Bakradze Claims a Hat Trick of Georgian Snooker Titles
Defending champion Nodar Bakradze retained his title at the recent 2019 Georgian National Snooker Championship. Organised by the Georgian Snooker Association and held at the Star Snooker Academy in the capital city of Tbilisi, this was the fourth annual edition of...
Kakovskiy and Nechaeva Retain Russian Snooker Titles
Ivan Kakovskiy claimed his fifth Russian National Snooker Championship in the last six years earlier this week in Moscow. A total of 57 players took to the tables at the Polygon Billiards Club for the five-day event. Kakovskiy, still only 20 years old, began his...
World Snooker Federation Events 2020: Entries Open
Following the recent announcement that the World Snooker Federation (WSF) will return to Malta for two new competitions from 4-17 January 2020, we can today confirm that entries for both tournaments are now open. Organised together with the Malta Billiards &...
Malta to Host New World Snooker Federation Tournaments
The World Snooker Federation (WSF) and Malta Billiards & Snooker Association (MBSA) are today delighted to jointly announce the staging of two new WSF events as major amateur events providing qualification to the professional tour. Two events will be held from...
Snooker Titles Defended in Papua New Guinea
Marcus Ng won his fourth consecutive Papua New Guinea National Snooker Championship last month in the capital city of Port Moresby. Held over six days and initially across multiple venues, 40 players featured in the main draw of the most prestigious tournament on the...
Teenager Kazakov Wins Ukrainian National Title
Exciting young prospect Anton Kazakov dropped only a frame throughout the entire event as he won the Ukrainian National Snooker Championship for the first time earlier this week. Held at the Snooker Lviv Billiard Club, 35 players contested the mixed-gender...
Maguire Wins SangSom 6-Red World Championship for Second Time
Stephen Maguire won a tartan tussle against John Higgins 8-6 in the final of the SangSom 6-Red World Championship to win the title for the second time in Bangkok. It’s a first individual title for world number 15 Maguire since he won the 2014 Lisbon Open. He also won...
Five Star Aly’s American Snooker Title
Ahmed Aly Elsayed made history as he claimed a fifth United States National Snooker Championship title at the Q-Ball Houston in Texas on Labor Day. Players from several different states took part in the annual four-day event; the most prestigious on the United States...
Brilliant Bolton’s Australian Double
Matthew Bolton completed another unique double when he added the 2019 Australian National Snooker Championship title to the national billiards crown he claimed in June. Held at the RACV Club in Melbourne, home of the upcoming World Billiards Championship in October,...
Triple Gold for Morocco as Snooker History is Made in Casablanca
Moroccan snooker players dominated on home soil this week by claiming a trio of gold medals as the sport was contested at the African Games for the first time in its history. The 12th staging of Africa’s biggest multisports event has seen athletes from 54 African...