Mark King may have produced the performance of the first round to see off defending champion Mark Selby but it was to be a very different story tonight as Jamie Cope restricted him to just one frame. Ding Junhui meanwhile looked excellent earlier on against Scotland’s Graeme Dott…
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Masters 2011: King Shocks Selby
Well, well, what about that then? He might have won 11 of his previous 12 matches in the event but Mark Selby has fallen at the first hurdle in 2011 as Mark King brought his title defence to an abrupt end with a fine 6-4 victory. More to follow…

Championship League Snooker 2011: All you need to know
Monday sees the Matchroom Championship League return for a fourth year as 25 players bid for a place in next season’s Premier League. Read on for the dates and format details…
2010/11 Roll Call
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…
Picture Perfect: Crucible Corner I
As promised, here are the best of my photos from the first three days of the 2010 Betfred.com World Championship…
More will follow throughout the week…
Betfred.com World Championship 2010: A View from Slovenia (Part One)
Although many of you will have read my look ahead to this year’s Betfred.com World Championship (click my WCS 2010 banner to the right for the links), today we have a special guest preview to the tournament from The Snooker Forum user odrl.
My thanks go to odrl for taking the time to write such an extensive and interesting preview, click below to read part one…
Pre-Crucible Quotes Round-up
Just days to go to the start of the 2010 World Championship and a number of the players are now expressing their hopes and aspirations ahead of the tournament. Please click below for the best of the interviews I have spotted so far…