The Malta Snooker Academy based in Ħamrun will host an exhibition match between two of Malta’s best-ever players, Tony Drago and Alex Borg on Thursday. This event is being organised by SportMalta with the collaboration of the Malta Billiards and...
Maltese sport was shocked on Saturday by the news of the death of former world amateur billiards champion Ġużi Grech at the age of 66. The Malta Billiards and Snooker Association issued a statement to pay tribute to veteran snooker and billiards...
Two-time Malta snooker champion Brian Cini added another trophy to his name on Monday after beating Aaron Busuttil 6-2 in the Premier Division final at the Malta Snooker Academy to win the Malta Billiards and Snooker Association (MBSA) national Snooker...
Mark Selby won a fourth world snooker title as he held off a stirring fightback from Shaun Murphy to win 18-15 in front of a capacity crowd at the Crucible. Selby punched the air after sinking the final black under immense pressure to join John Higgins...
Mark Selby stayed on course for a fourth world snooker title on Sunday when he opened up a 10-7 lead in the final against Shaun Murphy Selby, the champion in 2014, 2016 and 2017, won the last four frames of the evening in the best-of-35 frame final...
Former winners Mark Selby and Shaun Murphy will meet in the final of this year’s snooker World Championship after coming through tough semi-finals on Saturday. Selby saw off Stuart Bingham 17-15 in a match that was paused with Selby leading 16-15 to...
Stuart Bingham and Shaun Murphy both came through hard-fought quarter-finals on Wednesday to ensure three of the last four players left vying for this year’s world snooker crown are former champions. Bingham, the 2015 world champion, edged out Anthony...
Last year’s Crucible runner-up Kyren Wilson came from 5-2 down to score a 13-8 win over one of the pre-tournament favourites Neil Robertson, booking a place in the semi-finals. Wilson beat Judd Trump at the same stage last year and once again got the...
Mark Selby established a convincing 6-2 lead over fellow three-time champion Mark Williams in their world championship quarter-final on Tuesday. The Englishman won the first two frames without conceding a point, including a break of 121, and was 3-1...
Judd Trump said he hoped he could still play in a World Championship final against Ronnie O’Sullivan after advancing into the last eight of this year’s edition on Monday. Six-time world champion O’Sullivan, 45, is already out following a shock...
Ronnie O’Sullivan’s hopes of winning a seventh Betfred World Championship title were dashed at the second round stage as Anthony McGill made a pair of fabulous breaks in the last two frames to win a Crucible classic 13-12. O’Sullivan looked to have the...
Snooker star Mark Williams hit out at attempts to ban his unusual break-off shot after easing into the second round of the World Championship with a 10-4 victory over qualifier Sam Craigie on Wednesday. The three-time champion started to use the shot,...
John Higgins said he was “struggling to breathe” due to the pressure during his first round clash with Tian Pengfei, but ultimately rallied from 7-4 down to win 10-7 at the Betfred World Championship. The Scot admitted that despite being a four-time...
China’s Ding Junhui’s bid to finally land the world snooker title begins against 2015 champion Stuart Bingham after the draw was made on Thursday. Ding, 34, a two-time semi-finalist and who reached the final in 2016 meets an opponent whose best days...
Alan McManus announced his retirement from professional snooker following a 6-3 defeat to Bai Langning at Betfred World Championship qualifying. The Scot has enjoyed an illustrious career, spanning 31 years, since he turned professional in 1990. The...
World number 82 Xu Si produced an impressive display to end seven-time World Champion Stephen Hendry’s bid for a Crucible return at Betfred World Championship qualifying. This week’s event is just 52-year-old Hendry’s second tournament back since...
Malta snooker player Alex Borg was eliminated from the World Championship qualifiers after he was beaten by Rod Lawler 6-1 in Sheffield on Tuesday The Maltese professional was in action in Tuesday’s morning session against veteran player Lawler but...
Stephen Hendry beat Jimmy White 6-3 in the first qualifying round of the Betfred World Championship as as he graced the stage at snooker’s biggest tournament for the first time since 2012. Seven-time world champion Hendry made his comeback at last...
Malta’s professional snooker player Alex Borg will start his bid to qualify for the televised stages of the World Championships on Tuesday when he takes on Rod Lawler in the first qualifying round in Sheffield. The World Championship qualifiers get...
Alex Borg to face Lawler in first qualifying round
Stephen Hendry will target 800 centuries and a return to the Crucible after making an impressive return to the professional snooker tour despite a 4-1 defeat to Matthew Selt in Milton Keynes on Tuesday. The seven-times world champion compiled the 776th...
Playing the best snooker of his 29-year career, John Higgins hammered Ronnie O’Sullivan 10-3 in the final of the Cazoo Players Championship to win his first ranking title in three years. Remarkably, Higgins won the tournament for the loss of just four...
Ronnie O’Sullivan has hailed Stephen Hendry as snooker’s “game-changer” as the Scottish legend prepares to come out of retirement at the age of 52. Hendry, a seven-time world champion, is scheduled to return to the table at the Gibraltar Open next...
Jordan Brown sealed one of snooker’s greatest upsets as he beat six-time world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan in a final-frame decider to clinch the Welsh Open title at Celtic Manor on Sunday. The world number 81, who started the tournament as a 750-1...
Maltese international Brian Cini won the Malta Billiards and Snooker Association’s Ranking Snooker Shoot-Out at the Snooker Academy in Ħamrun on Sunday. The tournament, with all proceeds from registration fees going to Istrina, culminated in a final...
Former general secretary Ivan Brincat was confirmed as the new president of the Malta Billiards and Snooker Association (MBSA) as the same association announced its new committee on Friday evening during its Annual General meeting. According to an MBSA...
Mark Allen knocked Ronnie O’Sullivan out of the 888sport Champion of Champions, winning 6-3 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. The Antrim man was on top form in the Group 3 final, but the match will be remembered for a prolonged verbal clash...
Frans Bugeja has decided to step down from his position as president of the Malta Billiards and Snooker Association. Bugeja has been one of the cornerstones of the sport of billiards and snooker in Malta and has been involved in the governing body for...
Muhammad Ikram, who was born without arms, steps up to a snooker table, sizes up his options and with a firm flick of his chin strikes the cue ball and slots a red into a corner pocket. The sport was perhaps an unlikely passion for Ikram, 32, to...
Malta’s professional snooker player Alex Borg is flying to the UK tomorrow to compete in the first tournaments of this season’s World Snooker Main Tour. Due to the present situation, for now, all tournaments of the World Snooker Tour will be played at...
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