Tag: World Snooker Championship
The highlight of the season sees the world’s top cueists head to The Crucible for the World Snooker Championship, and you can follow the latest results and fixtures here. The annual snooker show-piece features the world’s top 16 ranked players alongside a further 16 qualifiers as they battle it out for £2.4 million in prize […]
The field of players for the 2020 World Snooker Championship has been confirmed following the qualifying stages in Sheffield. Thirty-two players will compete for snooker’s richest and most prestigious prize at The Crucible Theatre from July 31 to August 16. The world’s top 16 ranked players will be joined by 16 qualifiers in the £2.4 […]
The 2020 World Snooker Championship will house a reduced capacity crowd at The Crucible as one of the first sports to welcome back spectators in the UK. The UK government announced on Friday that the World Snooker Championship is one of three sporting events being piloted before a wider relaxation of measures from October 1. […]
More than ten players have now pulled out of the 2020 World Snooker Championship amid complications caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Earlier this month, Hong Kong’s Marco Fu became the first player to rule himself out of competing in the sport’s show-piece, citing safety concerns over travelling to the UK. Now, a further 13 Asian […]
The rescheduled dates for the 2020 World Snooker Championship have been confirmed, with the event now set to take place from July 31 to August 16. The sport’s show-piece was initially scheduled for April 18 to May 4 but was postponed last month as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. WST had been in regular […]
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 […]