Former world champion Ken Doherty has announced his retirement from professional snooker after a 36-year career. The 56-year-old Irishman, who won the 1997 World Championship, cited a lack of improvement as his reason for stepping away.
Panchaya Channoi, an 18-year-old from Thailand, defeated Reanne Evans 6-2 to win the Women's World Snooker Championship in Dongguan, China. This marks Evans' first final loss in the tournament.
Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Luca Brecel 10-5 to win the Snooker 900 Global Championship, hitting five centuries in the process. The 50-year-old secured victory after winning the last three frames of the afternoon session and the first two of the evening.
Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Kyren Wilson 6-3 to reach the Snooker 900 Global Championship final. He will face Luca Brecel in the championship match.
Global snooker chiefs see China's new professional league as a development pathway, not a rival. The China Billiards Club Professional League aims to boost the Chinese market and develop local talent, with World Snooker Tour bosses viewing the CBSA as partners.
Former coach Django Fung praises Wu Yize's 'perfect' game, highlighting improvement in safety games, notably in his win against Mark Selby.
The BBC is reviving the classic TV gameshow Big Break after 24 years, with Stephen Hendry and Paddy McGuinness as co-hosts.
Back-to-back world snooker championship victories by China’s Zhao Xintong and Wu Yize have sparked the formation of a new Chinese Billiards Club Professional League. Launched on Sunday, the new CBL will feature eight teams competing over the course of eight months, playing 432 matches in a home-and-away format, with the first fixtures scheduled for next Wednesday. League position will determine the draw for the quarter-finals in early October, with a grand final schedule for the last week in...
Wu Yize and Zhao Xintong’s victories at the World Championship will help to boost the growth of snooker in China, while removing the stench of corruption and match-fixing, sport insiders believe. Jason Ferguson, chairman of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, previously suggested the interest that greeted Wu’s triumph over Shaun Murphy could help the sport’s Olympics ambitions. And Django Fung, who manages top players, including world No 2 Neil Robertson and Murphy, said...
Ronnie O'Sullivan caps off his debut at the World Seniors Snooker Championship by beating Joe Perry in the final.
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Wu Yize returned to China to a hero’s welcome when he appeared at a packed billiards club in Xi’an on Thursday night after winning the World Snooker Championship. The newly crowned champion only arrived back to China the night before, but he still attended the meet-and-greet from 7pm to midnight. The event included three sessions of autograph signings, photos and trick-shot performances, but the second session was reportedly cancelled due to overcrowding. The third session went ahead as...
Wu Yize, 22, receives a rock star's welcome after becoming second-youngest player to win a world title.
Wu Yize became the second-youngest World Snooker Champion after a dramatic 18–17 win over Shaun Murphy at the Crucible, earning £500,000. The 22-year-old reflected on his family’s sacrifices and his early struggles in Sheffield, where he moved at 16. He now plans to invest his prize money in property in Sheffield rather than luxury spending, marking a grounded start to his reign.
The new world champion is the fourth consecutive first-time winner and the UK game faces a challenge to keep up with investment in AsiaPerhaps of all the noise that emanated from Wu Yize’s historic victory in the World Snooker Championship final on Monday evening, it was 12 simple words from the godfather of Chinese snooker that meant the most.For the second successive year, China has a world champion in the sport the nation has taken to its heart, with Wu emulating Zhao Xintong’s win 12 months earlier after defeating Shaun Murphy in one of the great finals. But there is a fair argument none of this would be possible without Ding Junhui laying the groundwork over the last 20 years. Continue reading...
Snooker’s bid to enter the Olympic Games will be boosted by having back-to-back world champions from China, the sport’s top official said on Tuesday. Wu Yize beat Shaun Murphy 18-17 in a dramatic world championship final on Monday to follow in the footsteps of compatriot Zhao Xintong, who became Asia’s first world champion 12 months ago. Britain has long been snooker’s traditional stronghold but China, where there are around 300,000 recognised snooker clubs, is the growing force in the game,...
In the history of the game, there had only ever been one snooker world champion from China before Monday – then Wu Yize doubled that number at the Crucible Theatre in thrilling fashion. An 18-17 victory over Shaun Murphy, hailed as marking the “golden era of Chinese snooker”, has propelled the 22-year-old to superstardom in his home country, with the hashtag “Wu Yize wins the World Championship” getting 40 million views on social media platform Weibo, where it topped the list of trending topics...
Wu Yize, 22, became the second-youngest World Snooker Champion after a dramatic Deciding Frame victory over Shaun Murphy at the Crucible Theatre. Wu's win marks a new era, breaking the dominance of British players.
Wu Yize, 22, became the second youngest World Snooker Champion after a dramatic final against Shaun Murphy. Wu's victory marks a new era, breaking the dominance of British players.
Wu Yize discusses the sacrifices made by his family on his journey to becoming China's second world snooker champion.
Wu Yize became snooker’s second straight world champion from China after beating Shaun Murphy in a dramatic final-frame decider at the Crucible Theatre on Monday. With his 18-17 victory, the 22-year-old Wu is the second-youngest winner of the worlds after Stephen Hendry at age 21 in 1990. Wu follows in the footsteps of Zhao Xintong, who 12 months ago became the first-ever champion from Asia in a milestone moment for a game whose stronghold has always been in Britain. “All of a sudden, the...
Wu claims title 18-17 with decisive break of 85The 22-year-old is the second-youngest champion everAs the decisive pot went in at around 10.30pm on Monday, and Wu Yize punched the Crucible air and etched his name into snookering immortality, it was hard not to imagine that the sport had just changed in front of our eyes for ever.If Zhao Xintong broke through the glass ceiling for Chinese snooker 12 months ago, then the exploits of the newest Crucible king may have just shattered it into a thousand pieces. The boy who came to England as a 16-year-old with his father to pursue his dreams, living in a windowless flat in Sheffield with barely any money to his name, is the champion of the world. Continue reading...
Wu takes title 18-17 with break of 91Becomes second-youngest champion at age of 22As the decisive pot went in at around 10.30pm on Monday, and Wu Yize punched the Crucible air and etched his name into snookering immortality, it was hard not to imagine that the sport had just changed in front of our eyes for ever.If Zhao Xintong broke through the glass ceiling for Chinese snooker 12 months ago, then the exploits of the newest Crucible king may have just shattered it into a thousand pieces. The boy who came to England as a 16-year-old with his father to pursue his dreams, living in a windowless flat in Sheffield with barely any money to his name, is the champion of the world. Continue reading...
Wu Yize becomes second-youngest champion in history Day one report | Follow us on Bluesky | Mail DanielShaun Murphy 7-10 Wu Yize (72-37) Shaun leaves a snick to left corner but wu’s radar isn’t booted up yet; it’s the fourth such shot he’s missed in the frame, all of them by a way – though he gets second prize of a fluked snooker. The escape, though, is straightforward and, on his next visit, Shaun can go at a long one … which he drains nicely, before tucking in behind the brown. And, with the final red defended by blue and black, if Wu misses he’s almost certain to leave a free ball … but he hits the big dog, so it’s seven away and back in … to sneak through a tiny gap, great work. This frame is on a rolling boil now, the youngster botching yet another long pot – one you really expect him to take – punished with a snooker behind the pink, close to the side, with the red down the rail. Wu will need to deploy the swerve here, but he doesn’t get anywhere near with his first two goes, seeking to come off the bottom cushion, so he tries the side and hits the blue. The penalty points are piling up here, another miss takes Wu to within a foul of needing all the balls to tie … and it duly arrives, leaving a free ball. Shaun, though, refuses it, Wu finally hits, and the frame is almost over, the lead 35 with 35 left.Shaun Murphy 7-10 Wu Yize (39-37) Shaun gets a red off the side then goes to remove another off the blue, but misses it by a way; end of break. So he sends a ball down the table, using the black to block off the white, and Wu’ll have to go some to hit either target, never mind get it safe; he plays it well, and this frame is maturing into a crucial battle of wits and skill. Continue reading...
