Ronnie O’Sullivan has become the first man to win two PTC events during the same season this evening with a 4-2 victory against Welshman Matthew Stevens. An important result for O’Sullivan, it lifts him back above Mark Davis in the projected seedings and into the all important top sixteen places…
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PLS 2011: Three Strikes and Out For Carter (Inc Video)
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…

Shanghai Masters 2011: Hamilton Ousts O’Sullivan
Ronnie O’Sullivan was much fancied to make it out of the top quarter here in Shanghai but he was upset today by a great performance from Anthony Hamilton who made it through to the last eight. Otherwise though it was a day for the top seeds as five of the provisional top six joined him in the quarters…

Shanghai Masters 2011: Gould Comeback Shocks Local Hero
Today saw the second half of the draw get underway in Shanghai as Martin Gould came back from the dead against Ding Junhui to keep his top 16 hopes alive while a damaging defeat for Stephen Hendry ensured that he will be forced to qualify for the UK Championship for the first time in my living memory this year…

Premier League Snooker 2011: Night One Live Chat
So here we go, tonight sees the return of the Premier League as we get our first chance to see how the new format works in practice. Feel free to chat about the action below:

Premier League Snooker 2011: The Big Preview
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…

Premier League Snooker 2011: Dates and Venues Confirmed (Updated)
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…

Wuxi Classic 2011: Tournament Schedule
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…