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Aug 2, 2010

 Alex Higgins funeral: Crowds remember the 'Hurricane' -  source: The Guardian

July 28, 2010

Thousands expected to pay respects at Belfast funeral of Alex Higgins

Thousands of people are expected to line the streets of Belfast when the funeral of the former world snooker champion Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins is held on Monday. -  source: The Guardian


July 25, 2010

Sky's the Limit for Chinese Snooker Champion.

Unranked Tian Peng Fei steamrolled world #12 Ryan Day to capture the BTV Beijing Cup Challenge event, July 25th.


A Tribute to Alex Higgins - 1949-2010

Feb 2010: Jim White's interview with Alex Higgins. - source: The Telegraph

July 25, 2010

Higgins dies at 61

Belfast-born Higgins, who claimed his world crowns in 1972 and 1982, endured a long battle with throat cancer having been diagnosed with the illness over ten years ago. - source: Sky Sports

Snooker world continues to pay tribute to Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins

Tributes for Alex Higgins, who was found dead yesterday after a long battle with cancer, have continued to pour in from around the snooker world. -  source: The Guardian

Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins: A life in pictures - source: The Guardian

'Hurricane' passing a huge loss

Sobriquets in sport can so often be cliches but in the case of Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins it could not have been more appropriate. - source: Irish Independent

Remembering the Hurricane

Among the words used to describe Alex Higgins by those who crossed swords with him over the years, it is certain that 'boring' would not have been one of them. - source: BBC Sport

July 24, 2010

Snooker legend Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins dies at 61

Alex Higgins, the former world snooker champion from Northern Ireland, has died after a long battle with throat cancer. - source: Belfast Telegraph

Alex 'Hurricane’ Higgins dies aged 61

Dennis Taylor has led the tributes for Alex 'Hurricane’ Higgins, the fast-living, fast-playing snooker idol who has died at the age of 61. - source: The Telegraph


June 2, 2010

Barry Hearn’s revolution given green light

Professional snooker, plagued by internecine strife and a succession of ineffective administrations from its boom in the early Eighties through to its recent struggles, entered a brave new era yesterday. It is now a benign dictatorship with Barry Hearn at the helm. - source: TimesOnLine

Barry Hearn holds off late challenge to take control of snooker

Barry Hearn's terms for a controlling stake in professional snooker were approved by 35‑29 votes at a World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association EGM in Sheffield, thereby repelling a late challenge from the venture capitalist John Davison. - source: The Guardian

Hearn wins bid for control

Barry Hearn has gained control of World Snooker after coming out on top in a vote of the sport's top 64 players. - source: Sky Sports

Barry Hearn insists infighting will stop now he is in charge of World Snooker

Barry Hearn promised on Wednesday that snooker’s in-fighting would stop after players voted to put him in control of the sport. - source: The Telegraph


May 31, 2010

2011 & 2012 ACS Nationals to Move To NEW Tropicana Las Vegas ! Legendary Tropicana Las Vegas Transforming Itself to Host the 2011 and 2012 ACS Nationals in Las Vegas!


May 17, 2010

Snooker Shoot Out on Sky: New rapid-fire tournament comes to Sky Sports in 2011

Barry Hearn's rebuilding of snooker will continue live on Sky Sports next year with the introduction of a thrilling new tournament - the World Snooker Shoot Out. - source: Sky Sports


May 12, 2010

USSA Announces 2010 US National Snooker Championship.

The United States National Snooker Championship, presented and sanctioned by the United States Snooker Association (USSA), is the USSA's premier annual snooker tournament, which brings together all the top snooker players from around the United States to compete for the coveted title of National Champion. The 2010 Nationals will be conducted at the Embassy Billiards Club in San Gabriel, California, July 2-4.


May 12, 2010

Boon In A Swoon At Shoreline USSA Snooker Tour Success.

Former Singapore National Snooker Champion, Keith E. Boon, has won the sixth and final event of the 2010 United States Snooker Association (USSA) National Snooker Tour, with victory over Ajeya Prabhakar in the final at Shoreline Billiards in Mountain View, California.


World Snooker Championship

May 3, 2010

Australian Neil Robertson won the World Snooker Championship final by an 18 - 13 margin over Graeme Dott.

Neil robertson


May 6, 2010

Future bright for new snooker superstar

NEIL Robertson's history making victory in the world championships has not only propelled him to mega-star status in England, but is set to see the sport in Australia "go through the roof", according to two of the country's leading sports managers. - source: The Australian


May 6, 2010

Pot bleak: how the pokies sank snooker as it just found its pulse

Snooker was sexy 30 to 40 years ago - Pot Black was a major television hit, with men and women.

Now, in the 36 hours since his triumph, new snooker world champion Neil Robertson has doubled traffic to Australian snooker websites and left the sport's administrators fielding a surge of calls.  - source: The Sydney Morning Herald


May 5, 2010

Neil Robertson on top of world after starting with borrowed cash and clothes

NEIL Robertson overcame the bribery controversy surrounding the sport, nerves over the impending birth of his first child and more than 12 hours of play to become Australian sport's newest world champion. - source: The Australian


May 4, 2010

Neil Robertson wins world snooker title

MELBOURNE'S Neil Robertson became only the second Australian to win the world snooker championship title when he won the final in England today. - source: HeraldSun


May 4, 2010

Neil Robertson on top of snooker world and right behind Barry Hearn

Neil Robertson flew to Oslo today as world champion to be with his Norwegian girlfriend, Mille, who was due to give birth at any time to their first child. "Obviously there's a lot of added responsibility now, not just here but for the people back home as well," the 28-year-old Australian said. "I'll try very hard to be a good ambassador." - source: The Guardian


May 4, 2010

World Snooker 2010: world champion Neil Robertson in line for No 1 ranking

The new world snooker champion, Australia's Neil Robertson, stands a good chance of becoming the sport's de facto No 1 next season after defeating Scotland's Graeme Dott in a scratchy and drawn-out final. - source: The Telegraph


May 4, 2010

Aussie Neil Robertson beats Dott to win world title

Neil Robertson beat Scot Graeme Dott 18-13 to become the first Australian to win the world snooker title. - source: BBC Sport


May 4, 2010

Neil Robertson becomes first Australian to take world snooker title

They were eating brunch in Melbourne when one of their own, Neil Robertson, was the last man standing in a gruelling examination of stamina and nerve to become the first Australian to claim snooker’s most coveted title. - source: TimesOnLine


May 4, 2010

Neil Robertson's bid for world championship re-opens debate about Horace Lindrum

AS Neil Robertson continued his quest overnight to win the World Snooker Championship, debate raged whether a victory at the famous Crucible Theatre in Sheffield would make him the first or second Australian to claim the sport's biggest prize. - source: The Australian

Related:
World Professional Championship
World Matchplay
source: Chris Turner's Snooker Archive

Horace Lindrum
World Matchplay
source: Wikipedia


May 2, 2010

Neil Robertson to play Graeme Dott in world snooker championship final in Sheffield

NEIL Robertson has absent family on his mind as he disputes the world snooker championship final bidding to become the first Australian to win the title since 1952. - The Daily Telegraph


April 29, 2010

Neil Robertson set fair to advance Australia after 35-year wait

Neil Robertson's attempt to become the first Australian to reach the world championship final since Eddie Charlton 35 years ago gathered momentum as he built a 6-2 lead over Ali Carter after the first session of their semi-final. - source: The Guardian


April 29, 2010

Mark Selby repeats Wembley heroics to pip Ronnie O'Sullivan

Mark Selby, who beat Ronnie O'Sullivan from three down with four to play to win the Masters at Wembley in January, once more proved his nemesis as he again came from behind to beat him 13-11 to reach the semi-finals of the World Championship. - source: The Guardian


April 28, 2010

Carter holds nerve to down Murphy

Ali Carter recaptured the spirit that carried him to the 2008 World Championship final as he fought from 8-4 behind to down Shaun Murphy 13-12 in the quarter-finals. - source: Yahoo Sport / Eurosport


April 28, 2010

World Snooker 2010: Ronnie O'Sullivan blasts himself after loss to Mark Selby

Ronnie O’Sullivan departed the world championships in typically ungracious style last night. Having lost to the seventh-ranked Mark Selby, who reeled off the last four frames to take the quarter-final 13-11, he claimed that “my bad game has got me where I’ve got in the last 17 years, playing pretty **** really.” - source: The Telegraph


April 28, 2010

Selby surges past O'Sullivan

Mark Selby reasserted his dominance over Ronnie O'Sullivan by sending the favourite out of the Betfred.com World Championship at the quarter-final stage. - source: Sky Sports


April 28, 2010

Dott edges Allen thriller

Graeme Dott produced a stirring late fightback to clinch a dramatic 13-12 victory over Mark Allen that sees him progress to the semi-finals of the Betfred.com World Championship. - source: Sky Sports


April 28, 2010

Graeme Dott takes over the feel-good factor as Steve Davis bows out

On the day that Steve Davis finally bowed out of an event he has illuminated so brightly, Graeme Dott stepped forward with a Crucible feel-good story of his own to reach the semi-finals of the Betfred.com World Championship. - source: TimesOnLine


April 27, 2010

Neil Robertson takes his cue to leave Steve Davis squirming

Romance was downgraded to reality yesterday as a self-confident Australian ruthlessly set about dismantling the dreams of a national treasure. - source: TimesOnLine


April 25, 2010

World Snooker 2010: Steve Davis receives the respect he deserves after upsetting the odds

Respect was always his by right – six world titles saw to that – but as long as there was a Hurricane or a Whirlwind, genuine public affection always eluded him. - source: The Telegraph


April 20, 2010

Top 147 Tour Event Triumph for Fung.

It was roles reversed at Event 5 of the 2010 United States Snooker Association (USSA) Tour, as Raymond Fung turned the tables around from the previous Tour Event result with victory in the final over Omar Balsara at the Top 147 Snooker Club in Brooklyn, New York. It was Fung's second victory in three finals on this season's Tour, making him the most consistent player on the Tour, but he had a great fight in this race-to-four-frames final to eventually wrestle victory out of the hands of Balsara who had defeated him in the final of the previous Tour Event.


April 17, 2010

Chairman wants players to become Barry Hearn’s earners

In Crazy People, the 1990 film, Dudley Moore plays a frustrated advertising executive who achieves inadvertent success by telling it like it is. Barry Hearn, the man attempting to lead snooker from gloom to boom, employs the same tactic, save that his method is entirely intentional. - source: TimesOnLine


April 14, 2010

Mark Williams backs Barry Hearn to rule World Snooker

Mark Williams has backed World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn to take a controlling stake in the organisation. - source: BBC Sport


March 31, 2010

El Sayed Claims First Tour Century But Balsara Battles To Victory.

The reigning United States National Snooker Champion, Ahmed El Sayed, has recorded the first ever century break to be compiled in a United States Snooker Association (USSA) Tour event, but it was Omar Balsara who won a high quality Event 4 at the prestigious New York Athletic Club (NYAC).


March 30, 2010

Barry Hearn outlines take-it-or-leave-it plan to save snooker

Barry Hearn has revealed radical plans to revitalise snooker, including increasing prize money on the circuit to at least £4.5m from £3.5m for each of the next three years. - source: The Guardian


March 30, 2010

Barlow Banks Tour Event At California Billiard Club.

The twice United States National Snooker Championship semifinalist, Andrew Barlow, has won Event 3 of the 2010 United States Snooker Association (USSA) Tour, with victory at the California Billiard Club in Mountain View, California.


March 5, 2010

Fung edges National Champion Ali in stop 2 of the 2010 USSA National Snooker Tour.

Defending Prince Club tour stop champion Raymond Fung has defeated the reigning United States National Snooker Champion, Ahmed Ali, to secure victory at Event 2 of the 2010 United States Snooker Association National Tour at the Prince Snooker Club in Brooklyn, New York.


February 23, 2010

Siu shines in first tour event on the 2010 USSA National Snooker Tour.

The United States Snooker Association (USSA) initiated its 2nd Annual USSA National Snooker Tour with the first stop on the Tour at Embassy Billiards Club in San Gabriel, CA, February 16-19.


IBSF World Snooker Championships - Hyderabad, India ,  November 15 - 25, 2009

November 15, 2009

The IBSF Snooker Championships got underway today. All links and information courtesy of the International Billiards and Snooker Federation and can be accessed from their homepage.

Canada is represented here in the Men's division by Ontario's Eriks Malderis. Eriks is in Group L and did not have a match today. His player profile is here.

In the Masters division, Canada is represented by Thomas Williams. Thomas is in Group F and lost his match 3-1 today. His player profile is here.

The United States is represented here in the Men's division by Ahmed Aly (winner of the 2009 US National Championship) Group C and Ajeya Prabhakar (runner-up of the 2009 US National Championship) Group Q. Their profiles are linked to their names. Ahmed lost 4-1 today and Ajeya didn't have a match today.

In the Masters division, the United States is represented by Jeff Szafransky. Jeff is in Group G and lost his match 3-1 today. His player profile is here.

All Men's player profiles can be found here.

All Ladies player profiles can be found here.

All Masters player profiles can be found here.

There are three divisions Men's, Ladies and Masters with approximately 50 countries represented.

The IBSF website is covering all matches through the round robin and elimination rounds.

Additional IBSF direct links

Men's, Ladies, Masters, Schedule

The schedule allows you to filter by Date, Country or Player. The other links will give you round robin and elimination results in their respective divisions.

Results from 2007 and 2008 can be found if you scroll down on the IBSF main page.






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