Home favourite Robertson crashes out despite comeback

NEIL Robertson’s hopes of winning the only major ranking tournament in his native Australia were blown to shreds after he crashed to a surprising first round defeat to Matthew Selt. Robertson, who is yet to win the Australian Open since the event launched four years ago, will have to wait at least another year to…

England’s World Cup hopes dented after Thailand defeat

ENGLAND’s bid to win the Snooker World Cup was dealt a massive blow when they suffered a surprise 4-1 defeat to Thailand on the tournament’s opening day. Despite being the world’s top two ranked players in Mark Selby and newly crowned world champion Stuart Bingham, the pair could not stop Dechawat Poomjaeng and his playing…