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Jersey champion Aaron Canavan defeated Guernsey champion Paul Le Sauvage 5-0 to win the 2025 Channel Islands Snooker Championship. Canavan has now claimed the Channel Islands crown for each of the last four consecutive years. It is the 12th time overall that the 49-year-old has won the title and he maintains his 100% record of having never lost the unique champion v champion challenge match. Pitch...

Ali Carter will defend his BetVictor Championship League title against the likes of Shaun Murphy, Si Jiahui, Barry Hawkins, Chris Wakelin, Zhang Anda, Stuart Bingham and Jack Lisowski over the coming weeks in the first ranking event of the 2025/26 season. CLICK HERE for the group draw CLICK HERE for the match schedule for the opening week The action starts on Monday at the Mattioli Arena in Leicester and fans can watch live on Matchroom’s YouTube channels or other broadcasters – for full...

Brentwood Football Club is proud to invite fans, locals, and media to a special Prostate Cancer Screening Event on 9 July 2025, organised by CHAPS Men’s Health Charity. There will also be an opportunity to meet Barry Hearn OBE, legendary sports promoter and founder of Matchroom Sport, an enthusiastic supporter of grassroots football and minority stakeholder in Brentwood FC. Matchroom Sport also proudly sponsors Brentwood FC’s home and away shirts, showcasing Barry’s deep connection to the...

This month, we focus our attention on the life of Billiards Hall of Fame legend Buddy “The Rifleman” Hall, who passed away last month. We also bring you an interview from Brian Pauley, who gets a chance to sit down with Jon Kramer, the Wisconsin Billiard Hall of This article first appeared on SPM Billiards Magazine - Click here to visit site..

The opening phase of the 25/26 World Snooker Tour season continues with British Open Qualifying, running from June 25 to 28 at the Mattioli Arena in Leicester. The likes of Jack Lisowski, Stuart Bingham and Jackson Page are all hunting a place in the final stages. CLICK HERE for the match schedule. WST PLAY members in the UK will be able to tune into the action live Click here to subscribe. This also applies to territories without a broadcast agreement in place. The action will be...

The Independent Appeals Committee chaired by Philip Evans KC has released its decision on costs for Mark King’s unsuccessful appeal. The Committee has made a costs order of £45,503 in favour of the WPBSA. This brings the total cost order awarded to the WPBSA to £113,802.50. The decision on costs can be found here. The post WPBSA Statement | Mark King appeared first on WPBSA. Continue reading...

This monumental work of pool brilliance – in this writer's opinion – needs to be given the proper introduction it so rightfully deserves. This article first appeared on SPM Billiards Magazine - Click here to visit site..

The UK World Pool Masters 2025 event is now full. The Annual over 50s event will be held at The White Rose Pool Club, Ossett and will run on the 23rd and 24th of August 2025. The White Rose owner and Tournament Organizer, Andrew Appleton says he is looking forward to this event, not just for the competition but also meeting friends who he has competed with and against for over 40 years. If you cannot make it to the venue the Live Stream will be professionally carried out by Darren Norris...

Thorri Jensson defeated Sigurður Kristjánsson 9-6 in the final to win the 2025 Icelandic National Snooker Championship title. Jensson claims Iceland’s blue riband domestic snooker accolade for the fourth time in his career; all these triumphs have arrived since 2020. Last year he narrowly missed out on a three-peat when he was ousted 9-8 by Alan Trigg in the final having been 8-5 up, so reclai...

The 2025/26 season gets underway this Sunday with the Wuhan Open qualifying round, running from June 22 to 24 at the Mattioli Arena in Leicester. Star names including Kyren Wilson, John Higgins, Mark Williams, Mark Selby, Shaun Murphy and Neil Robertson are in action, aiming to earn a place in the final stages in China in August. CLICK HERE for the match schedule. This is followed by the British Open qualifiers from June 25-28 as players outside the top 16 battle for places in the final...

Nikita Kolpačenko defeated teenager Erikas Kozlovas 4-0 in the final to win the 2025 Lithuanian National Snooker Championship title. It is the second time that youngster Kolpačenko has worn his country’s premier domestic snooker crown having initially won it as a 16-year-old in 2020. Organised by the Lithuanian Billiard Federation, a total of 42 players entered this year’s competition which ...

Mutalieb Allie dethroned defending champion Michael Davids 6-4 in a thrilling final to win the 2025 South African National Snooker Championship at the Goodwood Sports Club in Cape Town. It is the second time that 51-year-old Allie has secured South Africa’s most prestigious domestic snooker title having initially claimed it in 2018. Now organised by Snooker and Billiards South Africa (SABSA), th...

The 17th Annual Colorado Junior State Championships concluded at Felt Billiard in Englewood, Colorado on Saturday, June 14, 2025. This year’s intimate field drew players from across the state, as well as top players from Wyoming, Nebraska, and even as far as Virginia. This article first appeared on SPM Billiards Magazine - Click here to visit site..

WPBA updated news. Due to the conflict created by the Predator World 9-Ball Championship scheduled over the top of the WPBA DR Pool/Jacoby Tour Championships, I, as the promoter, was able to arrange a date switch for the WPBA event. This article first appeared on SPM Billiards Magazine - Click here to visit site..

The World Nineball Tour continues its global expansion with the launch of the first-ever Philippines Open Pool Championship, a brand-new Matchroom Major taking place 21–26 October 2025 at Gateway Mall, Quezon City, Manila — right in the heart of the capital. This article first appeared on SPM Billiards Magazine - Click here to visit site..

Dhvaj Haria defeated Peter Gilchrist 1,035-597 in the final of the 2025 Walter Lindrum Australian Open to win his maiden World Billiards ranking event title. Results The Indian cueist impressively overcame last year’s World Championship final Robert Hall and former world champion Gilchrist to win the title at The Yarraville Club in Yarraville, Australia. A total of 41 cueists contested the event...

The 2025 WDBS Champion of Champions was contested last weekend with eight winners crowned at the Landywood Snooker Club in England. View tournament results from all eight groups The 2024/25 season finale saw 16 top ranked players contest long-format best of 11 frame finals across each of the eight main classification groups, encompassing physical, intellectual and sensory disabilities. Once again,...

Brian Cini dethroned defending champion Aaron Busuttil 6-1 in the final to win the 2025 Maltese National Snooker Championship. Cini is now a five-time winner of Malta’s blue riband domestic snooker event having also triumphed in 2016, 2018, 2021 and 2022. One of the world’s oldest national snooker championships having been first won in 1947, the prestigious competition is organised by the Malt...

Nassim Sekat won the 2025 Norwegian National Snooker Championship title following a 4-3 comeback victory against Erik Dullerud in the final at the Stord Snooker Club in Sagvag. Organised by the Norwegian Billiards Federation, the Championship is the blue riband event on the domestic snooker circuit there. It is the second time that Sekat has secured the crown following his maiden triumph in 2023. ...