INTERNATIONAL Championship semi-finalist Marco Fu has spoken of his delight after finally giving his loyal Chinese fans something to cheer about. The Hong Kong star, ranked eleven in the world, secured his first ranking semi-final in a Chinese event after coming back from behind to defeat world number two Mark Selby. Fu stands just one…
MARCO Fu clinched a place in the semi-finals of the International Championship in dramatic fashion after coming back from the jaws of defeat to beat Mark Selby. The Hong Kong star’s chances of reaching the last four appeared to be all over when he trailed 5-3 and Selby was in the balls in the ninth…
WORLD number one Neil Robertson has warned Ding Junhui to be on top of his game when he faces Peter Ebdon on Thursday. The Australian was denied a place in the International Championship quarter-finals after suffering an agonising 6-5 defeat to the 2002 world champion. And after the game Robertson said Ebdon could spring yet another…
FORMER world champion Peter Ebdon recovered from squandering two golden match-winning positions to defeat world number one Neil Robertson and reach the quarter-finals of the International Championship. The 2002 Crucible champion came out on top in a thrilling last 16 encounter edging it 6-5 and taking a topsy-turvy deciding frame. However, it was Robertson who made…
WORLD champion Ronnie O’Sullivan hopes to come back stronger after suffering a surprise early exit in the International Championship. Five-times world champion O’Sullivan looked to be cruising to the last 16 stage of the China event when leading 4-1 but Wenbo impressively fought back winning five frames on the bounce to claim the win. Speaking…
MAN-IN-FORM Liang Wenbo secured a place in the last 16 of the International Championship after pulling off a superb comeback victory to knock out world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan. The ‘Rocket’ looked set for a place in the third round after top breaks of 120 and 121 helped him on his way to a 4-1 lead.…
DEFENDING champion Judd Trump crashed out of the International Championship after falling at the first hurdle in a shock defeat to Alan McManus. And the world number three was not the only big casualty on an eventful second day of the major ranking event as both Shaun Murphy and Stephen Maguire suffered first round defeats…
WORLD champion Ronnie O’Sullivan made a winning return to major ranking event snooker after completing a first round win on the opening day of the International Championship. Playing in his first major tournament since winning the World Championship in May, the Rocket beat Anthony McGill 6-2 to make the second round of the sport’s biggest…
LIANG Wenbo lifted his first career ranking title after victory over teenage prodigy Lyu Haotian earned him glory in the season’s third PTC event in China. The 26-year-old clinched his big moment with a convincing 4-0 win against the 15-year-old talent in what was the third World Snooker final in five weeks to be contested…
SOME of the greatest snooker stars from the past will take to the baize once again this weekend when they battle it out to be crowned World Seniors champion. The likes of Dennis Taylor, Joe Johnson Tony Knowles, Tony Chappel, Dene O’Kane and most notably this year Stephen Hendry will return to their competitive ways…
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