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With all the matches now over for the day, it is time to reflect on what happened in today’s play.Some of the top players were in action and as the day progressed so the results started to flood in. With the exception of Graeme Dott who lost 5-4 to Kurt Maflin, all the top seeds…

Snooker continues its tour this week with another visit to a Chinese tournament. This time snooker fans are treated to the China Championship. The current champion is Mark Selby but with twelve months passing since his win, the snooker playing field has changed and Mark has many rivals to challenge him to the title. The…

Ronnie O’Sullivan claimed his fourth Shanghai Masters title, and his third in a row, with an 11-9 defeat of Shaun Murphy in Sunday’s final. The two former world champions produced a high-class showpiece that befitted the huge prize money on offer, but having trailed 3-0 in the opening session, O’Sullivan proved the stronger, producing some…

WILSON STUNNED BY ROCKET COMEBACK! Ronnie O’Sullivan ( pictured below) produced a sparkling comeback at the Shanghai Masters, coming from 5-1 behind to beat Kyren Wilson 6-5 in their quarter-final clash. O’Sullivan’s hopes of successfully defending the title he won last year looked all but gone when Wilson raced within one frame of victory, breaks…

Ronnie O’Sullivan (pictured below) got his season off to a flyer with a 6-0 victory over Chinese amateur Zhang Yi. The man known as the rocket fired in breaks of 54,55,65 and 69 to race into a 4-0 lead at the interval. After the interval Ronnie was a man in a hurry as he stroked…

Players have been assembling this week for a version of snooker that is fast and doesn’t disappoint. The Six Reds world Championship in Bangkok, Thailand has been in full force for a number of years and allows the greats and lesser known players to take a breather from traditional snooker and play a game that…

The snooker calendar gathers pace next month with the return of two of the Chinese tournaments, the Shanghai Masters and the China Championship. Some of the tour will have competed in the Six Reds prior to these events in Thailand but whoever wins that will really have to go through his paces to make any…

Barry Hawkins kept his cool to stroke in a classy break of 69 against reigning champion Kyren Wilson in the deciding frame to win the Paul Hunter classic in front of a packed Stadhalle in Furth Nuremberg. Hawkins cruised through the field firing in 3 centuries on route to the final and this win will…

Jordan Brown is not an instantly recognisable name in snooker but in recent months is becoming a rising star. Having been on the main before between 2010-11, the 31 year old lad from Antrim in Northern Ireland was only to last one season on tour before dropping off and so had to regain his place…

Snooker doesn’t get any better especially when it is played at the Crucible and so these last few days have proved with the World Seniors event. Players old and new battled it between Thursday and Sunday for the chance to win the top prize of £25,000 and to raise the golden claret jug that accompanies…