While the professional season has now been completed, the race for tour places for 2010/11 rages on and this week has seen another eight names confirmed via the PIOS route. Click below to see who has already been confirmed for next season and where the remaining names will come from…
Tag: John Higgins
Second Mooney video revealed by NOTW
Following on from yesterday’s story concerning the allegation that John Higgins had attempted to place a bet on himself during last year’s world final, the News of the World have now revealed a further video of Pat Mooney which relates to the match-fixing allegations from last week…
Higgins accused of trying to bet on himself to lose (updated)
As promised, the News of the World have released their follow-up to last week’s story concerning John Higgins and the accusation that will feature in tomorrow’s edition of the News of the World is that during the 2009 World Championship final against Shaun Murphy, John attempted to place a bet on a Murphy victory in order to soften the financial blow of a possible defeat…
John Higgins: The Details Behind the Sting II
Following on from the article that I linked to during my previous article on the subject, there have been minor developments concerning the John Higgins saga as again reported over at Sporting Intelligence…
John Higgins: The Details Behind the Sting
Those of you who follow Snooker Scene’s Dave Hendon on Twitter will already have seen this but there is a very interesting piece over at Sporting Intelligence revealing the details of the lengths that the News of the World went to in order to create the John Higgins story. Click here to read it.
Higgins suspended, Mooney resigns
24 hours on and I am still quite astonished by this story but the developments continue to come as world number 1 in waiting John Higgins has been suspended from all WPBSA tournaments pending an immediate enquiry and Pat Mooney has resigned from his position on the board…
Hearn on Higgins accusations
Following on from the John Higgins/Pat Mooney story (see my previous article), WPBSA chairman Barry Hearn has spoken to BBC Radio Five about the matter. Click below to listen to his interview and read some quotes:
Higgins and Mooney Accused
Wow, I don’t even know where to start with this one. Shortly after the conclusion of tonight’s play I was made aware that the News of the World (a British newspaper for those of you not familiar), will be running with a story tomorrow alleging that John Higgins has agreed to lose frames in return for a monetary reward. Click below for more information and links to the relevant articles…