Snooker

Three-time world champion Mark Williams and Welsh Open runner-up Martin O’Donnell advanced to Stage 3 at the BetVictor Championship League Ranking edition on Monday night at the Mattioli Arena, Leicester, with two more players set to complete the line-up from Tuesday’s action. The pair will join Long Zehuang, Dave Gilbert, Ali Carter and Scott Donaldson...

The first event of the 2024/25 WPBSA Q Tour Asia-Pacific series gets underway on Friday 28 June at Pot Black Snooker Centre in North Perth, Australia.

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The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association Group of organisations (WPBSA) has today announced the continued expansion of WPBSA Q Tour Global, the series which provides an elite pathway for talented snooker players around the world to earn their place on the World Snooker Tour.

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The 2023/24 WDBS season reached its conclusion last weekend with the fourth staging of the Champion of Champions at the Landywood Snooker Club in England.

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The unique tournament saw two leading players from each disability classification group qualify to contest long-format best of 11 frame finals across each of the eight main classification...

The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) has today announced updated anti-doping procedures to apply to its amateur and development organisations across the WPBSA Group from the start of the 2024/25 season. This does not relate to the professional World Snooker Tour which has existing procedures organised by the WPBSA. As part of our commitment for our sport to be IOC compliant, from the start of this season random drug tests will take place at events...

In this episode of Taom Time, I chat with the 2015 World Snooker Champion Stuart Bingham. I found out where the nickname “Ball Run” came from. It’s not what I originally thought. Nine years after his World Title win, how did it feel to reach the semis again? The Basildon boy...

Pakistan’s Haris Tahir and India’s Kreishh Gurbaxani prevailed on the final day of Asia/Oceania Q School to earn two year cards for the World Snooker Tour. Tahir was up against China’s Lan Yuhao in his final match and he showed no signs of nerves early on, firing in a break of 67 to move 1-0 ahead. Lan dug deep and crafted a run of 69 on his way to moving 2-1 ahead. However, Tahir claimed the last three on the bounce to clinch a momentous 4-2 victory. “I am totally speechless...

Farakh Ajaib, Antoni Kowalski, Mitchell Mann and Chris Totten came through the final round of Q School event two in Leicester to earn two-year cards on the World Snooker Tour. Former professional Ajaib booked his return to the circuit with a 4-1 victory against talented Ukrainian Iulian Boiko. The ex butcher from Accrington first became a snooker professional in 2020, when he came through Q School. However, he was relegated in 2023. Ajaib’s initial stint on the tour was...

On the afternoon of May 28, the press conference for the 2024 World Snooker Xi’an Grand Prix was held at Xi’an SKP Center. Renowned snooker player Ronnie O’Sullivan, along with over 200 people including representatives from more than 70 brands, guests, fans, and media reporters, witnessed the press conference of this international event in Xi’an. This event was hosted by Shaanxi Tourism Group and Shaanxi Sports Industry Group....

Hayden Pinhey finally overcame the last Q School hurdle to beat Northern Irishman Gerard Greene 4-1 and gain his professional status for the first time. England’s Pinhey has previously suffered four defeats in the final round of Q School. However, success in the last round of 2024’s event one in Leicester has seen him finally break through and gain a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour. Pinhey’s performances...

Thailand’s Sunny Akani and Malaysia’s Kok Leong Lim claimed victories at Asia/Oceania Q School event one in Bangkok to secure two-year cards on the World Snooker Tour. Akani is a familiar face on the professional circuit, having reached two ranking event quarter-finals on his previous spell on tour. The 28-year-old originally turned professional in 2015 and competed for seven years, before suffering relegation in 2022. His attempts to return to the tour have been hindered by illness...

Hong Kong China’s Ng On Yee has defeated Mink Nutcharut 4-1 to win the Landywood British Open for the first time in her career at the Landywood Snooker Club.

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The 33-year-old came out on top following a day...

Habib Subah Humood defeated Ismail Türker to win the first event of the 2024/25 WPBSA Q Tour Middle East series on home soil.

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The Bahraini former professional, who finished third in the Q Tour Middle East ranking list last season, made a dream start to the new campaign by lifting the title in his home country. Following a successful maiden season...

For the first time, fans will be able to watch every day of Q School live and free on our YouTube and Facebook channels. Q School 2024 runs from May 21-June 1, and each day you can watch the table one matches as players battle for places on the World Snooker Tour. The stream will be available for fans worldwide, expect in China where the action will be on other streaming platforms. Eight tour cards will be up for grabs at Q School, which takes place at the Morningside Arena in...

The 2024/25 WPBSA Q Tour Middle East series gets underway this week at the Bahrain Snooker Academy in Manama, Bahrain.

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The final ranking event of the 2023/24 season took place last weekend at the Tradewell Snooker Club in Hull with champions crowned across eight classification groups. A total of 79 cueists from seven nations, a new record for the Wilson Interiors Hull Open, embarked on East Yorkshire for the latest staging of the prestigious event which was first held in 2016. On an historic weekend of WDBS action, two players moved to the summit of their group ranking lists, two more reached a...

The World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association (WPBSA) has announced that its Q Tour Asia-Pacific series will expand to five events for the upcoming season. The 2024/25 campaign will see the second staging of the Asia-Pacific series with two additional events held across Australia and New Zealand after former professional Vinnie Calabrese topped last season’s ranking list with two titles. The announcement continues the expansion of the 2024/25 WPBSA Q Tour Global season...

The season one finale of the WPBSA Snooker Podcast is upon us and today we revisit the story of the 1987 World Championship which saw Steve Davis regain the title for the first time in three years to reaffirm his position as the number one player of the era. Host Michael McMullan is joined by six-time Crucible king Davis himself, alongside former world number three and leading snooker analyst Neal Foulds, who himself memorably reached the semi-finals of the event that year in...

Following the deeply sad news that former ranking event finalist Dene O’Kane has passed away, today we bring you a special edition of the WPBSA Snooker Podcast to remember New Zealand’s greatest ever player. Our regular host Michael McMullan is joined by WPBSA Chairman Jason Ferguson and leading snooker broadcaster David Hendon to pay tribute to a player who travelled across the globe to pursue his snooker dream. We reflect on a distinguished career which saw him twice reach the...

Dene O'Kane dies age 61 WST are extremely saddened by the news of Dene O’Kane’s passing at the age of 61.New Zealand’s finest on the baize, he reached two World Championship quarter-finals in 1987 and 1992.