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National Snooker Team Sponsored by Youth Ministry

The national snooker team of Islamabad is going to be sponsored by the Ministry of Youth Affairs. The organization decided to sponsor the national snooker team after the Ministry of Sports said they would not be sponsoring the team. (05/11)

Seventeen Year Old Boy Wins Snooker Classic

This past Sunday the Prataps Investment Snooker Classic took place at the Sigatoka Club. The event saw twenty four competitors vying for the top prize but it would be a seventeen year old who would come up with the win. (03/11)

Snooker Player Enjoying his Success

This past Sunday, Neil Robertson beat Ding Junhui 9-4 to claim his second Grand Prix crown. Robertson has come a long since he first arrived in the UK just six years ago. Robertson barely had money in his pocket when he arrived but now he has earned the biggest pay day of his career as well as the title of the most successful player from outside the British Isles. (29/10)

Jimmy White Arrested on Suspicion Charges

Star snooker player Jimmy White has been arrested on suspicion charges. White has been supposedly been accused of trying to get his friend to take the heat for his speeding. White tried to get his friend to take the penalty points that he received for speeding. (27/10)

Alex Borg Wins Malta Billiards Event

Alex Borg of the Juventutis Domus club won his first snooker ranking tournament of the season recently when he participated in a Malta Billiards & Snooker Association event. The tournament took place this past Friday at the 147 Snooker Hall. Borg was able to beat Simon Zammit 6-4 in the final. (20/10)

Grand Prix Snooker Title Goes to Neil Robertson

Neil Robertson of Australia is the new Grand Prix champion after he defeated Ding Junhui in the final yesterday in Glasgow. Robertson was able to beat Junhui 9-4 at Kelvin Hall to earn his second Grand Prix crown. (16/10)

Potters Leisure Resort Hosting Party Casino Snooker Finals

Party Casino’s Premier League Snooker Finals are about to begin and this year Potters Leisure Resort in Hopton will be hosting the event. This is the second consecutive year that the resort has hosted the finals. Many of the best snooker players in the world will be on hand to compete. (13/10)

O’Sullivan Loses in British Snooker Grand Prix

Top snooker pros Ronnie O’Sullivan and John Higgins had to face each other in the British Snooker Grand Prix and Higgins was able to outlast the number one ranked player in the world to win the match. Higgins is the defending Grand Prix champion and won the match-up 5-4 in Glasgow. (08/10)

November Brings World Snooker Championship to Hyderabad

Snooker fans will be glad to hear that the World Snooker Championship is set to begin soon in Hyderabad and around two hundred cueists are set to be competing for top honors at the event. The Championship will begin on November 14th and continue until the 29th. Pankaj Advani and Geet Sethi will be among the competitors at the Championship tournaments. (06/10)

Ronnie O’Sullivan Brags on John Higgins

Top snooker pro Ronnie O’Sullivan recently made quite a few statements about snooker pro John Higgins. O’Sullivan had nothing but good things to say about Higgins and stated that Higgins is one of the all time greats of the game. (01/10)

Kan Kan Shamsi Qualifies for Snooker Event

Saurabh Srivastava of Madhya Pradesh was unable to come up with the win when he faced Kan Kan Shamsi. With the win Shamsi now has made the main draw of the National senior snooker championship in the men’s division. (29/09)

John Higgins to Face Mark Joyce in Grand Prix tournament

The Grand Prix title will be up for grabs beginning on October 3rd and John Higgins will be defending his Grand Prix snooker title against Mark Joyce. Higgins faced Ryan Day 9-7 in last year’s final to take the title and is hoping to win yet again this year. (25/09)

Ronnie O’Sullivan Wins Shanghai Masters

The snooker tournament of the Shanghai Masters has ended and world ranked number one Ronnie O’Sullivan came out the victor. O’Sullivan was glad to begin the season with a win but wanted to make his 10-5 win over Liang Wenbo a little more exciting than it was. (22/09)

Government Allows Snooker Team to Participate in World Championship

The World Amateur Snooker Championships are taking place this November in India. It was recently announced that the two member national billiards team of Pakistan will be participating in the event. This is a step in the right direction for the relationship between the two nations. (18/09)

First Snooker Competition to be held by Puttinu Cares Foundation

The Anglo Maltese League in Valletta will be holding the first ever snooker competition hosted by the Puttinu Cares Foundation. The event will see one table set aside for the competition and another table set up for a sixty hour marathon game of snooker. (15/09)

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