Day two of the UK Championship and after a quiet opening day of the the event, today’s match-ups (on paper at least) look a lot harder to call…
Tag: John Higgins
Ten questions to be answered in Telford
This week marks the halfway point of the 2009/10 season and with so much at stake this week, there are many questions to be answered…
Higgins aims for World Championship double
John Higgins is aiming to complete a unique double at the Six Reds World Championship in Killarney next month.
Higgins captured the 15 red world title for a third time at the Crucible in Sheffield last season.
And the Scot is part of a top class field of 160 players for the first World Championship contested under the short form version of the game.
PartyCasino.com Premier League Snooker 2009: Week Ten Latest
By the end of tonight (Thursday), we will know the names of the four players through to the finals weekend of the Premier League in Norfolk. Stay tuned tonight for updates as the final three matches of the league phase are completed…
Number One
Of all of the snooker facts and stats in existence, one that always surprises me is that since the world rankings came into existence in 1976, there have been just seven different players who have held the coveted top spot. Here I take a look at both the players over the years who have come close to adding their names to the list, as well as the players best placed to become the eighth number one…
Welsh Open 2010: Full Draw now available
It does not seem like five minutes since Ali Carter won his first ranking event title at the Welsh Open but already we are just a couple of months away and World Snooker have published both the qualifying and last 32 draws for the 2010 edition…
PartyCasino.com Premier League Snooker 2009: Week Seven News
Already it is night seven of the Premier League and what promises to be a significant night in terms of the hunt for top four places is now upon us as Neil Robertson takes on John Higgins in a repeat of their Grand Prix classic, while Stephen Hendry has a chance to gain a measure of revenge over Shaun Murphy for his Crucible defeat.
Click below for my live updates from the evening. Great to see snooker at the Guild Hall in Preston again incidentally…
The Perfect Player 2009: Safety
With the Grand Prix now completed, today we bring you the third part of our quest to identify the ‘Perfect Player’ from the current field. Today we look at the finest tacticians in the game right now…