Shaun Murphy tonight became the inaugural winner of the Brazil Masters following a sublime performance to dispatch Graeme Dott 5-0 in a one-sided final. Indeed it was a good day all-round for Murphy as earlier in the day he dropped just one frame against Stephen Hendry in his semi-final…
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Brazil Masters 2011: Quarter-Final Wrap
Yesterday saw the four quarter-finals played at the Brazil Masters and through to the semis are four former world champions after another good day of snooker. Click below to read who was able to progress…

CueTube: Snooker Stars In Chinese Advert
A short post to show you all a rather amusing video that I have just stumbled across featuring Graeme Dott, Shaun Murphy, Mark King, Peter Ebdon, Stephen Hendry and Jamie Cope. I won’t say any more than…enjoy!

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: Carter Crashes, Shaun Survives
After yesterday’s clean sweep for the seeded players in the wildcard round, today proved to be a more fruitful day for the lower ranked players as three were able to progress. Click below for a round-up of the day’s action and of course, the updated projected seedings…

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…

Australian Goldfields Open 2011: Doherty into Semis, Bingham Wins Grudge Match
It has been a long time coming for Ken Doherty but the Irishman today recorded an excellent win against Mark Selby to reach his first ranking event semi-final in over five years. Meanwhile Stuart Bingham won his ‘grudge match’ with Mark Allen…

Australian Goldfields Open 2011: Selt Shocks Higgins, Thunder Through
Day two from Bendigo as local hero Neil Robertson began his campaign against Nigel Bond with a victory. There was a shock in store for world champion John Higgins however as he slipped to an early defeat to Matt Selt…