RONNIE O’Sullivan was in breathtaking form as he stormed into a huge 7-1 lead against Stuart Bingham in their World Championship quarter-final encounter. A sublime performance saw the defending champion take firm control against the Basildon star and stands well on course to make the semi-finals of the World Championship. Despite playing just his third…
RONNIE O’Sullivan’s winning comeback continued as he cruised into the quarter-finals with victory over Ali Carter. The Rocket, who had almost a year out of the game prior to the World Championship, was in superb form this evening as he ended Carter’s hopes of landing his first world title for a second year running in…
DING Junhui’s hopes of winning his first World Championship title increased when he beat Mark King to reach the quarter-finals. The world number nine, who won the PTC Grand Finals last month, came back from 6-2 down to beat the Englishman and set up a last eight clash with Australian Open winner Barry Hawkins. Traling…
A BRAND new Champion of Champions competition is to take place next season, World Snooker has today announced. The new six-day event, which will run from Tuesday, November 19 to Sunday, November 24, will be held at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry. Winners of this season’s major competitions will take part in the event which…
JUDD Trump blitzed his way into the quarter-finals of the World Championship with a 13-7 win over Marco Fu. The world number three just needed an hour of the evening session to book his place in the last eight – winning all four frames played. Leading 9-7 from the morning session, it looked as if…
WORLD number one Mark Selby is out of the World Championship after suffering defeat to Barry Hawkins for a second successive year at the Crucible. Hawkins, who won the Australian Open at the start of the season, came back from behind to knock out this season’s UK Championship and Masters winner and reach the last…
SHAUN Murphy fought off a close encounter against Graeme Dott to book his place in the World Championship quarter-finals. And Welshman Michael White’s brilliant Crucible debut continued after he thrashed Dechawat Poomjaeng 13 -3 earlier in the day to make his first ever appearance in a major ranking event quarter-final. Murphy, who was crowned world…
MICHAEL White is on course to reach the quarter-finals of the World Championship after gaining a huge 7-1 lead against Dechawat Poomjaeng. The Welshman, who knocked out Mark Williams in the first round, took full control in a session full of incident which even saw the Thailland star forfeit a frame after falling victim to…
NEIL Robertson is out of the World Championship after falling to a surprise first round defeat to Robert Milkins. The world number 2, who many tipped to be a major contender for the World crown, struggled to find his fluent form as Milkins fought back from 5-2 down to record a mighty impressive 10-8 victory.…
MARCO Fu fought off a strong comeback from Welshman Matthew Stevens to secure a place in the second round of the World Championship. Leading 6-3 at the start of this afternoon’s final session, Fu made a dream start to proceedings taking the first two frames to edge closer to victory with a significant 8-3 lead.…
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