RICKY Walden booked his place in Sunday’s International Championship final in dominant style thrashing Robert Milkins 9-2. The Chester potter now stands just one win away from collecting his third major title following his triumphs in the 2008 Shanghai Masters and the Wuxi Classic four years later. Walden, ranked number 11 in the world, will…
MARK Williams held his nerve to beat Ronnie O’Sullivan in a ranking tournament for the first time in more than 12 years and in doing so reached the International Championship semi-finals. The Welshman ended more than a decade’s hurt against the five-times world champion, who had not lost to him in a ranking event since…
ROBERT ‘The Milkman’ Milkins delivered the goods at the crucial time as he won a final frame thriller to secure a spot in the International Championship semi-finals. The Gloucestershire potter now just stands one win away from reaching his first ranking final in a career almost spanning 20 years after winning a deciding frame shootout…
MARK Allen gained revenge on Stuart Bingham as he made amends for his recent Shanghai Masters final loss by completing a 6-4 win to reach the International Championship quarter-finals. The Ulsterman was below par in last month’s showpiece finale and suffered a 10-3 defeat to the Essex star which denied him a third major ranking…
LIANG Wenbo has been fined £8,000 by World Snooker for bringing the game into disrepute following his conduct during a PTC match. Playing in the Paul Hunter Classic event in Germany earlier this season, Wenbo conceded his match against Mark Selby after disagreeing with the referee over a decision which had been upheld. Wenbo left…
NEIL Robertson admitted to taking his ‘foot off the gas’ after he suffered a surprising second round defeat to Joe Swail in the International Championship. The Australian let leads of 3-0 and 5-3 slip through his grasps as the former World Championship semi-finalist stormed back to produce one, if not, his biggest win in recent…
JUDD Trump booked his place in the last 32 of the International Championship but had to do it the hard way after a spirited display from Jimmy Robertson. Trump’s hopes of winning the major ranking tournament for a second time, following his triumph in 2012, were still alive after he fought off a determined fightback…
RONNIE O’SULLIVAN recovered from a poor start to beat Ben Woollaston on the opening day of the International Championship. The five-times world champion fought back from 3-1 down to progress to the last 32 stage of the major ranking event – the biggest to be played outside the UK in the snooker calendar. A major…
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