snooker News

World snooker champion Ronnie O'Sullivan won snooker's first ever 'champion of champions' tournament by defeating England's Stuart Bingham by 10 frames to 8.

Ding Junhui provided one of the all-time outstanding snooker performances in winning the International Championship in China, with a 10-9 victory over Marco Fu.

Bristol - Top snooker player Stephen Lee has been banned from the professional game for 12 years. This is an unheard of sanction for an almost unheard of crime.

In the first snooker ranking tournament final to feature two players from China, Ding Junhui has defeated Xiao Guodong by 10 frames to 6.

Stephen Lee, the former world number five snooker player, has been found guilty of match fixing by an independent sports resolution tribunal.

Hong Kong's Marco Fu has won the second major snooker tournament of the season by beating Neil Robertson 9-6 to win the Australian Open.

Australian Neil Robertson has won the first major event of the new snooker season - the Wuxi Classic - by beating John Higgins 10-7 in the final.

Sheffield - Ronnie O'Sullivan has won his fifth world snooker title by beating Barry Hawkins by 18 frames to 12 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.

Beijing - Australia's Neil Robertson has won the China Open snooker tournament, by beating England's Mark Selby by the score of 10-6.

Northern Ireland snooker player Mark Allen has won the world open event in China by beating Matthew Stevens, of Wales, by a score of 10-4.