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The 14th ranking event of the season takes place this week with the 2026 Players Championship back at the Telford International Centre. This time, the top 16 from the one-year snooker rankings will be ...

Kirk Stevens turned professional in 1978 and quickly established himself as one of the most naturally gifted players of his generation. Emerging alongside fellow Canadians Cliff Thorburn and Bill ...

Marco Fu rolled back the years with a classy 147 break against Stephen Hendry in an exhibition match at the World Grand Prix on Saturday. The Hong Kong hero delighted his home fans with the maximum ...

Perrie Mans turned professional in 1961 and became one of the most significant figures of snooker’s early professional era. He emerged from a strong snooker lineage, with his father having reached the ...

Tony Drago turned professional in 1985 and quickly became one of the most recognisable figures on the snooker circuit. Nicknamed “The Tornado”, he developed a reputation for his exceptionally fast ...

Judd Trump consolidated his spot as the world number one in the official snooker rankings after his German Masters triumph on Sunday. The 36 year-old thumped Shaun Murphy 10-4 in the final at the ...

Hammad Miah won the 2026 WSF Championship on Sunday with a dramatic 5-4 triumph over Wang Xinbo in the final in Bulgaria. With victory, Miah receives a potentially lucrative two-year professional ...

The quarter-finals of the 2026 World Grand Prix take place on Friday with a record six Chinese players among the last eight involved. The ranking tournament, which boasts only the top 32 from the ...

Zhao Xintong is up to number seven on the official world snooker rankings list after his victory at the 2026 World Grand Prix in Hong Kong. The 28 year-old beat Zhang Anda 10-6 in an all-Chinese ...

The snooker world has lost one of its most recognisable and best-loved figures as John Virgo – player, presenter, commentator, and lifelong ambassador for the game – has died at the age of 79. For ...

Ronnie O’Sullivan has played down his chances of winning an eighth World Championship title this year but has admitted that it remains his primary goal in snooker. The Rocket made his first ...