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Tournament information including the draw and format for the fourth event of 2025/26 Q Tour Europe at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds is now available to view via WPBSA SnookerScores.

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The Waterfront Hall in Belfast hosts 64 of the world’s leading players from October 19-26 for the BetVictor Northern Ireland Open. Kyren Wilson defends the title in a strong field including the likes of Mark Allen, Judd Trump, Zhao Xintong, Mark Selby, John Higgins, Neil Robertson and Shaun Murphy. Click here for the match schedule and for tickets from just £16.50...

The World Snooker Federation (WSF) and the Bulgarian Snooker Federation (BSF) have today announced that the 2026 WSF Championships will be held in Sofia, Bulgaria. The Championships will run from 19 January to 1 February 2026 and once again include two prestigious open tournaments that will offer direct qualification to the World Snooker Tour, alongside a World Women’s Snooker Tour ranking event. Organised by the WSF in partnership with snooker’s world governing body the...

Sixteen-year-old Riley James dramatically defeated Hassan Abdalla 6-5 to become the youngest ever winner of the New Zealand National Snooker Championship.

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The teenager came through a strong field of 50 cueists which included former WPBSA Q Tour Asia-Pacific event winner Matthew Scarborough to make history in Auckland...

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The Centaur Arena at Cheltenham Racecourse hosts many of snooker’s star names from September 22nd to 28th for the Unibet British Open. Mark Selby defends the title with the likes of Judd Trump, Kyren Wilson, Neil Robertson, Zhao Xintong, Mark Allen, John Higgins, Mark Williams and Shaun Murphy also in the field. For the match schedule click here. Tickets are still available from just £18, for details...

Tournament information including the draw and schedule for the first event of 2025/26 Q Tour Middle East at the Emirates Billiard Sports Federation in Dubai, UAE is now available to view via WPBSA SnookerScores.

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Ali Carter fired in the fourth 147 break of his career during his last 32 clash with Aaron Hill at the BetVictor English Open in Brentwood. The Captain crafted his perfect run in the fourth frame of the match to move 3-1 ahead. It was his first 147 break since the 2021 British Open and puts him in line to split the £5,000 high break prize with his opponent Hill, who made a maximum earlier in the week. Despite having £2,500 snatched from him, Hill regained his composure and rallied...

Bai Yulu has defeated Ng On Yee 4-2 to win the Taom UK Women’s Snooker Championship for a second time following a high-quality final at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds, England.

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Hammad Miah defeated Patrick Whelan 4-2 to win the first WPBSA Q Tour Europe event of the 2025/26 season at the Snookerhallen in Stockholm, Sweden.

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The Englishman, who was relegated from the World Snooker Tour at the end of last season, came through a field of 94 cueists in the Swedish capital to make the perfect start to his bid to return to the professional ranks...

The 2025 Pan American Snooker Championships will take place on 30 August-7 September in Sacramento, California with a two-year World Snooker Tour (WST) tour card on offer to winner of the Open competition. Organised by the Pan American Billiards & Snooker Association (PABSA), the event will be staged at the Aryan Snooker Club and features both the Pan American Seniors Snooker Championship and Pan American Open Snooker Championship...

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WST and the WPBSA are sorry to announce that Geoff Foulds, former professional snooker player and father of fellow former professional and now renowned broadcaster Neal Foulds, has died at the age of 85. Foulds, who also served as a director of the WPBSA from December 1989 – April 1997 (as Chair from December 1996-April 1997), was born in 1939 and turned professional in 1981. He enjoyed a strong amateur career that included winning the London Championship on six occasions from 1971...

WPBSA Chairman Jason Ferguson hopes to see snooker growing in the Middle East at all levels as he looks ahead to the Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters which starts on Friday. In collaboration with the Saudi Arabian Billiard & Snooker Federation and under the supervision of the Ministry of Sport, the 2025 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters will take place from August 8–16 at Green Halls, Jeddah. This blockbuster tournament, with a field of...

The 2025 WPBSA Player Support Programme in association with Taom Billiards was held at the Lilleshall National Sports Centre last week. Organised by WPBSA Players, the event saw a range of players in attendance, including those turning professional for the first time, alongside others rejoining the World Snooker Tour (WST) having earned a fresh two-year tour card from the start of the 2025/26 season...

Zhang Anda crafted the fourth 147 break of his career in front of a packed out Shanghai Masters crowd against Chinese legend Ding Junhui.

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The magical maximum came in the sixth frame to leave former International Champion Zhang 4-2 behind. His previous perfect runs came at the 2024 UK Championship, the 2023 International Championship final and in 2022 European Masters qualifying...

Stephen Maguire won the seventh ranking title of his career, and first since 2020, by beating Joe O’Connor 3-1 in the final of the BetVictor Championship League in Leicester. It’s the perfect start to the season for Scotland’s 44-year-old Maguire as he lifted the trophy at the first ranking event of the new campaign, earning £33,000 and a place in November’s Sportsbet.io Champion of Champions at the same venue. World...