Tabb chosen to referee World Final

LEADING female referee Michaela Tabb will officiate this year’s World Championship final, it has been announced. This year’s final taking place on May 6 and 7, will be Tabb’s second grand final appearance after refereeing the sport’s showpiece event for the first time in 2009 when John Higgins was crowned World Champion beating Shaun Murphy 18-9. The 44-year-old Scot told World Snooker she…

Fans to play for cash prizes in new snooker game

SNOOKER fans from all over the globe will be able to compete for cash prizes in a brand new online fantasy snooker game set to launch later this month. Created by snooker fans Stefan Wojciechowski, Chris Holbrook and David Block, Fantasy Snooker – which is free to enter – will run like other popular fantasy team games in other sports and allows users to select the…

Battling Ebdon crowned China Open champion

PETER Ebdon is the king of China after beating Stephen Maguire in a long and epic final to become China Open champion. In a match lasting more than seven and a half hours and which finished at nearly 1am local time, Ebdon – who had to qualify to get to Beijing – secured his ninth world…