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The World Snooker Championship has been postponed just days after promotor Barry Hearn suggested that the event could take place behind closed doors during the Covid-19 pandemic
Events Darts

Matchroom Sport’s Barry Hearn has suggested live televised sport should continue behind closed doors during the coronavirus outbreak and that snooker will wait for government advice before suspending a…
Events Esports

Tokyo 2020's organisers have dismissed reports that this summer's Olympics might be cancelled or postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak
Marketing Snooker

World Snooker, the commercial arm of the sport, has rebranded to World Snooker Tour (WST) stating its ambition to launch an “exciting new online platform” and double prize money over the next decade.
Events Snooker

World Snooker has postponed the Indian Open world ranking event, which was due to take place from March 24-28 this year, after failing to find a host city
Marketing Snooker

World Snooker has furthered its efforts to promote the sport in India by agreeing a partnership with the India Business Group (IBG), while it has also revealed details of a new “luxury experience” for…
Events Snooker

World Snooker has announced that it will host its first ever event in Austria next year, with the city of Dornbirn set to host the European Masters in January
Media Snooker

World Snooker has announced that it will extend its event coverage partnership with social media platform Facebook to cover Pakistan
Media Snooker

World Snooker has broadened its association with social media platform Facebook by announcing that a number of its major events will this season be streamed free to fans in India via Facebook Live

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Marketing

The World Snooker Tour revealed a new corporate identity and name at the start of this year as it marked ten years of ownership by Barry Hearn's Matchroom Sport. The rebrand is intended to see it towards another decade of international growth, with China, India and the Middle East on snooker's radar.
Basketball
Business

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.

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Events

With the global interest in snooker growing, how long can ‘Steel City’ Sheffield hold onto the sport’s World Championship? Elisha Chauhan finds out.

Snooker
Business

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.

Sponsorship & Marketing Snooker

Sports agency Matchroom MultiSport has added online betting brand BetVictor as title sponsor for the 2019-20 season of its Championship League Snooker tournament
Events Snooker

Cheltenham Racecourse in the UK will host a major snooker tournament for the first time next year when the World Grand Prix takes place.

Business Snooker

World Snooker has announced that a new event will be added to its calendar in 2019.

Other Snooker

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.

Business Snooker

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).

Snooker

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.

Events Snooker

The World Snooker Federation has announced that Malta will host its inaugural WSF Championships.

Business Basketball

UK sports promotional company Matchroom Sport has launched a new division as it seeks to further diversify its portfolio.

Other 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.

Business Snooker

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.

Events Snooker

Snooker’s UK Championship will continue to be staged in the English city of York for at least another two years, World Snooker, the sport's governing body, has announced.
Events Snooker

Guangzhou will stage its first-ever professional snooker tournament in November after World Snooker announced details of a new event in the Chinese city.

Events Snooker

Snooker’s Players Championship will take place in Llandudno in North Wales in 2017.

Snooker

The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA), the sport’s global governing body, has handed Leo Fernandez a 15-month ban after the Irish player admitted to a corruption charge.

Events Snooker

The World Snooker Championship will remain in the UK city of Sheffield for at least the next 10 years after a new deal was brokered by World Snooker.

Business Billiards

Jason Ferguson, president of the World Confederation of Billiard Sports (WCBS), has said that the organisation will continue its drive for snooker to feature at the Olympics by launching a new bid for its inclusion at the 2024 Games, as well as that year’s Paralympic Games.

Events Snooker

Romania will stage its first-ever professional snooker tournament next year after details of a new world ranking event in the country were announced by World Snooker, the sport's global governing body.

Business Billiards

The World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association (WLBSA) has rebranded as World Ladies Billiards and Snooker (WLBS) and become a subsidiary of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) in an effort to boost development of the women’s game.

Events Snooker

World Snooker has announced that its Players Championship will be staged in the English city of Manchester for the first time next year.

Events Snooker

World Snooker has confirmed that its International Championship event will move from Chengdu to Daqing, China for its 2015 edition.

Events Snooker

Gibraltar will stage its maiden professional snooker tournament as part of World Snooker’s European Tour.

Business Snooker

The World Confederation of Billiard Sports (WCBS) has elected World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) chairman Jason Ferguson as its new president.

Business Snooker

World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn has unveiled a ‘Home Series’ of ranking events as part of a new five-year strategic plan for the sport that will take effect from 2016.

Events Snooker

The Chinese city of Wuxi will host snooker’s World Cup this year, with the national team event set to return to the calendar for the first time since 2011.