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Tom Ford mounted a magnificent fightback to come from 5-1 down and beat Noppon Saengkham 6-5 on day one of the MrQ UK Championship in York. More follows… The post Ford Stuns Saengkham On Night Of Fightbacks appeared first on World Snooker. Continue reading...

Ding Junhui overcame dizziness and a fever to edge defending champion Mark Allen 6-5 in a repeat of last year’s final on day one of the MrQ UK Championship in York. More follows… The post Ding Battles Illness To Dethrone Allen appeared first on World Snooker. Continue reading...

The world number one ranking will be up for grabs once again this week with four players in contention to finish the MrQ UK Championship at the summit. View the provisional seedings Having topped the standings since April 2022, seven-time UK Championship winner Ronnie O’Sullivan remains in pole position to remain at the head of the world rankings with £887,500 to his name at the start of the to...

The 2023 MrQ UK Championship gets underway today at the York Barbican with the final world ranking list at the end of the tournament set to determine the field for January’s Masters. Latest Race to the Masters table As in previous years, the top 16 after the UK Championship will qualify to play at snooker’s most prestigious invitational event, to be held at the Alexandra Palace from 7-14 January 2024. RACE TO THE MASTERS The top 16 players in the official world ranking list following...

WST Chairman Steve Dawson recently sat down with seven-time World Champion Stephen Hendry in a feature length interview. The pair discussed a whole range of topics, including Dawson’s plans for the future of snooker. Dawson opened up on his background in sport and how he began working alongside WST President Barry Hearn nearly 40 years ago. He also gave the latest on potential future events, the WST calendar and outlined his ambitions for the global expansion of the sport. The post...

The televised phase of the MrQ UK Championship gets underway on Saturday, running from November 25 to December 3. Mark Allen defends the title in this historic event which was first staged in 1977. Tickets for certain sessions are still available from just £22 – for details click here. Wherever you are in the world you can watch on TV or online – these are the broadcasters: UK BBC, BBC iPlayer and Red Button Europe (including UK and Ireland) Eurosport and discovery+ China CCTV5...

Hossein Vafaei came from 3-1 down to beat Scott Donaldson 6-4 in the final qualifying round of the MrQ UK Championship, and expects a sizzling atmosphere when he meets Shaun Murphy in York. Last 32 Draw Iran’s top player, who has reached the last 16 of this event in each of the last two years, will take on former World Champion Murphy at 7pm on Sunday. He said: “I love playing in the big events with a good atmosphere, as loud as possible. My advice to all the fans is to make it loud...

Stephen Maguire, who lifted the trophy in 2004, missed out on the final stages of this year’s MrQ UK Championship as he lost 6-3 to Joe O’Connor in the final qualifying round. Last 32 Draw Victory would have set Maguire up for a Glaswegian derby against John Higgins in York, but instead 2022 Scottish Open finalist O’Connor goes through to meet Higgins in the last 32 next Tuesday. Breaks of 76, 68 and 54 helped O’Connor build a 4-0 lead. Maguire fought back to 4-3 with 72, 119 and 58, but...

The updated tournament calendar for the 2023/24 season is now available. The Six Red World Championship 2024 has been postponed at the request of the promoter. The World Open 2024 dates have also been changed, at the request of the promoter, to 18-24 March. Click here for the updated tournament calendar Also below is the updated re-ranking points schedule, which includes the World Open 2024. Click here for the updated re-ranking points list The post Updated Tournament Calendar appeared...

The draw for the last 32 of the MrQ UK Championship will be made this afternoon during our Judgement Day coverage – for details of how to watch, click here. The top 16 seeds will be drawn at random against the 16 qualifiers, then the draw will appear below after it has been made. Mark Allen v Tom Ford v Mark Williams v Kyren Wilson v Mark Selby v Barry Hawkins v Jack Lisowski v Judd Trump v Ronnie O’Sullivan v Robert Milkins v John Higgins v Neil Robertson v Shaun Murphy v Ali Carter v...

Jamie Clarke came through an epic 49-minute deciding frame to beat David Gilbert 6-5 and reach the final stages of the MrQ UK Championship. Draw / How to watch Matthew Selt, Anthony McGill and Jamie Jones also made it through Judgement Day and they will be in Thursday’s draw for the last 32 in York, which starts on Saturday. Welshman Clarke came from 4-2 down to lead 5-4, before Gilbert recovered to 5-5. A scrappy decider came down to the last red, and Clarke converted an excellent pot to...

Chinese duo Ding Junhui and Fan Zhengyi and Thai pair Thepchaiya Un-Nooh and Noppon Saengkham all earned places in the televised stages of the MrQ UK Championship by coming through the final qualifying round. More follows Draw / How to watch The post Asian Quartet Book York Spots appeared first on World Snooker. Continue reading...

Veteran Ken Doherty remains on course to reach the last 32 of the MrQ UK Championship for the first time since 2014, as he upset the form book with a 6-4 win over Chris Wakelin in the penultimate qualifying round. Draw / How to watch Wakelin was runner-up at the recent Northern Ireland Open but couldn’t reproduce that form as he was knocked out by 54-year-old Doherty, who was runner-up in this event in 1994, 2001 and 2002. From 2-1 down, Ireland’s Doherty won three frames in a row to lead...

Here’s your chance to win a cue made by master craftsman John Parris in this new competition – the MrQ Cue Challenge. MrQ was recently announced as the Lead Partner of the UK Championship. The popular UK-based online casino launched in 2018 and established a modern, easy to use platform to provide a fun and transparent customer experience. And to celebrate this new partnership, we’ve come up...

Mary Talbot-Deegan ended a 29-year wait for her maiden world ranking title after she dramatically defeated Jamie Hunter 4-3 to win the Eden Women’s Masters at Frames Sports Bar, London. View tournament information The breakthrough victory represents the biggest success of Talbot-Deegan’s career to date as she joins an elite band of Reanne Evans , Ng On Yee and Mink Nutcharut to have won the pr...

Last year’s runner-up Ding Junhui trailed Daniel Wells three times in the penultimate qualifying round of the MrQ UK Championship but hit back to win 6-4 and keep alive his hopes of winning the event for a fourth time. Draw / How to watch Ding goes through to the final round – Judgement Day – and will face Robbie Williams on Wednesday with the winner to go through to the televised stages in York. The Chinese cueman won this title in 2005, 2009 and 2019 and was beaten in the final by Mark...

It's a regular school night in 1969, black and white TV, 9 pm, and it's a Monday. I'm seven years old, and my Dad gives me special dispensation, not a word I knew at 7. I still had to google it to make sure I used it in the proper context, Dispensation ~ noun; 'Exemption from a rule or usual requirement.' I loved words from an early age, and my favourite subject was English, mainly stories and fun...

Snooker fans are being given the chance to place themselves at the front of the queue for 2024 UK Championship tickets, by signing up for our priority access window. Demand for tickets to this showpiece event is always huge and this year’s final weekend sold out well in advance of the tournament getting underway. The best way to ensure you get the tickets you want is to register for priority now...

One of the UK’s great cities will host the BetVictor Scottish Open next month – here’s everything you need to know about Edinburgh if you are planning a trip to the tournament. By Tomos Wyn Jones Gary Wilson will be defending the title at the Meadowbank Sports Centre, the scene of his greatest moment in snooker as he beat Joe O’Connor in last year’s final. This time the event runs from D...

Mink Nutcharut narrowly failed to become the first woman this century to win two consecutive matches in a ranking event as she lost 6-5 against Michael White in the second qualifying round of the MrQ UK Championship. Draw / How to watch Thailand’s Nutcharut led 5-2 but missed chances to win the match and was eventually beaten in a tense deciding frame by two-time ranking event winner White. Nutc...