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Mark Allen joined the exodus of leading names at the German Masters as he suffered a 5-1 defeat to a red-hot Barry Hawkins in the last 16....
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Judd Trump joined Mark Williams, Stephen Maguire and John Higgins as a high-profile exit from the German Masters....Read more https://au.eurosport.com/snooker/holt-dominates-sorry-williams-in-berlin_sto3601537/story.shtml
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Professional snooker came back to the German capital today, as the Betfair German Masters returns for it's third year at the 2,500 capacity Tempodrom Arena, right in the center of Berlin.
Always well attended and loved by the local fans, this year's event had a
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Read more: German Masters - Peter draws a line across Higgins
John Higgins: disappointment in Berlin for ex-world champion
Peter Lines caused a shock on the opening day of the German Masters by knocking out four-time world champion John Higgins.
Lines, from Leeds, is ranked 58th in the world but had the measure of out-of-sorts Scot Higgins at the Tempodrom venue in Berlin.In their opening-day match Lines...- Details
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Judd Trump edged James Wattana 5-4 to reach the third round of the German Masters at the Tempodrom in Berlin....Read more https://au.eurosport.com/snooker/trump-edges-through-in-berlin_sto3599928/story.shtml
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The precocious talent from Southampton earned the right to compete through his brilliant efforts on the 2012-13 English Junior Premier Tour.
Castle has won an event and had two more semi-final placings this season.
He is also riding high in England Under 21 series and is through to the Last 32 stage of the English Amateur
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Since winning the Power Snooker Masters in 2011 (which incidently, also had a shot clock and a raucous crowd), Martin Gould hasn't exactly achieved what he would of expected to by now having only won one further PTC event.
However he gave his bank balance and his confidence a shot
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Read more: Gould takes gold at the Betfair Snooker Shoot Out
Martin Gould clinched the 2013 World Snooker Shootout with a crushing 103-0 final success over Mark Allen at the Blackpool Tower.
The Londoner maintained his blistering form from the semi-finals to open up a 46-point lead with Allen only able to watch-on from the sidelines.When Gould did miss a shot the Northern Irishman was unable to capitalise...- Details
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Barry Hawkins: finished with a flourish to progress at Michael White's expense
Barry Hawkins and Mark Williams are both safely through to the quarter-finals of the World Snooker Shootout in Blackpool.
World Snooker ShootoutLast 16 results:M Allen 92-15 D DaleK Maflin 71-20 T Un-Nooh
M Holt 69-7 J Lisowski
A Higginson 60-15 L Chuang
M Gould 88-24 N Bond
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Martin Gould won £32,000 with victory over Mark Allen in the final of the Betfair Shoot Out In Blackpool....Read more https://au.eurosport.com/snooker/gould-beats-allen-in-shoot-out-final_sto3596063/story.shtml
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Barry Hawkins bid to defend his snooker shoot-out title was ended by Stephen Maguire in the quarter-final stage in Blackpool....Read more https://au.eurosport.com/snooker/maguire-ends-hawkins-defence-at-shoot-out_sto3596018/story.shtml
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Mark Selby: Failed to make it into the last 16 after losing to Nigel Bond
World No 1 Mark Selby exited the World Snooker Shootout on Saturday night after being eliminated by Nigel Bond at the Circus Arena in Blackpool.
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World number one Mark Selby was sent packing from the Betfair Shoot-out in Blackpool after losing 67-33 to Nigel Bond in the last 32....Read more https://au.eurosport.com/snooker/bond-ousts-selby-from-shoot-out_sto3594560/story.shtml
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Mark Selby did not give Ken Doherty a sniff as his 125 break put him in the last 32 of the Betfair Shoot-out in Blackpool....
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Barry Hawkins: Edged past Steve Davis in the opening match
Defending champion Barry Hawkins edged into the second round of the World Snooker Shootout with a 45-42 victory over Steve Davis.
The match opened the show at the Circus Arena in Blackpool and it was a dramatic start to the night, with Hawkins fouling early only for Davis to forget the new...- Details
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Snooker Shoot Out Draw
Joe Perry v Michael White
Mark Williams v Mike Dunn
Adam Duffy v Jack Lisowski
Tom Ford v Mark Allen
David Gilbert v Ricky Walden
Mark Davis v Yu Delu
Aditya Mehta v Mark Joyce
Marcus Campbell v Matthew Stevens
Stuart
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Defending Shoot-Out champion Barry Hawkins pipped Steve Davis 45-42 in the first round of the one-frame knockout event in Blackpool....
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Mark Allen secured a place in the Championship League finale after edging Stephen Maguire 3-2 in Group Four's final match in Essex....
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The 32 players to contest the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals in Galway in March have been confirmed....Read more https://au.eurosport.com/snooker/ptc-finals-line-up-in-place_sto3588067/story.shtml
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Ding Junhui reached the Championship League finale after winning group three in Essex....Read more https://au.eurosport.com/snooker/ding-reaches-championship-league-finale_sto3586027/story.shtml
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Ronnie O'Sullivan: Reigning world champion
World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn believes the success of the recent Betfair Masters shows the game can thrive without former world number one Ronnie O'Sullivan.
Reigning world champion O'Sullivan pulled out for the remainder of the current season for "personal reasons" in October.The 37-year-old was a...- Details
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The English Institute of Sport in Sheffield will once again host the qualifying rounds of snooker's World Championship in April....Read more https://au.eurosport.com/snooker/masters-prize-money-increased_sto3585671/story.shtml
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Prize money for The Masters will be increased from £500,000 to £600,000 next year....Read more https://au.eurosport.com/snooker/masters-prize-money-increased_sto3585661/story.shtml
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Mark Selby won his third Betfair Masters title with a 10-6 victory over defending champion Neil Robertson at Alexandra Palace in London.
Selby, the winner in 2008 and 2010 and last month's UK Championship victor, was made to work for his £175,000 first prize in the best-of-19 final after Australian top seed Robertson responded from 8-3 down by
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Ronnie O'Sullivan is favourite to retain his World Championship title despite being out of snooker since September, according to losing Masters finalist Neil Robertson....
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Mark Selby claimed his third Masters title and a £175,000 first prize with a 10-6 win over Neil Robertson at Alexandra Palace....
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Neil Robertson: Back into the Masters final
Defending champion Neil Robertson will play Mark Selby in the Masters final after a 6-2 victory over Shaun Murphy.
Only three players have ever successfully retained the coveted Masters trophy, and now Robertson has the chance to join that select group after overwhelming Murphy at Alexandra Palace.The...- Details
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Graeme Dott felt snooker was the real loser after his 6-5 defeat to Mark Selby in a Masters semi-final that ran for almost five hours and prompted fans to head for the exit doors before the match ended....
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Sixteen stars came to London, now just two remain, and they'll bid to pick up snooker's most prestigious invitational prize in the best-of-19 decider, played over two sessions from 2pm and 8pm.
Neil Robertson's road to the final came via victories over Ding Junhui, Mark Allen and Shaun Murphy, and he now has the chance to become only
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Mark Selby: Powered past Mark Williams to reach last four
Mark Selby thrashed Mark Williams 6-1 to book a semi-final showdown with Graeme Dott at the Betfair Masters.
The world number one from Leicester never looked back after winning each of the first four frames at Alexandra Palace on Friday evening.Williams had his chances in all four, but,...- Details
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Graeme Dott: through to the Masters semi-finals
Judd Trump bowed out of the Masters at the quarter-final stage on Friday as he lost 6-1 against former world champion Graeme Dott.
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Mark Williams called for Ronnie O'Sullivan to return to snooker after producing what he described as the "worst" performance of his career in a 6-1 defeat to Mark Selby in the Masters quarter-finals....
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Judd Trump endured a forgettable afternoon at London's Alexandra Palace as he departed the Masters with a strangely listless display in slumping to a 6-1 defeat to Graeme Dott in the last eight....Read more https://au.eurosport.com/snooker/dott-thumps-poor-trump-in-masters-shocker_sto3579386/story.shtml
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Neil Robertson pulls off the greatest shot of his life to beat Mark Allen and reach the Masters semi-final....Read more https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/video/robertson-greatest-shot-life-102623346.html
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Shaun Murphy: Trailed 4-1 before hitting back against Higgins
Shaun Murphy held his nerve in a tense deciding frame to snatch a thrilling 6-5 victory over John Higgins in their Masters quarter-final at Alexandra Palace.
Higgins looked to have booked a last-four showdown with Neil Robertson when he opened up a 51-0 lead before missing a difficult...- Details
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Northern Irishman Mark Allen is vying for his second major ranking title at the 2013 Masters, after making his major breakthrough in March 2012 when he won the Haikou World Open on Hainan Island.
He put an impressive array of top players to the sword on his way to the final in China, which included Judd Trump and current World No. 1
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Read more: Allen, Robertson, Murphy Higgins Take To The Baize In Masters Quarter Finals
Neil Robertson: Produced fireworks in the final frame to beat Mark Allen
An incredible escape shot in the deciding frame helped defending champion Neil Robertson edge out Mark Allen 6-5 in their quarter-final clash at the Masters.
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Shaun Murphy made a winning break of 66 in the final frame to recover from 4-1 down in completing a 6-5 victory over John Higgins in their Masters quarter-final at Alexandra Palace....Read more https://au.eurosport.com/snooker/murphy-sees-off-higgins-to-reach-semis_sto3577772/story.shtml
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Neil Robertson traded blows all afternoon with Mark Allen in a Masters classic before the defending champion compiled an immaculate 105 to complete a terrific 6-5 win after a memorable quarter-final at Alexandra Palace....
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Mark Williams fought back from 4-1 down to see off Matthew Stevens 6-4 and advance to the quarter-finals of the Betfair Masters.
Williams was out of sorts, losing four of the first five frames to his fellow Welshman, and he was dangerously close to losing the sixth frame as well.However, Stevens missed a simple brown to go 5-1 in front and from...- Details
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Mark Selby kept alive his hopes of a third Masters title by reeling off five straight frames to complete an astonishing 6-5 win over fellow Englishman Stuart Bingham at Alexandra Palace....Read more https://au.eurosport.com/snooker/astonishing-selby-comeback-stuns-bingham_sto3575951/story.shtml
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Matthew Stevens remains without a win over Mark Williams since 2003 after he staged a major collapse in losing 6-4 to his fellow Welshman in a turgid match at the Masters....Read more https://au.eurosport.com/snooker/williams-v-stevens-masters-live_sto3575437/story.shtml
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The 'Jester from Leicester's' triumph at the UK Championship in York last month brought a welcome end to a difficult year for Selby, who had to overcome a career-threatening neck injury and a severe loss of confidence and form.
A first round exit at the hands of Barry Hawkins in the first round of the World Championship in April
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Tournament favourite Judd Trump gets proceedings underway in the afternoon session as he takes on fellow left-hander Barry Hawkins in a best of 11 clash from 1300 GMT.
The 23-year-old will be determined to make up for the disappointment of his shock first round exit at the hands of Mark Joyce in the UK Championship last month as he
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Shaun Murphy survived a minor scare in the Masters first round as he fended off a Ricky Walden recovery before emerging a 6-4 winner at London's Alexandra Palace....
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Judd Trump changed shoes to leave Barry Hawkins down at the heel as he won the final three frames to compete a frantic 6-5 win in the Masters first round....Read more https://au.eurosport.com/snooker/masterful-trump-comeback-sees-off-hawkins_sto3573361/story.shtml
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The 2013 Masters Preview
The most prestigious invitational tournament on the snooker calendar returned on Sunday and we have several more days of pulsating action at Alexandra Palace to look forward to.
The massively popular and non-ranking tournament features 16 of the world's top players who are set to battle
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Stephen Maguire paid the price for a fit of pique as he was edged out 6-5 by fellow Scot Graeme Dott in the Masters first round at Alexandra Palace....Read more https://au.eurosport.com/snooker/dott-edges-out-maguire-at-masters_sto3572066/story.shtml
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Matthew Stevens claims his 2000 Masters victory was so long ago he remembers little of it, so now he is intent on winning it again and writing a new chapter of success in his career....Read more https://au.eurosport.com/snooker/stevens-desperate-to-repeat-masters-success_sto3571828/story.shtml
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John Higgins recovered from losing the first two frames to usurp Ali Carter 6-3 in the Masters first round at London's Alexandra Palace....Read more https://au.eurosport.com/snooker/higgins-hits-back-to-sink-carter-at-masters_sto3571375/story.shtml
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Neil Robertson v Ding Junhui
Mark Allen v Mark Davis
Shaun Murphy v Ricky Walden
John Higgins v Ali Carter
Mark Selby v Stuart Bingham
Mark Williams v Matthew Stevens
Stephen Maguire v Graeme Dott
Judd Trump v Barry Hawkins
The prestigious Betfair Masters tournament, is one that
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Mark Selby got his 2013 off to the best possible start by winning the opening tournament of the year, the Arcaden Munich Open, by beating Graeme Dott 4-3 in the final.
Having only dropped one frame on the run up to the semi-finals where he progressed rather easily 4-2 against Tian Pengfei, the UK Champion and
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The Masters is regarded as one of the most prestigious invitational events on the snooker calendar and boasts an impressive prize fund of £500,000.
With 16 of the world's top players set to descend on Alexandra Palace in January, competition will be fierce with defending champion Neil Robertson and
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Scotland's Anthony McGill was the only man to make it through to the last 16 of his home event and impressed throughout Sunday, but unfortunately came up short in the final as the experienced Ding Junhui won the Scottish Open 4-2.
China's no.1 has looked in great form throughout the event including
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Read more: Scottish Open - Resurgent Ding takes title in Ravenscraig
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Six-times world champion Steve Davis played some of his best snooker of the year to win three matches in Ravenscraig to progress to the last 16 of the tournament on Sunday.
After a 4-1 win over Sam Harvey he fought from 2-0 down with four frames in a row to dispatch Liam
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Glasgow's Anthony McGill was the only home player to make it through the first day of professional matches at the Scottish Open on Friday in a chilly Ravenscraig.
21-year-old McGill who was tipped by John Higgins to be the next big player to come from the country, recorded
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Looking at both Shaun Murphy and Mark Selby's form going in to the final of the Williamhill.com UK Championship final it was always going to be hard to predict a winner and for much of the match neither of them could take more than a two frame lead at the Barbican Centre, York.
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Read more: UK Championship - Selby sees off Murphy to win maiden UK title
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After Shaun Murphy's exciting comeback against Ali Carter yesterday it was going to be hard to top that in today's second semi-final at the UK Championship, althought both Mark Selby and Mark Davis definitely had the potential to cause drama.
Unfortunately
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We were down to the one-table setup at the UK Championship in York which meant it was time for the first semi-final. Today it was the turn of the 2008 champion Shaun Murphy who had a tought test in store against four times ranking event winner Ali Carter.
After
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Read more: UK Championship - Magical Murphy comeback stuns Carter
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Since defending champion Judd Trump crashed out in the first round of the UK Championship the talk of York has been 17-year-old Luca Brecel who after qualifying followed up with impressive wins over Ricky Walden & Mark King to become the youngest
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Read more: UK Championship - Comeback king Selby beats Robertson
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17-year-old Luca Brecel was the star of the afternoon at the Williamhill.com UK Championship as he followed up with his 6-5 first round win over Ricky Walden to beat Mark King once again (this time 6-4) to reach the quarter-finals.
The young
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Read more: UK Championship - Davis through despite Higgins maximum
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After all of the shocks and early exits of top players in the first three days, day four at the williamhill.com UK Championship was a much more calmer affair but we still saw some excellent snooker from the boys.
First up in the afternoon we saw
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Read more: UK Championship - In-form Bingham dispatches Maguire
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Today we found out who would be making up the last four players in the final 16 of the williamhill.com UK Championship at the Barbican Centre, York. First through in the afternoon was Masters champion Neil Robertson who took on Tom
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Read more: UK Championship - Belgian Bullet Brecel beats Walden
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Yesterday say the first round exit of Ding Junhui at the hand of Ryan Day but nobody could expect what would happen today at the UK Championship in York.
The morning session went more routinely for the top seeds as firstly
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As great as majors in China are it is always good to get back for a big, BBC broadcasted event and the UK Championship is the second biggest on our ever increasing calendar.
The morning session saw Shanghai Masters champion
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Read more: UK Championship - Day shocks Ding Selby safely through
Stuart Bingham: Crowned Premier League champion after beating Judd Trump
Stuart Bingham was crowned Premier League snooker champion after beating world number one Judd Trump 7-2 in Sunday's final.
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Stuart Bingham: Held his nerve to secure a 5-4 semi-final success over John Higgins
Stuart Bingham will play Judd Trump in Sunday's Premier League snooker final after both men came through their respective semi-finals 5-4 at the Auditorium in Grimsby.
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Steve Davis: reached the final in York seven years ago at age 48
Six-times world champion Steve Davis qualified for next week's UK Championship in York after beating Scotland's world No 35 Jamie Burnett 6-2 in the fourth qualifying round.
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Joe Jogia: Facing an uncertain future on the baize
Joe Jogia upset snooker's governing body after withdrawing at the eleventh hour his appeal against a two-year ban.
The 37-year-old from Leicester was suspended and handed a £2,000 fine at a hearing in July into suspicious betting patterns ahead of a Snooker Shoot-out match.Jogia initially appealed...- Details
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Neil Robertson: Produced dramatic comeback to book place in semi-finals
Neil Robertson reeled off four straight frames to claim a 4-2 victory over Ding Junhui and book his place in the semi-finals of the Premier League.
In a straight shootout to see who would qualify as Group A runner-up behind Stuart Bingham, Robertson went 2-0 down and, knowing a...- Details
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John Higgins beat recently crowned world no.1 and International Championship winner Judd Trump in his two previous major finals, the 2011 World Championship final and more recently, the Shanghai Masters.
For the third final in a row he has beaten the in-form Trump and
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Read more: Higgins trumps Judd to capture the Kay Suzanne Trophy
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Barry Hearn congratulates Ronnie O'Sullivan after 2012 World Championship win
World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn admits Ronnie O'Sullivan's absence is a blow for the sport but insists the four-time world champion is making the right decision.
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Snooker legends Steve Davis and Tony Drago lead the charge for the veterans at the Kay Suzanne Memorial Trophy (UKPTC4) yesterday by qualifying for the last 16 of the event on Wednesday at the South West Snooker Academy.
Davis fought off a slow start against amateur
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Read more: Veterans Davis Drago lead the charge to the last 16
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8.48 - Arrived at the South West Snooker Academy (now also known as the Capital Venue) for the last Players Tour Championship and major snooker event to be staged at the venue. As well as here I will be posting regular updates on Twitter.
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Steve Davis: Beat Thepchaiya Un-Nooh in the Players Tour Championship in September
The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association will take no disciplinary action after investigating betting patterns in a match between Steve Davis and Thepchaiya Un-Nooh.
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Judd Trump: Joins John Higgins as the a qualifier from Group B of the Premier League
New world No 1 Judd Trump booked his place in the semi-finals of the Premier League after securing a 5-1 win over Mark Allen in Doncaster.
The contest was a straight shoot-out for the last remaining qualifying spot in Group B and it was the 23-year-old who stayed...- Details
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Neil Robertson with the 2012 Masters trophy
Betfair have been announced as the new sponsors of the Masters which will take place at Alexandra Palace early next year.
Snooker's most prestigious invitation event will again feature 16 players and sees Neil Robertson defend the title he won in 2012 by beating Shaun Murphy 10-6.Robertson will face Ding...- Details
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Ronnie O'Sullivan: Englishman will take a time out to deal with personal problems
World Snooker has announced that Ronnie O'Sullivan will not return to the professional tour this season due to personal issues.
The Rocket, a four-time world champion yet still just 36, will spend the rest of the World Snooker Tour campaign away from the game in a bid...- Details
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Judd Trump: Won his third ranking title
World No 1 Judd Trump overcame Neil Robertson 10-8 to become the first winner of the International Championship.
The 22-year-old Englishman, who topped the rankings after his semi-final win over Peter Ebdon, came back from 8-6 down to beat Australian Robertson and claim the £125,000 first prize.After the first...- Details
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International Championship photos from TOP147.com - Draw & Results
Since winning the 2011 China Open as a qualifier and reaching the following World Championship final, 23-year-old Judd Trump has been at the forefront of snooker's top players, constantly challenging for titles.
However since winning last year's UK Championship
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Neil Robertson: Sees off Murphy in China
Neil Robertson recovered from a slow start to beat Shaun Murphy and book his spot in the final of the International Championship in China.
In the end the Aussie's 9-5 victory in Chengdu was comfortable enough after taking eight of the final 10 frames.After slipping 1-3 behind, Robertson reduced the margin to...- Details
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Judd Trump: Snooker's new world No.1
Judd Trump has taken over the world No.1 spot after booking his place in the final of the International Championship in China.
The 23-year-old from Bristol became the 10th player to earn snooker's top spot with a crushing 9-1 victory over fellow-Englishman Peter Ebdon.Although Ebdon posted the only century break...- Details
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Judd Trump: Into the semi-finals in China after holding off a determined Mark Allen
Judd Trump edged Mark Allen 6-5 in a thrilling clash to reach the semi-finals of the International Championship in Chengdu.
Trump has not won a ranking title since York last December but he is now just two matches away from the £125,000 first prize after a...- Details
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Neil Robertson: Impressive display from Australian left-hander
Neil Robertson beat Matthew Stevens 6-2 to reach the quarter-finals of the International Championship in Chengdu.
Robertson rallied after losing the opening frame to go 2-1 up with a break of 100, before clinching a lengthy fourth frame by potting the pink and black after missing two...- Details
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Stuart Bingham: Englishman went down 6-4 against Aditya Mehta
The in-form Stuart Bingham was another big-name casualty in the first-round of the International Championships in Chengdu.
The world No 10 from Basildon finished runner-up in the Wuxi Classic and Australian Open already this season and won his two latest Premier League matches 12-0 on...- Details
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Some of snooker's biggest names from the past returned to the baize last weekend for the World Seniors Championship - and it was just like the old days!
At the start of the weekend-long tournament, which was shown live on Sky Sports, there was plenty of nostalgia with old friends meeting up again and Dennis Taylor, Steve Davis, Jimmy White and
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Four time world champion John Higgins was the biggest scalp of the first round of the inaugural International Championship in Chengdu, China.
The Scot, looking to complete a ranking double in China after triumphing in the Shanghai Masters last month, lost 6-3 to home favourite Cao Yupeng.Higgins was sluggish throughout and despite taking a 2-0 lead...- Details
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Nigel Bond: didn't drop a frame over the entire weekend in Portsmouth
Nigel Bond overcame Tony Chappel to win the Wyldecrest Park Homes World Seniors Championship in Portsmouth.
Having knocked out reigning champion Darren Morgan in the previous round, Bond recorded a 2-0 triumph over outsider Chappel in the best-of-three frame final to pick up a...- Details
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PHOTOS BY MONIQUE LIMBOS - ANTWERP OPEN RESULTS
Since reaching the final of the UK Championship at the end of last year and winning the World Open in March, Northern Ireland's no.1 Mark Allen hasn't been in great form, having dropped out before the quarter-final stages of every event so far.
This weekend in Antwerp he
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PHOTOS BY J.WATKINS - SWSA WEBSITE - RESULTS
Rod Lawler is not a name you usually think of when asked about veteran campaigners in the snooker world. But the 41-year-old managed to roll back the years at UKPTC3 at the South West Snooker Academy and beat several opponents ranked higher than him and go on to dispatch Marco Fu
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PHOTOS BY C. HAUBURG - RESULTS
World no.1 Mark Selby had won the Arcaden Paul Hunter Classic in Germany last year and was imperious throughout this years event once again, having recorded 4-0 wins against Sean O'Sullivan, Gerard Greene & Ken Doherty in the earlier rounds (who also recorded his first pro 147
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Read more: Paul Hunter Classic - Selby Defends Title In Furth
PHOTOS FROM THE SWSA - SWSA WEBSITE - RESULTS
UKPTC2 Finalists Stephen Maguire & Martin Gould
Martin Gould joined the games elite top 16 last year after a series of strong results and even won the Power Snooker Masters event at the end of 2011 but he failed to continue that form and has struggled for
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PHOTOS BY MONIQUE LIMBOS - RESULTS
Stephen Maguire & Jack Lisowski
Stephen Maguire had won the last PTC event hosted in Europe in Munich last January and today at the first event of the new season he won yet again, beating former Rookie of the Year Jack Lisowski 4-3 in a thrilling final at the South West
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Bendigo Stadium - 9-15 July
Barry Hawkins (pic - Monique Limbos)
Barry Hawkins has been a professional since 1996 and has had his moments in professional snooker before, including winning the Shoot-Out last January. But today in Bendigo he achieved a major ambition by winning his first
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Read more: Australian Open 2012 - Hawkins Soars To Capture First Ranking Title
Bendigo Stadium - 9-15 July
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Sussex's Mark Davis has a career spanning 21 years but has failed to live up to his potential and he always found himself in the lower sections of the rankings. Since winning the 2009 Six-Reds world championship and vastly benefitting from the
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Read more: Australian Open 2012 - In Form Davis Sees Off Gould
Shaun Murphy was left contemplating swapping his snooker cue for a shooting iron after he was taken out 5-4 by Peter Ebdon in the Australian Goldfields Open quarter-finals while a bird squawked in the background....Read more https://au.eurosport.com/snooker/murphy-bows-out_sto3346070/story.shtml
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Neil Robertson: Out of the Australian Goldfields Open
Home favourite Neil Robertson is out of the Australian Goldfields Open after losing 5-1 to Mark Davis in the second round.
Robertson made a strong start with a break of 88 to take the first frame but a kick in the second when he was on 39 let in Davis and the man from Sussex didn't look back....- Details
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Judd Trump berated Peter Ebdon's notorious slow play after his fellow Englishman ground out a turgid 5-4 win over Ding Junhui after almost five hours of play in the Australian Goldfields Open second round....Read more https://au.eurosport.com/snooker/trump-slams-ebdon_sto3345255/story.shtml
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World Snooker and the European Billiards and Snooker Association have joined forces to set up a new series of events which will give European amateur players the chance to qualify for the main tour....Read more https://au.eurosport.com/snooker/tour-places-on-offer_sto3344933/story.shtml
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