While the first snooker of 2012 will come in Munich as the PTC12 event draws to a conclusion, hot on its heels comes the return of the Matchroom Championship League, back for its fifth outing as the players bid for a place in next season’s Premier League. Read on for the dates and format details…
Day two in York and already Mark Selby is through to the next round following a comprehensive 6-0 victory against Ryan Day in the morning session. Click below for post-match reaction from the world number one and more throughout the day…
Drama in Doncaster yesterday evening as Ronnie O’Sullivan defeated Ali Carter 3-1 to win the latest event of the 2011 Premier League season in the strangest manner, Ali forfeiting the match by failing to hit a red on his third attempt despite being able to see a number of reds full ball. Click below for a few thoughts on that and the evening as a whole…
This Thursday sees the return of Premier League Snooker to our television screens and for the first time since 2005 we have a new format in operation. What has not changed however is that defending champion Ronnie O’Sullivan will be the man to beat under shot clock conditions…
It was a predictably hard-fought final in Wuxi but Mark Selby has ended his recent run of final defeats with a 9-7 victory against Ali Carter to win the Wuxi Classic this afternoon. The action does not stop there however as Mark and Ali will now team up for the 2011 World Cup which starts tomorrow over in Bangkok…
Eight frames played in the final of today’s Wuxi Classic between World Cup team-mates Mark Selby and Ali Carter and the two remain locked at 4-4. Early on it was Mark who had the upper hand, moving 3-1 ahead at the interval before the next two frames were shared but it was Ali who finished the stronger, taking the last two of the session.
The action resumes shortly although unfortunately for viewers here in the UK, Eurosport will not be showing live coverage of the second session with highlights to be broadcast later this evening.
A number of you have been asking me recently about the dates for the 2011 Premier League competition and while until recently that information had not been public, it has now been published on the tournament’s official website. Click below to view the dates, while I will also update my tickets page as and when information is made available…
World Snooker have today announced both the line-up and the match schedule for this year’s Wuxi Classic, the tournament won in 2010 by world number seven Shaun Murphy…