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Ronnie O’Sullivan will take on Peter Ebdon in the opening round of the Betfred.com World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, which starts on Saturday.

 

The random draw took place on Talksport radio earlier today with the top 16 seeds pitted at against the 16 qualifiers.

 

The Championship runs from April 21 to May 7 and TICKETS

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John Higgins v Liang Wenbo
Stuart Bingham v Stephen Hendry
Stephen Maguire v Luca Brecel
Graeme Dott v Joe Perry
Shaun Murphy v Jamie Jones
Stephen Lee v Andrew Higginson
Ali Carter v Mark Davis
Judd Trump v Dominic Dale
Mark Williams v Liu Chuang
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Peter Ebdon
Martin Gould v Dave Gilbert
Neil Robertson v Ken Doherty
Ding Junhui...

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Six of the Best On Q for the Crucible Six On Q players saw their names in the hat for the live Crucible draw, from Jamie Jones, making his Crucible debut, to World No. 10 Mark Allen. Jones expressed a preference for a ‘big name’ from the draw and … Continue reading ...

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The last 32 draw for the World Championship has just been made on TalkSPORT and what an incredible draw it is.

Everyone wanted a Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Peter Ebdon match-up and, guess what, we got our dream wish!

17 year-old Luca Brecel from Belgium will take on Stephen Maguire while Dubliner Ken Doherty will challenge Neil Robertson in a battle of...

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Irish Scene: Delaney Beats Redmond in Navan

Joe Delaney jumped up to second in the Irish rankings after winning the seventh Senior ranking event of the season in Navan.

Delaney put the disappointment of being dumped out of the World Championship qualifying in the early rounds well and truly behind him with a 5-3 victory over Robert Redmond in the final.

The former Main Tour stalwart had

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[L-R] Nelson Chen (Runner-up) and Raymond Fung (Champion)

Raymond Fung has captured his fourth United States Snooker Association (USSA) Tour title of the 2011-12 season, sponsored by Aramith Billiard Balls, by winning Event 11 this past weekend at the Top 147 Snooker Club in Brooklyn, New York.

  

Since his return to competitive snooker after a short

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Snooker - Hendry qualifies, loses youngest player record Stephen Hendry booked a place at the world snooker championships for the 27th consecutive year after winning his qualifying match against Yu Delu in Sheffield....

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World Championship 2012: Draw News

The 32 players who will be competing are now known following a tension-filled week of qualifying (see here and here), in Sheffield, but who will play who? Find out from 1:30pm GMT as the draw is made live on TalkSport radio in the UK.

While I will unfortunately be at work, thus unable to post the draw on here until later in the evening, I will do...

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World Championship Qualifiers 2012: Brilliant Brecel Creates History

Belgian youngster Luca Brecel today created history by defeating Mark King 10-8 and in the process ensuring that he will soon become the youngest ever player to play at the Crucible Theatre in a World Championship match. Though he has taken that record from Stephen Hendry, it has not been all bad for the Scot today as he too secured his place at...

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Brecel Breaks Record

Luca Brecel will become the youngest ever player to compete at the Crucible after coming through four rounds of World Championship qualifying.

The Belgian had already knocked out season pros Ian McCulloch, Barry Pinches and Michael Holt earlier in the week – the latter in a dramatic decider – and added Mark King to his hit-list following a historic

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World Championship Qualifying 2012: Doherty Edges Thriller, Chinese Duo Progress

Saturday evening saw the first six players book their places at the Crucible, with a further ten to follow this Sunday. Click below for a round-up of the day’s action with quotes from three of the qualifiers…

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Jones set for Crucible Debut Jamie Jones will crown a superb season with an appearance at The Crucible Theatre, after a brilliant 10-2 win over Ricky Walden in the final qualifying round of the Betfred World Championship. Victory also moved Jones provisionally into the Top … Continue reading ...

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Snooker - Chinese duo qualify for Crucible Chinese duo Cao Yupeng and Liu Chuang will join Ding Junhui at the Crucible after completing impressive wins in the final round of qualifying for the World Championships in Sheffield....

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Crucible Countdown: The great shocks
In the pressure-cooker of the Crucible cauldron, there's no such thing as a formality.

Throughout the colourful history of this great venue, some of the greatest moments have been shaped by scenes of the unexpected.

Sometimes it feels like anything can happen at the World Championship.

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My Crucible A-Z

2012 will mark my eighth year of making the annual Crucible pilgrimage and as the tournament draws ever closer, here is the first part of my A-Z of elements that help shape the experience for me and those other things related to the tournament…

A…is for all of the hundreds of Autographs that will be signed during the 17-day Crucible marathon by

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A Weekend in the Dales Dominic Dale, Marco Fu, Mark Davis, Rob Milkins, Alfie Burden, Jamie Jones and Barry Hawkins have been amongst the players putting the finishing touches to their preparations for the crucial Last 48 matches in the Betfred World Championship. Fu flew … Continue reading ...

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China’s Coming

In 2008 and 2010, three Chinese players contested the last 32 of the World Championship in Sheffield – discounting Hong Kong’s Marco Fu.

Only last year’s semi-finalist Ding Junhui is assured of his place at the Crucible Theatre next Saturday but there is a possibility that four others could join him in next Monday’s draw.

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Walking out at the Crucible isn't just a proud experience for the players; it's a huge honour for the referees as well.
Crucible Countdown: Who's in charge?
No-one knows this better than my resident columnist Paul Collier. He's making his return to the World Championship after a seven-year absence, and is one of the eight officials taking charge in Sheffield this year.

He gives us a...

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World Snooker Championship 2012: Some Stats and Lightheartedness

With a day off from the qualifiers at the EIS as the tables are re-clothed ahead of what promises to be a dramatic final qualifying round ahead of the big one from the Crucible, time for something a little different today. A few of you may have seen references on Twitter to Chris Downer’s excellent Crucible Almanac, an essential statistical guide t

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Snooker - White fails in Crucible bid Veteran Jimmy White failed in his bid to reach the World Championship with a defeat in qualifying at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield....

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Morris Moves Closer to the Crucible

David Morris has won his third qualifying match for the World Championship after a hard-fought 10-7 triumph over former semi-finalist Alan McManus.

Fan favourite Jimmy White, though, failed in his bid to return to the Crucible as he was dumped for the second year in a row by China’s Liu Chuang, 10-8.

Kilkenny’s Morris came into the penultimate stage

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Crucible beckons Rob Milkins enjoyed a dream day at the World Championship qualifiers, knocking in a 147, but more importantly, notching a 10-4 win over Xiao Guodong to progress to the final qualifying round on Sunday. Milkins now goes through to face … Continue reading ...

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Milkins Hits Magic Max

Robert Milkins has written himself into snooker’s record books today with a brilliant 147 maximum break in the third frame of his Last 64 match against Xiao Guodong.

Click here to watch the 147.

It is Milkins’ second 147 in his career and his first also came in the World Championship, in 2006 against Mark Selby.

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Snooker - Davis fails to make World Championship Steve Davis failed to qualify for the World Championship after falling to a 10-7 defeat in qualifying to Ben Woolaston at the English Institute of Sport....

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Maximum Delight for Milkins

Robert Milkins recorded a 147 break before easing to a 10-4 victory against China’s Xiao Guodong in the World Championship qualifiers.

The Englishman compiled his second career maximum in the third frame and, despite going 3-2 behind, won seven of the next eight frames to go one match away from the Crucible.

Funnily enough, there had only ever

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Snooker - Higgins: O'Sullivan could quit snooker EXCLUSIVE: Ronnie O'Sullivan could be forced to retire from snooker due to the pressure of family commitments, according to world champion John Higgins....

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CJ De Mooi is one of a few famous faces you will see in and out of the Crucible this year.

The former Eggheads brainbox loves his snooker and has become a popular figure at the bigger venues on the circuit. He's a regular in Sheffield and when he visits it evokes great memories for him as he's also performed on the stage of the theatre.

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MAGICAL MILKINS MAXIMUM Robert Milkins has written himself into snooker’s record books today with a brilliant 147 maximum break in the third frame of his Last 64 match against Xiao Guodong. It is Milkins’ second 147 in his career and his first also … Continue reading ...

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Rob Milkins - Maximum Man

Robert Milkins has written himself into snooker's record books today with a brilliant 147 maximum break in the third frame of his Last 64 match against Xiao Guodong.

 

It is Milkins' second 147 in his career and his first also came in the World Championship, in 2006 against Mark Selby.

 

Milkins joins Ronnie O'Sullivan and

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MILKINS MEMORIES Gloucester’s Rob Milkins has been a professional snooker player since 1995 and this week plays in the World Professional Championship for the seventeenth time. Milkins is seeded through to join the tournament in Round Four, the Last 64 stage, and … Continue reading ...

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Snooker - Chang sets up date with Whirlwind Liu Chang set up a meeting with Jimmy White with a 10-7 fifth-round win over Rod Lawler in qualifying for the World Championships at the English Institute of Sport....

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ReJoyce for Morris

David Morris has won his second match in the World Championship qualifiers  after a 10-4 rout of England’s Mark Joyce.

The Irishman enjoyed a relatively easy time of it against teenager Kacper Filipiak in the previous round – losing only two frames – and dropped just twice as many in seeing off Joyce to advance to the penultimate qualifying round fo

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All eyes will be on Judd Trump in Sheffield this year after the heroics he produced here last time out.

The 22-year-old Bristolian was the star of the Crucible last season as he marched through the qualifiers, reached the final and was only denied the title of world champion at the final hurdle.

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Burden is Set and Ready to Go Londoner Alfie Burden, who plays David Grace in Round three of the World Championship, will be seeing a lot of Sheffield in the coming weeks. Not only is he hoping for a good run in the World Championship but he … Continue reading ...

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Snooker - Hicks, Wattana safely through Andy Hicks, semi-finalist in 1995, reached the sixth qualifying round of the World Championships with a 10-3 win over Liam Highfield....

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Snooker - Brazilian moves closer to Crucible Brazilian Igor Figueiredo took another step towards the Crucible when he beat Andrew Norman 10-8 to reach the third qualifying round of the World Championships....

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Hicks Highfield Head to Head Round Three of the Betfred World Championship will be played out over the next two days and sees no fewer than seven On Q Promotions players in action. Andy Hicks faces stable mate Liam Highfield, after Highfield’s brilliant 10-5 win … Continue reading ...

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ON Q FOR THE CRUCIBLE Twenty On Q Promotions players are in the draw for the Betfred.com World Professional Championships, starting from the very first preliminary round, right through to Mark Allen, who is already in the draw for the Last 32 at the Crucible. … Continue reading ...

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Snooker - Iranian teen to turn pro Hossein Vafaei Ayouri will make history next season as the first professional snooker player from Iran....

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Snooker - Parrott falls in opening qualifier Former world champion John Parrott fell in the opening round of qualifying for the Snooker World Championship in Sheffield....

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O’Neill Bids for Magnificent Seven Jamie O’Neill will be the first of twenty On Q Promotions players to set out on the long road to the Crucible as he plays in the first qualifying round against David Gray. O’Neill plays in the non main tour … Continue reading ...

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Hossein Vafaei Ayouri will make history next season as the first professional snooker player from Iran.

The talented 17-year-old from Abadan won the IBSF World  Amateur Championship last December, which has earned him a place on the professional tour for the next two years. He will be eligible to compete in all ranking events, starting with the

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Snooker - Davis feeling nerves ahead of qualifiers Steve Davis is getting nervous as he bids to return to the Crucible....

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Michaela Tabb will take charge of the Betfred.com World Championship final for the second time next month.

 

Scotland’s 44-year-old Tabb, snooker’s top female official, will referee the final at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield on May 6 and 7.

 

Tabb has refereed professional snooker since 2001, and officiated the world final for the first time in

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Following a string of battling performances to lift the China Open title in Beijing last week, Peter Ebdon can now look forward to taking his place in the starting line-up of the 2012 PartyPoker.com Premier League Snooker.

 

The 41 year-old World No.21 dug deep to pip Stephen Maguire in a late-night decider and he becomes the ninth player to gain

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Steve Davis believes that running the Sheffield Half Marathon this May will help him prolong his snooker career.

 

The 54-year-old snooker legend is joining other green baize stars such as Shaun Murphy,  Peter Ebdon and Michael Holt for the 13-mile run in Sheffield on May 27, to raise money for the Paul Hunter Foundation.

 

And six-times World

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Tanner’s Newbury triumph after Gloucester disaster

BEN Tanner regrouped after his Gloucester disaster to virtually secure the Cuestars South of England Under-21 Gold Tour rankings title in the penultimate leg.

 

The 19-year-old from The Academy, Eastleigh, potted his way to a second tournament win of the season in

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Snooker - China Open results Results for the China Open in Beijing....

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Snooker - Tabb to officiate World final Michaela Tabb will take charge of the World Championship final for the second time next month....

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A list of century breaks at the China Open in Beijing....

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Snooker - Ebdon edges Maguire in epic final Peter Ebdon held off a spirited comeback by Stephen Maguire to clinch the 2012 China Open title in a nail-biting 10-9 decider....

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The deadline for entering Q School falls at 5pm tomorrow, and former World No 2 Tony Knowles has entered the event as believes he can still succeed on the pro tour.

 

The 56-year-old from Bolton will take his place along with over 100 other players at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield in May, for the event which will have 12 two-year tour cards

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talkSPORT will exclusively broadcast the draw for the Betfred.com World Snooker Championship live on Monday 16 April. The top snooker players in the world will find out live on air who they are due to face at the sport’s longest running and most famous tournament. The draw will take place at 1.30pm on the Hawksbee and Jacobs show, with reaction f

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Snooker - O'Sullivan extends winning run over Williams Mark Williams remains without a win against Ronnie O'Sullivan since 2002 after suffering a 5-1 loss to his old foe in their latest meeting in the China Open last 16....

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Snooker - Knowles going back to Q School Former world number two Tony Knowles believes he can still succeed on the professional tour after entering World Snooker's Q School....

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Snooker - Selby withdraws from China Open Ding Junhui reached the quarter-finals of the China Open without potting a ball after Mark Selby was forced to withdraw from the Beijing tournament due to a neck injury....

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Snooker - O'Sullivan recovers to set up Williams clash Ronnie O'Sullivan staged an astonishing recovery to oust Marcus Campbell 5-4 from the China Open having trailed 3-0 in their last 32 match and appearing down and out in Beijing....

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Snooker - Trump fends off spirited White Judd Trump resisted a spirited effort from Jimmy White to progress to the China Open last 16 with a 5-3 win in the first round in Beijing....

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World Snooker have released extra tickets for the first two rounds and the semi-finals of the Betfred.com World Championship at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.

 

All tickets allocated to the top 16 players which were not taken up have now been released on general sale.

 

The Betfred.com World Championship runs from April 21 to May 7 and will

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Snooker - Robertson survives hair-raising experience in China Neil Robertson sported a new-look curly blond barnet as he came from behind to defeat Jamie Cope 5-4 in the first round of the China Open....

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All White for Jimmy in Beijing Jimmy White negotiated a tricky wild card round in the 2012 China Open in Beijing, beating Syria’s Omar Alkojah 5-3. White wowed the Chinese crowds with glimpses of vintage form, as in frame six he notched up ten reds and … Continue reading ...

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Wilson in EASB final Kyren Wilson remained at number three in the EASB Senior Rankings, after reaching the final of the latest PTT event held at the South West Snooker Academy in Gloucester. Kettering’s Wilson rattled in a brilliant 137 total clearance during the … Continue reading ...

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There are just two more places up for grabs in this year’s PartyPoker.com Premier League, with eight of the ten spots taken by snooker’s top stars.

 

Over the past three weeks, Mark Allen, Stephen Lee and Ding Junhui have guaranteed their places in the prestigious event by winning the Haikou World Open, Betfair Players Tour Championship Grand Finals

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Picture by Jim Cowdroy: Finalists Stewart Ball (left) and Bradley Cowdroy.

 

BEN Fortey may well have had home advantage but his debut performance on the Cuestars South of England Under-21 Gold Tour left many big names in his wake.

 

The 15-year-old century-breaker edged past Romford’s Stuart Scott 3-2 to claim the sixth leg on the South West Snooker A

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ANDOVER’S John Hunter piled the pressure on the leader of the Cuestars South of England Seniors (40+) Tour with a second tournament win on the trot.

In a repeat of last month’s final in Newbury, the 46-year-old defeated title-rival Nick Birney 2-0 in the fifth-leg final at Jesters Snooker Hall, Swindon.

 

But Hunter, who is

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DING JUNHUI won the annual Championship League Snooker tournament, beating previous winner Judd Trump 3-1 in the final and to book a coveted place in this year’s Premier League which gets underway in August.

 

The 24 year-old Chinese had earlier won the seventh and final qualifying group of the event on Wednesday and like Trump and Matthew Stevens

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Snooker - Fry-ups help Ding win Championship League China's Ding Junhui won the Championship League Snooker title after producing outstanding snooker to beat Judd Trump in the final at Crondon Park Golf Club in Essex....

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Snooker - Trump and Ding set the pace Ding Junhui and Judd Trump led the way after day one of the Winners’ Group in the Championship League Snooker event at Crondon Park Golf Club....

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Snooker - Gloucester to host PTC events The South West Snooker Academy in Gloucester will stage all four domestic Players Tour Championship events next season....

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Three On Q in Cronden Mark Allen, Mark Davis and Barry Hawkins line up in the Winners’ Group of the Championship League, over the next two days, at Cronden Park in Essex. The ultimate prize for the winner is a place in the 2012 Premier … Continue reading ...

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Snooker - Ding beats Ford to reach Winners' Group Ding Junhui secured the final place in the Winners’ Group of Championship League Snooker after beating Tom Ford 3-0 in the Group Seven final at Crondon Park Golf Club in Essex....

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Snooker - Ford leads way Tom Ford set a blistering pace on the opening day of Championship League Group Seven action, winning his four matches at Crondon Park....

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Dominic Dale Dominic Dale won two out his three matches on the first day of Group 7 of the Championship League at Cronden Park. Dale, who was runner up in Group 6, has one last chance to qualify for the Winners’ Group … Continue reading ...

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Snooker - Lee downs Robertson to end title drought Stephen Lee won his first ranking event for six years as he defeated Neil Robertson 4-0 in the PTC Grand Final in Galway, Ireland....

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Snooker - Robertson crushes Maguire to make final Neil Robertson will face Stephen Lee in the final of the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals after a 4-0 win over Stephen Maguire in Galway, Ireland....

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Snooker - Lee and Robertson to contest final Stephen Lee beat Andrew Higginson 4-2 in the semi-finals of the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals in Galway, Ireland....

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Snooker - Maguire sets up Robertson semi Stephen Maguire beat Ricky Walden 4-3 to reach the semi-finals of the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals in Galway, Ireland....

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Snooker - O'Sullivan out through illness Ronnie O'Sullivan has withdrawn from the PTC Grand Finals in Galway after suffering the effects of glandular fever....

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Snooker - Xiao stuns Trump in Galway UK Champion Judd Trump suffered a surprise 4-2 defeat to a one-handed Xiao Guodong in the second round of the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals in Galway....

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Snooker - Jones shocks world champion Higgins Jamie Jones dumped reigning world champion John Higgins out of the first round of the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals with a stunning 4-3 victory in Galway....

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Snooker - Lisowski wins thrilling first round tie Jack Lisowski's break of 99 sealed a 4-3 win over Barry Hawkins in the opening contest at the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals in Galway....

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Snooker - Pressure now off in-form Lee World Open finalist Stephen Lee has said he is enjoying his snooker now the pressure is off as he prepares for the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals in Galway....

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Snooker - Steve Davis backs son Greg's snooker dream Greg Davis aims to chase glory on the green baize - after father Steve urged him to follow his snooker dream....

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Snooker - Allen claims first ranking title with thumping win Mark Allen won his first ranking title by hitting four centuries in completing a crushing 10-1 Haikou World Open final victory over Stephen Lee in China....

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Snooker - Haikou World Open: Century breaks A list of century breaks from the Haikou World Open....

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Snooker - Haikou World Open results Results from the Haikou World Open in China....

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Snooker - Allen sinks Selby to set up Lee final Mark Allen staged a stirring recovery by winning four straight frames to down Mark Selby 6-5 in the semi-finals of the Haikou World Open in China....

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Snooker - Allen progresses as Higgins tumbles out Mark Allen overcame his apparent dislike for China with a purposeful 5-1 drubbing of Mark King in the Haikou World Open quarter-finals....

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Snooker - Higgins whitewashes Cope John Higgins whitewashed Jamie Cope 5-0 to reach the last eight of the Haikou World Open in China....

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Snooker - Allen: Horrendous China stinks Mark Allen faces disciplinary action after he slammed China as "horrendous" and said that the country "stinks"....

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Snooker - Allen fights back to KO Trump Mark Allen came from three frames down to knock Judd Trump out of the Haikou World Open at the second-round stage, winning 5-4....

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Snooker - Milkins puts Maguire out of World Open There was another upset in the first round of the World Open on Wednesday as world number eight Stephen Maguire was eliminated by Robert Milkins 5-3....

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Snooker - Selby survives scare in China World number one Mark Selby avoided an upset in the first round of the World Open in China as he came from behind to beat qualifier Lu Ning 5-3....

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Snooker - Ding, Bingham crash out at World Open Ding Junhui and Stuart Bingham were both dumped out of the World Open as Jin Long and Michael Holt recorded brilliant first-round victories on the Chinese island of Hainan....

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Snooker - Higgins wins through at World Open Top seed John Higgins secured his place in the second round of the World Open with a 5-3 victory over Marco Fu on the Chinese island of Hainan....

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Snooker - Baird and Bond ousted at World Open Sam Baird and Nigel Bond went out of the Haikou World Open in the wildcard round while the other six Englishmen in action progressed....

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Jamie Jones beat Marco Fu 5-1 to qualify for the final stages of the China Open in Beijing.

 

It is the first time Jones has qualified for the final stages of a major ranking event and he goes through to face former World Champion Shaun Murphy in Beijing.

 

Twenty-three year old Jones will be joined on the plane to Beijing in March by Barry Hawkins,

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Snooker - White books ticket to China Jimmy White sealed a spot in the main draw of the China Open with a 5-3 win over Andrew Higginson in the final round of qualifying in Sheffield....

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Snooker - Doherty storms back to down White Ken Doherty proved his grit by coming back from three frames down to beat Michael White 5-4 in Sheffield and clinch a spot in the final qualifying round for the China Open....

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The line up of the top 16 seeds for snooker’s greatest tournament, the Betfred.com World Championship, is now available.

The seeding-cut off point for the sport’s blue riband event fell after the Welsh Open, which was won on Sunday by Ding Junhui.

 

The top 16 players now qualify automatically for the £1.1million event at the famous Crucible Theatre...