a million miles from the traditional atmosphere of a snooker event. Knowing that they could literally play one shot in a match and find themselves beaten and out of the tournament, the players ...

THE Riyadh Season Snooker Championship will take place THIS WEEK with some of the world's best players in action. In March, the huge tournament in Saudi Arabia was staged for the first time ...

The Riyadh Season Snooker Championship event bumps the maximum break from 147 to 167. This is courtesy of an additional ball ...

World champion Wilson, 32, said: “You’ve almost got to forget about it and just try to play a normal frame of snooker. “If the 147 is on, the players know and try their best to make it.

“I played them all, I played Hendry. Although brilliant players, when you come up against the top boys now it’s no-miss snooker and there’s so many of them.” Despite turning 50 in ...

Drunk snooker fans taunted a bald player with chants of 'there's only one Gregg Wallace' during the Shoot Out tournament. The event, which is being held in Leicester, has different rules to most ...

The Riyadh Season Snooker Championship will see snooker's top 10 players go head-to-head along with two wildcards with the ...

Trump, meanwhile, added to his tally of Triple Crowns when winning the UK Championship, to back up victories in the Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters ... when asked for his player of the year.

Hearing the name Paul Hunter carries a bittersweet memory for snooker fans and players, but Ronnie O'Sullivan views his David Beckham-esque effect on the sport as a positive one after his tragic ...

Modern snooker's pristine image is a long way from the heyday of the sport - when it was played in smoke-filled rooms, with players who almost always had a pint within touching distance.

Wu had been leading 46-43 during their encounter, with the event having altered rules to traditional snooker. Players compete across a single frame with a 10-minute shot clock limiting the length ...