SNOOKER SCENE BLOG

Perhaps the most unfortunate aspect of Mark Allen’s comments about the Chinese at the Crucible was that it overshadowed a significant break...

There was heartbreak for local hero Neil Robertson in Bendigo last year when he lost 5-4 to Dominic Dale in the second round of the Austral...

The Australian Goldfields Open, which starts tomorrow, is the second world ranking event of the season. It was won last year by Stuart ...

Six reds snooker has kind of been forgotten in the maelstrom of the last couple of years. It was once held up as being the innovation ...

Stuart Bingham today made a maximum break and two other centuries and was beaten 10-4 in the final of the Wuxi Classic. Snooker can be ...

Stuart Bingham and Ricky Walden are hands down two of the nicest guys on the circuit. They love their snooker. They love the cut and th...

It’s a semi-final line-up few would have predicted in the Wuxi Classic. In fact, scrap that: it’s a semi-final line-up nobody would have pr...

Newspaper headlines suggested today that Ronnie O’Sullivan was planning a breakaway tour but these were misleading. He isn’t. What O’Su...

Mark Davis and Marcus Campbell would appear to be late bloomers judging by their steady progress over the last 2-3 seasons. They had bo...

Judd Trump has enjoyed himself since exiting the World Championship in a disappointing fashion, losing 13-12 from 12-9 up to Ali Carter. ...

World Snooker this evening issued a statement so coded I wondered at first if it was to commemorate the 100 th anniversary of Alan Turing...

Ding Junhui is the standard bearer of the Chinese snooker revolution but the Wuxi Classic will be an especially special tournament for him. ...

If it’s the first day of Wimbledon it must be the start of the ranking tournament season. Three years ago that would have been unthinka...

Stuart Bingham is the player who perhaps best exemplifies the ‘have cue, will travel’ attitude. All throughout his career, he has act...

How equitable should the split of prize money be on the professional snooker circuit? Barry Hearn has virtually doubled total prize mon...

In the 1970s there was Ray Reardon, in the 1980s there was Steve Davis and in the 1990s there was Stephen Hendry. In seasons since, Joh...

The WPBSA is to investigate a story in the Daily Star on Sunday which alleges an associate of Jimmy White made money betting on him to los...

Perhaps the most ominous line in the disciplinary verdict on Mark Allen is that he must attend media training. I’ll admit a prejudice h...