Month: March 2020
Snooker and Poker are both all about keeping a cool hand, and several famous faces have swapped the snooker table for the card table in recent years. There are numerous similarities between Snooker and Poker, and the most successful players in both games have a made a living from timing and holding their nerve under […]
Ronnie O’Sullivan is perhaps the greatest player ever to grace a snooker table, and ‘The Rocket’ now has his own online slots game. Since turning professional in 1992, O’Sullivan has amassed a record-equalling 36 ranking titles, including five World Championships and seven UK Championships. The 44-year-old has also won The Masters a record seven times […]
Snooker’s governing body, the WPBSA, has stepped in to offer a financial lifeline to players at the lower end of the world rankings. The 2019/20 snooker season has been brought to an abrupt end due to the Coronavirus outbreak, with the final three tournaments of the campaign all having been postponed. The Coral Tour Championship, […]
The 2020 World Snooker Championship has been postponed due to the Coronavirus outbreak. Snooker’s show-piece event was due to take place from April 18 to May 4 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield and was to be preceded by the qualifying stages at the English Institute of Sport from April 8-15. Both the qualifying rounds […]
Snooker legend Willie Thorne has revealed he has been diagnosed with leukaemia. Thorne, 66, was one of the most recognisable faces in the sport in the 80s and 90s, winning the 1985 Classic and pocketing more than £1.2 million in career prize money. After retiring from professional competition in 2001, Thorne turned his attention to […]
This week’s Coral Tour Championship has been postponed as a precaution against the spread of Coronavirus. The event was due to run from March 17-22 at Venue Cymru in Llandudno but was called off just hours before play was due to commence. The decision was taken after consultation between WST and broadcasters ITV4 following Monday’s […]
Judd Trump secured a record sixth ranking title of the season at the 2020 Gibraltar Trophy with a 4-3 victory over rival Kyren Wilson in the final. World number one Trump continued his incredible dominance of the World Snooker Tour by becoming the most successful player in a single season in the sport’s history. The […]
Snooker’s elite return to The Rock for the 2020 Gibraltar Open and you can follow all the latest results and fixtures here. The fifth staging of the Gibraltar Open sees 128 players compete over three days for £250,000 in prize money. The Gibraltar Open is the 15th ranking event of the season and the fourth […]
Championship League Snooker 2020 culminates with the Winners’ Group, and you can follow the latest results, fixtures and league table here. Staged by Matchroom Sport, Championship League Snooker is an invitational event played behind closed doors at the Morningside Arena in Leicester. There is a lucrative prize fund on offer of up to £300 per […]