Month: April 2021
Mark Joyce and Sam Craigie will make their debuts in the 2021 World Snooker Championship after coming through the qualifying rounds in Sheffield on Wednesday. Joyce, who turned professional in 2006, has been widely regarded as one of the best players yet to feature in the sport’s show-piece event, but finally booked his place at […]
Mark Davis produced a remarkable comeback from 7-2 down to become one of eight players to seal their spot in the 2021 World Snooker Championship on Tuesday. The first half of Fourth Round fixtures produced drama and quality in abundance at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield, with a mixture of youth and experience […]
Former World Champion John Parrott is backing John Higgins to land a fifth Crucible title in Sheffield this year. Snooker’s blue-riband event is on the horizon with 32 players competing for the ultimate prize in the sport. Four-time champion Higgins is a man who knows what it takes to produce the goods on the biggest […]
Stuart Bingham breezed through to the World Championship final qualifying round following a commanding 6-1 victory over Chen Zifan on Monday. The 2015 World champion is appearing in the qualifying stages for the first time since 2011, having recently dropped out of the top 16. Nevertheless, Ballrun made light work of China’s Chen at the […]
Mark Allen has branded World Snooker’s decision to award Jimmy White a further two-year Tour Card as “shocking”. White, 58, will retain his place on the professional circuit for the next two seasons after being granted a further wildcard for his ‘outstanding contribution to the sport.’ White has been a stalwart of the snooker circuit […]
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh and Joe Perry’s Crucible hopes are over after they crashed out of the World Championship third qualifying round, while Ryan Day survived a scare at the English Institute of Sport on Sunday. Un-Nooh and Perry – ranked 19th and 20th in the world respectively – were the highest-profile casualties on day seven in […]
Jimmy White will retain his place on the professional circuit for the next two seasons after being granted a further wildcard for his outstanding contribution to the sport. White, 58, has been a stalwart of the snooker circuit since 1980 but saw his future in doubt after defeat to Stephen Hendry in the first qualifying […]
The most iconic event of the horse racing calendar – the Grand National – takes place at Aintree on Saturday, and former BBC racing pundit John Parrott has selected his best bet. The 173rd annual running of the Grand National features many of the world’s top jump racers competing over four miles and two and […]
Alan McManus has announced his retirement from professional snooker with immediate effect following his elimination from the 2021 World Championship. The Scottish stalwart brought the curtain down on a 31-year playing career after his 6-3 defeat by Chinese teenager Bai Langning in the second qualifying round on Friday. McManus had endured a difficult season on […]