World Snooker chair Hearn: Just Stop Oil protestors committed ‘form of theft’ April 18, 2023 Chairman of World Snooker Barry Hearn has said that the protestors who disrupted the World Snooker Championships on Monday night committed a ‘form of theft’. Two individuals caused chaos last night in the first round of the championships at the iconic Crucible Theatre in Sheffield with one of them mounting the table before discharging orange [...]
WATCH: Snooker World Championships STOPPED over Just Stop Oil protest April 17, 2023 The World Championships of snooker have been stopped due to protests from Just Stop Oil. On one of the tables – where Robert Milkins and Joe Perry were competing – a protestor can be seen to climb atop the table and release orange powder before kneeling – he was later escorted out. On the other [...]
How does darts prize money compare with other sports? January 4, 2023 Michael Smith’s maiden victory at the PDC World Championship earned the St Helens darts player the No1 ranking and £500,000 in prize money. It also lifted 32-year-old Smith to No1 in the PDC order of merit, with aggregate earnings of £1.24m over the past 24 months. But how does darts prize money compare to the [...]
Zhao Xintong: 2021 UK snooker champion is 10th player suspended in match-fixing probe January 3, 2023 Former UK champion Zhao Xintong has become the 10th Chinese player to be suspended from the World Snooker Tour as part of a match-fixing investigation. The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) added Zhao and compatriot Zhang Jiankang to the already lengthy banned list today. Both men are entitled to appeal but it means [...]
Beth Mead wins Sports Personality of the Year 2022 December 21, 2022 Beth Mead has been named the BBC Sports Personality of the Year at a ceremony at Media City in Salford. The footballing star beat gymnast Jessica Gadirova, curling star Eve Muirhead, snooker’s Ronnie O’Sullivan, cricketer Ben Stokes and athlete Jake Wightman to the annual gong. Stokes came second with Muirhead third. Lioness Mead was part [...]
Ronnie O’Sullivan: Snooker star eyes eighth World Championship after equalling record May 3, 2022 Snooker star Ronnie O’Sullivan says he will aim to win an eighth World Championship next year after claiming a record-equalling seventh title on Monday night. O’Sullivan, 46, beat Judd Trump 18-13 to match Stephen Hendry’s tally and become the oldest winner at the Crucible Theatre, 21 years after triumphing at the event for the first [...]
How Covid is affecting sport in 2021: Will Premier League, Tokyo Olympics, England’s Test series in Sri Lanka and the Lions tour go ahead? January 5, 2021 The first wave of Covid-19 saw professional sport grind to a halt as countries across the world imposed lockdowns. With cases on the rise again, particularly in England, some sports – including football, rugby union, boxing and snooker – have already been disrupted. So how is elite sport in 2021 being affected by the pandemic [...]
Pots of money: Here’s how much snooker players can win at the UK Championship November 24, 2020 The UK Championship, the second most lucrative event on the snooker circuit, begins this week. Despite the absence of ticket revenue due to events being played in empty venues, prize money has remained the same. That means the winner will receive £200,000 from a total prize money fund of £1,009,000. Players are guaranteed £6,500 just [...]