Wu Becomes Second-Youngest Snooker World Champion After Epic Final
At the age of just 22 years and 202 days, China’s Wu Yize became the second-youngest winner of the World Snooker Championship on Bank Holiday Monday when he beat Shaun …
Dominant Snooker Star Zhao Destroys Opposition
Spring is a great time for sport, with domestic cricket beginning, the football season coming to a head, golf’s US Masters producing drama on the fairways and greens, plus huge …
Looking Back at John Virgo’s Iconic Snooker Career
Earlier this month, snooker and TV legend John Virgo sadly passed away at the age of 79, just 17 days after his final BBC commentary. JV, as he was affectionately …
Mark Williams Becomes Snooker’s Oldest Ranking Event Winner
Mark Williams has been a professional snooker player since 1992, and won his first tour event while still a teenager. But the three-time world champion has just become the oldest …
Will the Snooker World Championship Leave the Crucible?
The 2025 World Snooker Championship wrapped up earlier this week at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, with Zhao Xintong making history as the first Chinese winner. Although the tournament was …
Jackson Page Makes History with Double 147s!
In the world of snooker, there aren’t all that many records not held by Ronnie O’Sullivan. The Rocket is perhaps the greatest British sportsperson of all time and as well …
Is Ronnie’s Career Coming to an End and Who Are Favourites for Sheffield?
Ronnie O’Sullivan is, by almost any measure and metric one considers, the greatest snooker player of all time. Many, especially those partial to ball-and-baize-based action, would go further, and suggest …
John Higgins Makes 146 Ranking Quarter-Finals in Snooker
147 is a magical number in snooker and over the years John Higgins has hit many maximums. The Wizard of Wishaw has, in fact, hit 13 breaks of 147 in …
Shaun Murphy Declares “Life in the Old Dog Yet” After Winning Second Masters
On 19th January, 2025, Shaun Murphy overcame Kyren Wilson 10-7 to join an elite group of snooker players to have won multiple Masters titles. His victory in the final at …
Snooker Says Farewell to Terry Griffiths
At the start of December, 2024, it was confirmed that the former world snooker champion and Triple Crown-winner, Terry Griffiths, had died at the age of 77. The affable Welshman …