Snooker
Snooker’s Masters moved to Milton Keynes to create safety ‘bubble’
WST announces new tournament for 2021 with £300k prize fund
IMG Arena keeps hold of World Snooker Tour betting rights
Stats Perform and Matchroom strike five-year multi-sport betting rights deal
Round-Up: Japan sticks with 5,000 fans, Chinese badminton league restart, O’Sullivan signs China agent, and more
Betfred extends World Snooker Championship title sponsorship
World Snooker Tour announces nine events before Christmas
Plans to allow fans into UK events abandoned amid rising Covid infection rates
Round-Up: NRL and A-League address new outbreaks, Tokyo Olympic stadium hosts athletics event, and more
World Snooker Tour looks to global future with rebrand
China Digest | WTA Finals will move to Shenzhen
In this week's China sports industry round-up: WTA Finals will move to Shenzhen; China Open becomes second £1m snooker event; and more details about Wanda's IPO.
Snooker on the Move?
With the global interest in snooker growing, how long can ‘Steel City’ Sheffield hold onto the sport’s World Championship? Elisha Chauhan finds out.
Leadership: Taking Snooker to the World and the Olympics
World Snooker commercial director Miles Pearce talks to Owen Evans about taking snooker to new frontiers with the inaugural Indian Open, and explains why it is the perfect platform for the sport to eventually become part of the Olympic Family.
Matchroom Multi Sport becomes wholly-owned subsidiary of Matchroom Sport
Snooker’s Championship League to return on June 1 with ITV coverage
New World Snooker Championship dates after talks with BBC, Eurosport
Snooker’s biggest tournament to go virtual
World Snooker Championship and Invictus Games postponed, Turkish Süper Lig and Pro-14 ‘suspended indefinitely’
Hearn calls for closed-door sports events during coronavirus outbreak
Coronavirus latest: Tokyo 2020 dismisses cancellation reports, SportAccord, Overwatch League and more
World Snooker takes on WST moniker, plans new online platform
World Snooker postpones Indian Open
World Snooker signs Indian development deal, unveils Masters ‘luxury experience’
World Snooker adds Austrian event in continued European expansion
World Snooker takes Facebook Live partnership into Pakistan
Facebook grants Indian showcase for World Snooker events
BetVictor gives name to Championship League Snooker, formal wear deal for World Snooker
Cheltenham to host snooker’s World Grand Prix
Cheltenham Racecourse in the UK will host a major snooker tournament for the first time next year when the World Grand Prix takes place.
World Snooker adds new event to calendar
World Snooker has announced that a new event will be added to its calendar in 2019.
World Snooker renews data partnership with Sportradar
World Snooker, the organising body of the sport’s main ranking events, has extended its long-running data partnership with sports and betting-related services company Sportradar.
World Snooker launches new Bucharest tournament
World Snooker has revealed details of a new tournament in the Romanian capital of Bucharest that will feature a prize fund of €200,000 ($250,000).
China Open becomes snooker flagship with new hosting deal
World Snooker has announced that the China Open will become only the second tournament to offer £1m (€1.13m/$1.36m) in prize money after sealing a new hosting agreement with joint promoters Star Xing Pai and Beijing Fuhua Culture Tourism Development.
Malta to stage new World Snooker Federation Championships
The World Snooker Federation has announced that Malta will host its inaugural WSF Championships.
Matchroom forms new division to develop sports portfolio
UK sports promotional company Matchroom Sport has launched a new division as it seeks to further diversify its portfolio.
New international federation launched for snooker
A new International Federation (IF) has been formed for snooker with a view to driving the sport’s long-term goal of securing a place on the Olympic Programme.
Snooker’s European Masters heads to Belgium
World Snooker has announced that the Belgian city of Lommel will host the 2017 edition of its European Masters, while the sport’s global governing body has also confirmed that this year’s English Open will take place in the Yorkshire town of Barnsley.