snooker News
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Riga -
Wales' Ryan Day won the first snooker tournament of the new season by beating Scotland's Stephen Maguire in the short-sprint final, by five frames to two.
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Sheffield -
Mark Selby, with the help of an inspired comeback, retained the world snooker championship at The Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, defeating former champion John Higgins 18-15.
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Beijing -
In the penultimate tournament before the world championship, Mark Selby displayed a rich vein of form in outlasting Welsh veteran Mark Williams at the China Open. Selby won 10-8.
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Scunthorpe -
Former main tour player Peter Lines has won the World Seniors Snooker Championship by demolishing former world professional snooker champion John Parrott in the final.
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Singapore -
Ng On Yee, from Hong Kong, has won the women’s world snooker championship for the second time. On Yee defeated India’s Vidya Pillai in a closely contested final.
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Cardiff -
After an erratic season Judd Trump has finally come good by clinching the Players Championship and with it his seventh snooker ranking tournament win. In the final Trump won a hard-fought battle with Marco Fu.
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England’s former world snooker champion Shaun Murphy won the second Gibraltar Open, beating Judd trump in the short-sprint final, by 4 frames to 2. With the tournament afforded ranking points, this was Murphy’s seventh major win.
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Watford -
Anthony McGill, from Scotland, won snooker’s like-it-or-loathe it shoot-out tournament by beating Xiao Guodong’s in the one frame final. Controversially the tournament carried ranking points for the first time.
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Cardiff -
Former world champion Stuart Bingham won the Welsh Open snooker championship by beating Judd Trump in a nail-biting final, 9 frames to 8. This was Bingham’s first major victory for several years.
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Preston -
English snooker player Barry Hawkins continued his good run of form by lifting the World Grand Prix snooker title. Hawkins defeated Welsh player Ryan Day by 10 frames to 7 in the final.
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Berlin -
England’s Anthony Hamilton was the surprise winner of the German Masters snooker tournament, coming from behind to beat the other surprise finalist, Ali Carter, by 9 frames to 6.
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London -
Ronnie O’Sullivan has broken another snooker record in winning the Masters title for the seventh time. This win took him above the record he shared with Stephen Hendry. In the final O’Sullivan beat Joe Perry 10-7.
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Glasgow -
Hong Kong’s Marco Fu won the final snooker tournament of the year in surprising fashion by coming from 1-4 behind to defeat John Higgins 9-4 in Glasgow.
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York -
World champion Mark Selby defeated a surprisingly low-key Ronnie O’Sullivan in the final of the U.K. snooker championship, the second most important tournament on the snooker circuit.
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Belfast -
Mark King rolled back the years in winning his first major tournament, by beating fellow Englishman Barry Hawkins 9-8 in the final of the Northern Ireland ranking tournament.
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Coventry -
Scotland's John Higgins won his second major snooker tournament in successive weeks, beating Ronnie O'Sullivan in the final of the 'Champion of Champions'.
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Guangzhou -
John Higgins was back to his brilliant best in winning the China Championship snooker tournament, firing three consecutive century breaks past former world champion Stuart Bingham.
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Daqing -
England’s Mark Selby has won the International Snooker championship by thrashing China’s Ding Junhui by 10 frames to one. Selby played solid snooker throughout the match.
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Manchester -
The inaugural English Open snooker tournament, the first of a new ‘home nations’ series, has been won by the Chinese player Liang Wenbo.
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Judd Trump battled from 6-8 behind to beat Ronnie O'Sullivan by 9 frames to 8 and to clinch the European Masters snooker tournament.
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Sheffield -
Mark Selby has won the world professional snooker championship for the second time in three years. Selby defeated Ding Junhui 18-14 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.
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The third session of the world snooker championship final continued the mix of brilliant potting and the war of attrition, as both players showed they can play as well defensively as they can produce attacking shots.
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Sheffield -
The world snooker championship final, between Mark Selby and Ding Junhui, has reached the half-way stage. Despite a fight back from Ding in the second session, Selby maintains a lead going into the final day.
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Sheffield -
Mark Selby has taken a strong lead after the first session in the world snooker final at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. Selby won six of the opening eight frames.
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Sheffield -
China's Ding Junhui and England's Mark Selby are to contest the best of 35-frame world snooker final at the Crucible Theatre (Sheffield, U.K.) The two players were involved in contrasting semi-finals.
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Sheffield -
Ding Junhui remains ahead of Alan McManus is their semi-final clash at the world snooker championship, although McManus has played very well. In the other semi-final, Mark Selby and Marco Fu are locked at 8-8.
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Sheffield -
The semi-finals have begun in the world snooker championship and both Ding Junhui and Mark Selby are ahead in their matches. Ding Junhui has been especially brilliant.
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Sheffield -
Three matches were completed during the world snooker championship as the semi-final line up was completed. First through was new tournament favorite Mark Selby.
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Sheffield -
Ding Junhui has become the first player to reach the semi-finals of the world snooker championship, by thrashing former champion Mark Williams 13 frames to 3.
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Sheffield -
In the shock of the tournament Barry Hawkins defeated Ronnie O’Sullivan by 13 frames to 12 in the round of the world snooker championship. The day’s play also saw Judd Trump lose to Ding Junhui.
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Allister Carter signing an autograph Nils-Rune Skogsrud
Snooker player Judd Trump, from Bristol in England. FilipiKD
Mark Allen, in play Daily Telegraph
Stephen Maguire Thomas Kniess
Mark Williams - world snooker champion in 2000 and 2003. Martin Rulsch
Cliff Thorburn: Canada's only world professional snooker champion to date. Creative Commons
Ding Junhui, Chinese professional snooker player. File photo
Snooker player Steve Davis - six times a world champion. Benutzer:Bill da Flute
Stephen Lee in action Benutzer: Bill da Flute
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Picture of Jimmy White, taken in Berlin during the Snooker German Masters in 2013 DerHexer
Chinese snooker player Ding Junhui. World Snooker
Mark Selby, snooker player. World Snooker
Mark Selby (England), (L), and Ding Junhui (China), contesting the 2016 world snooker championship final. World Snooker
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Anthony Hamilton, during the Snooker German Masters in 2013. DerHexer
Mark Selby is nicknamed 'The Jester from Leicester'. Mark Selby Official
Neil Robertson Benutzer: Bill da Flute
Alan McManus is a Scottish professional snooker player. DerHexer
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