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Defending champion Shaun Murphy makes winning start in Premier League snooker

Shaun Murphy began the defence of his PartyCasino.com Premier League title with a 5-1 over Ding Junhui last night.
Murphy beat Ronnie O’Sullivan in last year’s final, and on his return as reigning champion proved too much for Ding.
Ding was on course to take the opening frame with a break of 51, but Murphy was able [...]

Ronnie O’Sullivan favourite for Premier League crown

He’s always the favourite in every snooker tournament he enters.
Ronnie O’Sullivan is looking to win the Premier League for the seventh time in his career, and who would bet against him?
The Rocket takes off when he’s on the table, and because the Premier League format incorporates a shot-clock, it suits O’Sullivan right down to the [...]

Premier League snooker returns

Tomorrow night sees the return of the PartyCasino.com Premier League snooker, with reigning champion Shaun Murphy and six-time winner Ronnie O’Sullivan both in action.
Now in its 25th year, the Premier League has been won by snooker’s greats, Stephen Hendry (six), O’Sullivan, (six), Steve Davis (four), Jimmy White (one) and John Higgins (one).
This year’s field is [...]

Ronnie O’Sullivan insists he has nothing to prove to anyone

Some people love him, some people hate him, but when Ronnie O’Sullivan picks up a cue everyone knows he has an extraordinary talent on the snooker table.
The three-time champion of the world says he has nothing to prove and is focusing on the future of the game. “I don’t feel like I’ve got anything to [...]

Barry Pinches the win from Ronnie O’Sullivan

In snooker, many expect a Ronnie O’Sullivan win, but obviously Barry Pinches didn’t read the script.
The man from Norwich defeated O’Sullivan 4-3 in the final of the fourth event of the Players Tour Championship to collect the top prize of £10,000 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield.
O’Sullivan only dropped four frames and was the [...]

Newspaper hands over tapes in John Higgins scandal

The Sunday newspaper the News of the World has handed over all of the video recordings used during the sting operation of snooker player John Higgins and his manager Pat Mooney.
On May 2nd, the scandal was revealed on the day of the world championship final at the Crucible. The footage shows Higgins and his manager [...]

Snooker legend Alex Higgins passes away

Two-time world champion Alex Higgins passed away on Saturday at the age of 61 after 12 hard-fought years battling against throat cancer.
Born in Belfast, “Hurricane” Higgins burst onto the professional circuit at the age of 22, and won his first world championship at his first attempt in 1972, beating John Spencer 37-31 in the final. [...]

Ronnie O’Sullivan v Mark Selby

A repeat of The Masters final is in store at the last eight of the snooker world championship today. O’Sullivan is making his 12th appearance at a Crucible quarter-final, while Selby is looking to advance to the latter stages like he did in 2007.
 
O’Sullivan hasn’t won a world crown since 2008, but is now the [...]

Last eight for Davis at world championship

Steve Davis will be playing in the last eight of the snooker world championship. He takes on Neil Robertson tomorrow after beating defending champion John Higgins in the last-16.

Williams battles past Ding to win 2010 China Open

The home favourite, Ding Junhui, had the crowd behind him and looked the clear favourite to take the 2010 China Open in the final against Mark Williams.
The Welshman, though, valiantly battled back from 5-3 down to beat Ding 10-6 to secure his first title for four years.
The 35-year-old former world champion had been stuck in [...]