Topic: Snooker

Williams hoping to drive rookie Brazilian nuts

WalesOnline.co.uk - 10 hours ago
MARK Williams has an intriguing draw for one of the bigger events on the Snooker calendar.. . Currently sixth in the World rankings, the Cwm player ...

Whirlwind weeps for the Hurricane

Daily Mirror, UK - 11 hours ago
OFF FOR SNOOKER ACE . . Tears streaming down his face, grief-stricken Jimmy White helps carry the coffin of his best pal, snooker legend Alex...

Alex Higgins

Economist - 11 hours ago
THE game of snooker is a curious one. Professional players wear black waistcoats and bow ties, as if they have been waylaid on their way to a...

Old photos

New Ross Standard, Ireland - yesterday
THE WORKMAN'S Club on Mary Street have issued an appeal this week for old photographs to form part of a new snooker tournament they will be...

FIVE ALIVE!

SportingLife.com, UK - 2 days ago
Mark Selby is confident the quickfire best-of-five matches at the World Open in Glasgow will suit his temperament.. . The tournament runs from...

Snooker greats in town to raise cash for charity

Evening Gazette, UK - 2 days ago
A ROCKET and a Whirlwind whipped through Colchester's Charter Hall as two snooker legends went head-to-head. . . Ronnie O'Sullivan and Jimmy White...

Stars at funeral of ex-snooker world champ Higgins

AFP Global Edition - 32 days ago
Snooker stars including seven-times world champion Stephen Hendry gathered Monday for the funeral of Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins, who died last month.Jimmy "Whirlwind" White, a close friend of the double world snooker champion, carried the coffin of the trou

Stars at funeral of ex-world champion Higgins

AFP European Edition - 32 days ago
Snooker stars including seven-times world champion Stephen Hendry gathered Monday for the funeral of Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins, who died last month.Jimmy "Whirlwind" White, a close friend of the double world snooker champion, carried the coffin of the trou

Higgins deserved better care - O'Sullivan

AFP Global Edition - 39 days ago
Former snooker world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan believes Alex Higgins deserved better treatment from the sport after his career finished.Higgins died of throat cancer in Belfast aged 61 on Saturday after fighting the disease for more than a decade.The Nor

Champ Robertson hopes to improve snooker's image

AFP Global Edition - 122 days ago
Australia's Neil Robertson has pledged to help repair snooker's shattered reputation after being crowned world champion for the first time.Robertson became the first Australian to win the event when he defeated former champion Graeme Dott 18-13 at Sheffie