Saturday morning saw Reanne Evans play the first match of her professional career but it was not to have a fairytale ending as former Crucible qualifier Liu Chuang recorded a 4-2 victory against her. Elsewhere the majority of the matches played so far have gone as I would have expected…
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PartyCasino.com Premier League 2010: Fixtures and Line-up Revealed
The line-up for the 2010 PartyCasino.com Premier League has been announced this evening and eyebrows will be raised as Scottish duo John Higgins and Stephen Hendry are notable exceptions from the event…
Wuxi Classic 2010: Allen Avenges Fu Defeat
Day two of the 2010 Wuxi Classic and Mark Allen’s title defence remains on track following a 5-3 victory over Marco Fu, avenging his defeat in the final of last season’s Championship League. Shaun Murphy, Ding Junhui and Tian Pengfei also progressed…
2010/11 Roll Call
While the professional season has now been completed, the race for tour places for 2010/11 rages on and this week has seen another eight names confirmed via the PIOS route. Click below to see who has already been confirmed for next season and where the remaining names will come from…
Second Mooney video revealed by NOTW
Following on from yesterday’s story concerning the allegation that John Higgins had attempted to place a bet on himself during last year’s world final, the News of the World have now revealed a further video of Pat Mooney which relates to the match-fixing allegations from last week…
Crucible Diary 2010: Day Fifteen Blog
Well after a five day absence I was back at the Crucible Theatre today for the conclusion of the tournament’s semi-finals and what a day it was for all sorts of reasons, unfortunately not all of which were good…
Dott extends Selby advantage
Mark Selby may have been made the tournament favourite by the bookmakers when he defeated Ronnie O’Sullivan a couple of nights ago but 2006 champion Graeme Dott has shown the value of his experience again today to extend his lead to 10-6. Can Mark launch another comeback?
Selby stays in touch while Robertson opens up advantage
There is a long way still to go but Neil Robertson will be pleased with his day’s work as he opened up a 6-2 lead over Ali Carter after the afternoon session. Mark Selby meanwhile trails 5-3 against Graeme Dott, though it could have been worse…