Snooker

Dene O’Kane, New Zealand’s finest ever snooker player, has died at the age of 61. The New Zealand Herald broke news of his death earlier today, stating that he passed away in hospital on Tuesday, after falling at his home in Waiheke Island earlier in the week. O’Kane reached as high as 18th in the world and was a trail blazer for...

Igor Figueiredo defeated Ken Doherty 5-2 to win the Mr Vegas World Seniors Championship for the first time. The victory marks the greatest success of the 46-year-old’s career as he becomes the first player from outside of Europe to lift the prestigious World Seniors crown and secures the £20,000 winner’s cheque, the £2,000 high break prize and entry into the Champion of Champions. For Doherty, the wait goes on to complete a unique ‘grand slam’ as the World Seniors title continues to...

The World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association (WPBSA) has today announced an exciting expansion of the Q Tour Middle East series for the 2024/25 season. The series will feature a trio of events in the region, with the first set to take place in Bahrain later this month before further events in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia later in the year. Last season saw a global expansion of the Q Tour...

Live snooker continues at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield this week as Jimmy White looks to defend his Mr Vegas World Seniors Snooker Championship crown and lift a record-extending fifth title.

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Sixteen cueists from eight nations will compete from Wednesday 8 May...

Kyren Wilson became the 23rd player to lift the famous Cazoo World Championship trophy at the Crucible, beating Jak Jones 18-14 in the final. Frame by Frame Having won the first seven frames during the opening session on Sunday, Wilson was able to nurse his advantage to the winning post, and although tenacious Jones fought hard, he couldn’t narrow the gap to less than three. By coming from 17-11 to 17-14 he...

The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) hosted one of its first ‘sensory snooker’ sessions this week in support of the charity Sense. First announced back in March, the sessions aim to reinvent and create simpler versions of popular sports, including snooker, for people with complex disabilities. One of...

wst.tv interview with Jak Jones

Former World champion Dennis Taylor and renowned snooker coach Chris Henry were headline speakers at the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association’s (WPBSA) annual coaching seminar held on Friday evening. Hosted at the Leonardo Hotel in Sheffield during the Cazoo World Snooker Championship, the seminar was attended by WPBSA coaches who have qualified across the three levels of the WPBSA Coaching...

Michael Holt Predictions

UK Coaching is praising the commitment of the volunteer and paid coaching workforce who deliver sport and physical activity across the UK for taking a holistic, people first approach to coaching Celebrating ahead of schedule, UK Coaching Week kicks off early in 2024, with anticipation building for an exciting year of sport, particularly Paris 2024. This week (29 April – 5 May), we are asking people to come together to say ‘thank you’ to those fantastic coaches who continue to make a...

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Frank Dewens, President of Asia Pacific Billiards and Snooker Federation, has announced his retirement after being involved in snooker for more than 60 years. Frank’s time in snooker has seen him become a leading figure of the sport in the Asia Pacific region and help arrange major events including the World Snooker Federation Championship and World Billiards Championship. Boasting a high break of 139, which he proudly shares started incredibly directly from the break off shot...

In the latest episode of the WPBSA Snooker Podcast we recall the story of the 1982 World Snooker Championship – among the best remembered editions of the tournament in its rich and storied history. Host Michael McMullan is joined by former world number two Tony Knowles – who so memorably dethroned the defending champion Steve Davis 10-1 in the opening round – and John Skilbeck, author of Goody Two Shoes, a fantastic new book which chronicles the story of the event in unparalled...

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