, Mark Williams, Dave Gilbert and Anthony McGill are the […]

The top-eight players on the one-year ranking list clash at Celtic Manor for the Tour Championship this week. There’s a high-class field in place and £150,00 on offer to the winner. There may only be eight players going to post but, as ever with snooker events, the draw is key and the Tour Championship is […]

Phase Two in this year’s WST Pro Series takes place this week, with some of snooker’s big guns on show at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. With a total prize fund of £420,500 the stakes are high and some top-class action on the green baize is expected. The Pro Series story so far The […]

Group J of the short-format quick-fire Pro Series gets underway on Tuesday morning and there looks to be a good value favourite in the line-up.  Dave Gilbert heads the betting at 7/4 and there doesn’t seem to be too many dangers to the Tamworth cueman. Little to Fear From Group J Field Martin Gould is […]

Stephen Hendry’s return to the baize ended in defeat, but the Scot’s comeback was certainly an interesting subplot to the Gibraltar Open. Hendry took on Matt Selt in his first match since retiring from the sport in 2012. It wasn’t a happy return for the seven-time world champion, who was beaten 4-1, but it wasn’t […]

Another quick turnaround for the World Snooker Tour means the Gibraltar Open kicks off on Monday morning fresh from the Players Championship final between Ronnie O’Sullivan and John Higgins on Sunday evening. Pistol Ready to Fire Former Masters champion Mark Allen produced some of the best snooker of his career earlier this season when taking down […]

After a brief detour to Celtic Manor, snooker returns to Milton Keynes for the high-class Cazoo Players Championship.  The top-16 cuemen on the one-year ranking list will battle it out for the trophy and a winners cheque of £125,000.  Judd Trump is the first port of call, in terms of rankings and the betting, and […]

For the first time this season, a ranking event will be staged away from the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, with Celtic Manor hosting the stars of the snooker world for the £70,000 Welsh Open. The event is the tenth tournament of the 2020/21 campaign and is the 30th running of the Welsh Open. This […]

The £50,000 Shoot Out is on at the Marshall Arena this week with fast and furious action on the green baize expected. Once again the quick-fire single-frame tournament carries ranking points, with a lucrative total prize pot of £171,000 up for grabs for the 128 hopefuls in the draw. A number of big names – […]

Judd Trump and Neil Robertson served up a brilliant German Masters final in the pulsating atmosphere of the Tempodrom last year and we look set for another cracking tournament this time in Milton Keynes.  It’s an interesting event because there’s a change up to the field. Big-hitters like Mark Williams, Robertson and Mark Allen failed […]

It’s another quick turnaround in the world of snooker, fresh from Yan Bingtao’s brilliant Masters win on Sunday night a brand new tournament gets underway at the Marshall Arena on Monday. The WST Pro Series begins with 16 groups in action over the coming weeks, featuring some of the biggest names in the sport. The […]

Former world champions Neil Robertson and Mark Selby suffered surprise exits at the Masters and their departures have blown the top-half of the draw wide open. Youngster Yan Bingtao kept his nerve to beat Robertson 6-5 in the opening round, while Maguire was a comfortable 6-3 winner over three-time Sheffield hero Selby. Judd Trump’s positive […]

Snooker’s top-16 players are bidding to claim the Masters crown as they gather at Milton Keynes’ Marshall Arena. Stuart Bingham is the defending champion and is joined by fellow big-hitters Judd Trump, Ronnie O’Sullivan, Neil Robertson and Mark Selby. Masters debutants Thepchaiya Un-Nooh and Yan Bingtao are also set to contend in what looks a […]

Once again snooker’s elite line up at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes for the seventh running of the £100,000 World Grand Prix. Unlike the 128-man Scottish Open last week, this event features just the top 32 players on a one-year ranking system – ensuring only the very best taketo the green baize. It’s another quick […]