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The world’s top 16 players will be at Alexandra Palace in North London from January 12th to 19th for the Johnstone’s Paint Masters, snooker’s greatest invitation event. The opening day and final are sold out but tickets for certain sessions are still available from just £32 – for details click here. For the match schedule click here. Or...

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World Women’s Snooker (WWS), the Chinese Billiards and Snooker Association (CBSA) and Cantonese Snooker (Changping) are delighted to jointly announce that the World Women’s Snooker Championship will return to Dongguan Changping, China from 20 May 2025. The announcement follows the landmark first staging of the event in Changping last year which saw home star Bai Yulu become world champion following a thrilling final and...

WST PLAY, the official streaming platform of the professional circuit, is now available for fans around the world. The service provides snooker fans the chance to watch the entire season either live or on-demand, as well as a host of additional content and benefits. The platform replaces the service previously available on Matchroom Live. Fans in territories where snooker is not otherwise broadcast will be able to watch the action live from every event on the WST calendar.*...

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The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) and World Snooker Tour have today announced the qualification criteria for the 16 amateur places at the 2025 World Snooker Championship in Sheffield in April. The qualifying rounds will take place at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield from 7-16 April to determine who will join the world’s elite top 16 ranked players at the Crucible Theatre. Alongside all professionals...

The 2025 BetVictor Championship League Snooker Invitational is set to welcome 25 of the world’s best players, including defending champion Mark Selby, reigning World Champion Kyren Wilson, and fan favourites Ronnie O’Sullivan and Judd Trump. Returning to the Mattioli Arena in Leicester, the tournament runs from January 3 to February 4, 2025. Players will compete across seven intense group stages, with the winners progressing to the Winners’ Group, where the ultimate champion will be...

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Ken Doherty defeated Tony Drago in a dramatic blue ball shootout to win the Mr Vegas World Seniors Snooker 900 title at Epsom Downs Racecourse. The victory means Doherty becomes the first player to win multiple titles under the World Seniors Snooker 900 format following his emotional success at Goffs earlier in the year. Six players embarked on Epsom for the fourth edition of the unique and exciting event with...

Silvino Francisco, a former world number ten and the only African player to win a ranking event, sadly passed away this month at the age of 78. Born in South Africa in 1946, Francisco hailed from a cue sports family as his brother Manny was a leading billiards player, while his nephew Peter later followed him in climbing into snooker’s top 16. Having moved to England to pursue a career on the baize, just as the sport was taking off in the UK, Francisco turned professional in 1981...

Sense Active’s Sensory Sport Programme, which featured a Sensory Snooker Programme supported by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA), has won the Inclusive Coaching Award at the 2024 UK Coaching Awards. The awards ceremony was held on Tuesday 10 December in Leeds with the most impactful coaches and organisations being recognised and celebrated. The Inclusive Coaching Award is for a coach, project, programme or intervention that uses #GreatCoaching to...

Mark Allen won his first title of the season and equalled the biggest pay-day of his career by beating Luca Brecel 5-1 in the final of the Riyadh Season Snooker Championship in Saudi Arabia. Pictures from the final day Arguably snooker’s toughest match player, Allen scored a superb 4-2 win over defending champion Ronnie O’Sullivan in the semi-finals and went on to outplay last year’s World Champion...

World Disability Billiards and Snooker (WDBS) is today delighted to announce that the historic first staging of the World Disability Snooker Championship will take place from 23 February – 3 March 2025 in Thailand.

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The world’s top ten players head to Saudi Arabia this week for the Riyadh Season Snooker Championship and fans across the globe will be able to enjoy all the action for free on DAZN. The event runs from December 18th to 20th in Boulevard City in Riyadh, and will feature the world’s best players – including defending champion Ronnie O’Sullivan, world number one Judd Trump, World Champion Kyren Wilson and the rest of the world’s top ten, plus two wild cards from Saudi Arabia. The...

Ever wanted to know more about the WPBSA / WST structure of officially recognised global qualification pathways to the World Snooker Tour? Watch our new video feature which sets out each of the qualification routes and how each of our current professional players earned their place at snooker’s top table for the 2024/25 season. WPBSA Tour Cards 2024/25 The post WST...

World number 84 Lei Peifan created history in the first ever final between two players born in the 21st century, beating fellow Chinese 21-year-old Wu Yize 9-5 to win the BetVictor Scottish Open in Edinburgh. Outsider Lei becomes the highest ranked player to win a tournament since 1993. Dave Harold was world number 93 when he won the Asian Open that year. Incredibly, Lei had never been beyond the last 16 of a ranking tournament prior to this week. He’s overcome a world class list of...