| 单词 | snooker |
| 例句 | They do what is called glancing, which is the same word for bumping off something and carrying on in almost the same direction, e.g., when a snooker ball glances off another snooker ball. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z In the early afternoon he took a bus to Watsonville and played three games of snooker with a friend who came to meet him in answer to a phone call. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Also, he’d rarely been sober since we had arrived in Welch, and I was afraid that if I told him, he’d show up at school snookered and make things even worse. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Alex half expected the snooker table to rise out of the floor, but instead, on every wall, a panel slid up to reveal floor-to-ceiling television screens that immediately flickered into life. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z “Okay, so the authorities are being snookered by these hidden messages. But how could they resist the facts? Show them your Receiver gizmo, Mr. Benedict. They’ll have to believe you.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Alex killed a couple of hours knocking a few balls around on his uncle’s snooker table—and then felt vaguely guilty when Jack caught him at it. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z But in snooker there are other ways to win points, as Alex knew only too well. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z He looked like one of those consumptive snooker players on cable. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a snooker table in the basement of the Chelsea house and he’d often spent evenings playing against his uncle. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Father was sitting on the sofa watching snooker on the television and drinking scotch. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The angels play snooker with the eternal souls of the residents on the line. Alan Moore’s sprawling new epic, ‘Jerusalem’ 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z It just means that it’s easy to get snookered. Why salad is so overrated 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z I later took up cigars, but gave them up because of Hurricane Higgins, the snooker player. Michael Caine: ‘Boy, did we have fun…’ 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z The play is part of a season celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Crucible, famed as the home of the world snooker championship as it is for its theatre productions. Playing the Moor 2011-06-30T07:46:27Z Mr. Bean grew up with snooker; his policeman father loved it and played the game at his social club in Hull, the northern English town, not far from Sheffield, where the family lived. He Knows His Way Around a Half-Butt (That’s Snooker Talk) 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z Imagine what it must be like playing snooker for the Himba. TV review: Horizon: Do You See What I See?; Hugh's Fish Fight: The Battle Continues 2011-08-08T21:00:02Z Kirn never stops examining how he, a professional writer, could be snookered by an amateur. Walter Kirn’s ‘Blood Will Out’: a true tale of glitter and gullibility 2014-04-03T20:44:52Z That’s because LaBute’s technique, hardened over the course of some 30 plays in 30 years, typically involves a sudden turn that realigns everything and leaves the audience feeling snookered. Review: From Neil LaBute, a Case of He Said, She Said, No One Said 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z British plays are a Broadway staple, and this season there are four — commercial productions of “The Ferryman” and “Network” and nonprofit productions of “The Nap,” the snooker comedy, and “Ink.” This Broadway Season, the Play’s Really the Thing 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z And what better way to raise it than by getting one of those middle-aged male scientists to place bets on football and snooker matches? Purr evil: cats with hidden agendas – ranked! 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z “The Nap” — the title refers to the surface of the snooker table, not a short sleep — won appreciative reviews at its 2016 premiere. He Knows His Way Around a Half-Butt (That’s Snooker Talk) 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z "The snooker club were rude to us," he recalls, reopening a psychic wound. Bedwyr Williams: why I'm taking a space observatory to Venice 2013-04-14T17:00:01Z He doesn’t count on a car bomb, a tracking device and a medical examiner versed in snooker balls. 'iZombie' recap: Blaine's World 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z Inside are the paraphernalia of a lottery winner's life: a snooker room, swimming pool, jacuzzi, cinema, music pod and staff quarters. Lottery winners seek 'Serenity' with £5m des res with serious mod cons 2013-04-18T12:36:03Z Photograph: Robert Cooper/Great Meadow/BBC Long gone are the Pot Black days when snooker confined itself to the smoky backroom circuit of the UK. TV highlights 25/03/2013 2013-03-25T07:00:19Z In Moore’s new novel, “Jerusalem,” a gang of four archangels plays billiards for human souls in a dingy snooker hall. A Party in a Lunatic Asylum 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z The next time he picked me up we went from Manchester to London with Chris Evans driving and he had a half-sized snooker table over the seats. Frank Sidebottom ... 'He'd have died to be in?the charts' 2010-06-25T23:15:00Z In 1935 she got a job at a snooker hall, making tea. Josie Miller 2010-04-29T17:38:00Z She grew up in Akron, Ohio, but she's lived in England for almost 40 years and would rather watch snooker than American football. Faith Hill, Pretenders go live on Super Bowl eve 2011-02-04T22:43:23Z The worries were that he would snooker his juniors. 'Slade Gorton': U.S. senator, octogenarian policy wonk 2012-01-18T21:16:04Z In another, they have to move a load of Calor gas tanks and some plastic waterbutts apparently full of snooker balls. World's Strongest Man – it's still massive 2012-11-29T12:49:50Z The square stage becomes the theater’s centerpiece: The audience is on both sides, as at a tennis or snooker match. At the Joyce, a Rearranged Theater Brings Mystery and Orthodoxy 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z The problem was that the snooker club and the model-railway club shared the same premises; the rail hobbyists had to pass cue-wielding roughnecks to get to their room. Bedwyr Williams: why I'm taking a space observatory to Venice 2013-04-14T17:00:01Z The snooker star Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins and the singer Ruby Murray are among the famous former residents whose images feature in the piece. Art celebrates Sandy Row history 2012-08-14T11:31:47Z Many became neighborhood institutions where families passed evenings over games of darts, cribbage, skittles and snooker. Heads Up : Britain’s Working Men’s Clubs Succumb to Modern Life 2014-04-15T20:59:22Z Suddenly tricks like the Ambitious Card, the routine that so famously snookered Harry Houdini, looked easy by comparison. Books of The Times: ‘Fooling Houdini’ by Alex Stone 2012-06-20T20:11:57Z In his 1933 lecture Schoenberg, sometimes playfully, asserted that audiences should not be snookered by the Classical trappings of Brahms’s symphonies and chamber works. Finding Brahms in Schoenberg 2010-10-08T15:44:00Z As he sees it, our relationship to books is excessively passive and primes us to be snookered by manipulative authors. Marginalia’s moment: Philip Roth, Don DeLillo and the joys of writing in books 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z What was important for audiences to understand, he said, was not the minutiae of snooker rules or the nuances of social class in Sheffield. He Knows His Way Around a Half-Butt (That’s Snooker Talk) 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z And as the bewildered straight man to everybody else, Mr. Schnetzer more than holds his own, finding intriguing ambivalence within Dylan’s virtuous persona and also proving himself a dab hand at snooker. Review: Great Pretenders Pocket Laughs in ‘The Nap’ 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z Inside are the paraphernalia of a lottery winner's life: a snooker room, swimming pool, whirlpool bath, cinema, music pod and staff quarters. Lottery winners seek 'Serenity' with £5m des res with serious mod cons 2013-04-18T12:36:03Z It feels emblematic of the YBAs: They were radical in the sense that they were white working-class kids in Britain who cannily snookered the art system and became rich, famous and iconic. Is Sarah Lucas Right for the #MeToo Moment? 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z He put snooker on the channel and helped devise new forms of sport: one-day cricket and rugby league under floodlights. The real David Attenborough 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z The British import about a snooker player lasted less than two months on Broadway in 2018 and shows how tenuous the business of live theater can be. ‘On Broadway’ documentary offers hope for New York theater 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z I don’t hear them speak until a tea break, as they communicate in mutters, directing the action like taciturn snooker commentators. ‘We've had a love-hate relationship’: Steve Coogan on bringing Alan Partridge back to the BBC 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z She also beats herself up for having been snookered. ‘Fail State’ Review: Schools That Don’t Make the Grade 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z This speakeasy-style eating and drinking haunt, formerly a snooker club, opened last year in the attic of an old cinema house. East London Goes Bohemian-Chic, but Stays Quirky 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z The snooker star Alex "Hurricane" Higgins and the singer Ruby Murray are among the famous former residents whose images feature in the piece. Art celebrates Sandy Row history 2012-08-14T11:31:47Z The late Alex "Hurricane" Higgins jolted snooker out of its staid Pot Black era, cutting a flamboyant figure on the baize. Vintage TV Launches 2010-08-31T23:05:00Z The second idea to solve the snooker-onstage quandary was to bring in a world-class professional snooker player as Dylan’s opponent. He Knows His Way Around a Half-Butt (That’s Snooker Talk) 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z He believes the public has been snookered into believing that Lee Harvey Oswald was framed. Tom Hanks on 'Pacific' HBO Series, World War II, History 2010-03-04T23:55:00Z Shahrzad, the most expensive production of its kind in Iran, brought Iranian lifestyle under the late Shah to the screen, depicting snooker clubs, women and men partying together, cabarets and drinking alcohol. Iranian Oscar contender: I'll boycott awards over Trump's 'racist' visa ban 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Mugs of tea slid across tables like snooker balls. Fan Flaherty Trade 2011-07-22T22:01:10Z Radcliffe remembers one time they were in the van bemoaning the lack of games to play and he suggested travel snooker. Frank Sidebottom ... 'He'd have died to be in?the charts' 2010-06-25T23:15:00Z Soccer was to become American football, and presumably the famous “sex on a snooker table” scene would have used a pool table instead. Only Fools and Horses USA – and other failed TV remakes 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z I hit upon a byelection, where Bob stands as an independent: one of his policies is a blanket ban on "wee guys using extra-long snooker cues". Bob Servant Independent: the don of Dundee 2013-01-15T06:30:01Z “There are two snooker matches in the play,” Mr. Bean explained. He Knows His Way Around a Half-Butt (That’s Snooker Talk) 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z And just in case snooker still confuses you, these announcers keep explaining its rules, with priceless condescension, to unenlightened listeners. Review: Great Pretenders Pocket Laughs in ‘The Nap’ 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z The night before I was watching the snooker on television very late – everyone else was in bed. Then and now: Granta's best young British novelists 2013-04-06T07:00:20Z No, of course not, you watch it to see fate deliver another sockful of snooker balls to the faces of those miserable, miserable people. Hatewatching: shouting about rubbish TV on Twitter 2012-06-22T23:05:00Z While he was writing the play, he said, a snooker and boxing promoter announced he was transitioning from male to female. He Knows His Way Around a Half-Butt (That’s Snooker Talk) 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z In a previous life the building was a snooker hall, following a failed plan to open a 3,000-seat Coliseum cinema in 1919. Cine-files: Clapham Picturehouse 2013-01-22T10:12:58Z Their immense skill and focus was unmistakable — precisely what worried Mr. Bean when Richard Wilson, an associate director at the Crucible, initially asked him to write a play about snooker. He Knows His Way Around a Half-Butt (That’s Snooker Talk) 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z “When you find out who the murderer is and begin leafing through the pages, looking for missed clues,” Tina Jordan recently commented in The Times, “you’ll realize just how completely Christie snookered you.” New in Paperback: ‘The Murder of Roger Ackroyd’ and ‘My Broken Language’ 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z This is our whole world now, the core confusion — not knowing, not trusting our gut instincts, snookered by charlatans who pretend to be one thing and are really something else. Perspective | ‘The Masked Singer’ lets us work out our national anxieties about who’s who and what’s true 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z And my guide was Mr. Bean, whose play about snooker, “The Nap,” begins previews at the Samuel J. Friedman Theater on Sept. 5, produced by the Manhattan Theater Club and directed by Daniel Sullivan. He Knows His Way Around a Half-Butt (That’s Snooker Talk) 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z In a showdown that seemed like a cross between “Serpico” and a classic western, Mike snookered the cops while they were getting ready to kill him, shooting them dead in a vacant lot. 'Better Call Saul' Recap: I Broke My Boy 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z It’s Saturday night and every snooker table is taken at the Bhutanese pool hall in Woodside, Queens. Tables for Snooker and Bhutanese Food at Weekender Billiard 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z But in those days a similar number would watch televised darts and snooker, so all we know is that when there were only three TV channels 20 million Britons would watch anything. Rewind TV: Homeland; Wonderland: I Was Once a Beauty Queen – review 2012-10-13T23:06:22Z If I'm watching sports, I might watch snooker or darts. Hill, Hynde ready for "chaotic" Super Bowl telecast 2011-02-03T21:32:57Z If I'd wanted to be snooker player or a carpenter, he would have been the same. George Shaw 2011-02-13T00:05:02Z “I want to believe that the subjects are indeed telling it as it is,” she added, “but here I find I don’t care if I’m being snookered.” ‘Black Love’ Keeps It Simple: Honesty, Not Antics 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z She brought snooker to the Crucible to bring in revenue to do the arts. Playing the Moor 2011-06-30T07:46:27Z The former player was a commentator for the BBC, covering soccer, snooker and darts. Inside The USA Vs. England Matchup 2010-06-10T18:00:00Z When I was a child I watched a lot of snooker on TV. Edward Steed’s “Inside Baseball” 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z They spend a week on a Turkish holiday resort together, playing snooker and water polo, and doing karaoke. Paul Mescal Has Been Working Things Out 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z Like the smoke in the snooker halls in which any non-high-rise action takes place, racism hangs in the air, just on the verge of becoming a recognised problem. The Professionals 2010-08-24T06:59:00Z The chorus of playboy vassals, in crumpled suits and bare feet as if woken from hangovers, their spears more like snooker cues, were well drilled and powerful, though just a dozen strong. Götterdämmerung; BBC Proms – review 2012-07-21T23:05:54Z “The Nap,” directed by Daniel Sullivan, is a comedy about the dark underbelly of “snooker,” the British version of pool. Tarell Alvin McCraney’s ‘Choir Boy’ Heading to Broadway 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z World snooker champion Ronnie O'Sullivan will also take to the stage to talk about the troubled times he has faced and his continued love of the sport. Bridget Jones author at festival 2013-07-30T15:08:19Z Besides, the dominant game of “The Nap” isn’t snooker. Review: Great Pretenders Pocket Laughs in ‘The Nap’ 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z I remember we spent much of the evening discussing her passion for televised snooker. Anna Massey 2011-07-04T18:30:00Z Not only was it my first experience of snooker-shaped topiary, it was my first experience of snooker — a British version of pool, but, naturally, much more complicated. He Knows His Way Around a Half-Butt (That’s Snooker Talk) 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z Tyranny of the Meek was, in part, Williams' revenge: it consisted of six snooker tables turned into a miniature landscape for a model railway to ride triumphantly over. Bedwyr Williams: why I'm taking a space observatory to Venice 2013-04-14T17:00:01Z The sitcom couple routine seems to have worked, however, on investors who were snookered by the Trumps. "I am not a misogynist": Ivanka's testimony shows how the Trumps exploit sexism to defraud people 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z He insisted the banks that James alleges were snookered with lofty valuations suffered no harm, got paid in his deals and “to this day have no complaints.” Trump’s decades of testimony provide some clues about how he’ll fight for his real estate empire 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z “Attorney Baldwin did nothing wrong. He was snookered and abused,” Hennessy said in the memorandum. Attorneys for an Indiana man charged in 2 killings leave case amid questions of evidence security 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Now it is hoped the sanctions will act as a deterrent to potential cheats, while further education and greater involvement are planned at snooker academies. 'Perfect storm' led to snooker match-fixing scandal 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z He later went to a snooker club with a friend where he drank alcohol and left alone at about 22:30. Teenager killed man in Glasgow car park hit-and-run 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z Over the years, it hosted major snooker events and the likes of Queen and David Bowie performed there but it was shut in May 2019. Preston Guild Hall: Crumbling Raac concrete fears at venue 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z He insisted the banks she alleges were snookered with lofty valuations suffered no harm, got paid in his deals and “to this day have no complaints.” A look inside Donald Trump’s deposition: Defiance, deflection and the ‘hottest brand in the world’ 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z The 17-year-old was bundled into a car outside a snooker hall in Birmingham, police said, as attackers demanded cash from contacts on his phone. Teenager kidnapped in Birmingham and robbed at gunpoint 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z The allegations against the 10 players included manipulating games, approaching players to cheat, betting on snooker and fixing matches in 2022. 'Perfect storm' led to snooker match-fixing scandal 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z Going from the the top of the esports world to the elite tier of pro snooker might not seem like the easiest career move. How esports helped a snooker player go pro 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z It has interrupted a slew of major sporting events in Britain in recent months, including Wimbledon, an Ashes cricket test and the world snooker championship. Environmental activists disrupt play at British Open by throwing orange substance on 17th green 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z Pictures of Rabbis adorn the walls of the modern building, which also has an indoor soccer pitch and a snooker table. Britain's Orthodox Haredi Jews wary of state intrusion in education 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z Activists also have targeted Premier League soccer matches, the Premiership rugby final at Twickenham, and the world snooker championship in Sheffield this year. Security increased for Wimbledon after series of protests at sports events in Britain 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z Despite the headlines around the biggest corruption case snooker has seen, Mawer is upbeat about the future. 'Perfect storm' led to snooker match-fixing scandal 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z The 27-year-old from India had always wanted to be a top snooker player. How esports helped a snooker player go pro 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z It’s there in the crowded snooker halls where young men in jeans hover around velvet tables and yell “nice shot” in English. In These Corners of Kabul, Western Influences Live On 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Five players have received increased bans from Chinese authorities for their involvement in snooker match-fixing. Five Chinese players' match-fixing bans increased 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z Women's snooker head Mandy Fisher says the "new generation" of female players will be able to compete with men. Snooker's gender gap to narrow, says women's chief 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z Other guests include snooker player Shaun Murphy, who speaks about his weight struggles, and former broadcaster Iain Lee who reveals what it was like leaving the limelight to become a counsellor. John Robins: Bristol comedian reveals struggle with alcohol 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z After his success back home, Ishpreet decided to move to the UK - a country he'd never visited - to join the pro snooker tour this year. How esports helped a snooker player go pro 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z Matthew Selt has been a professional snooker player since 2000 - but for most of that time, he has been struggling with trichotillomania. Selt coming to terms with hair-pulling compulsion 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z The allegations against them include manipulating games, approaching players to cheat, betting on snooker and fixing matches. Five Chinese players' match-fixing bans increased 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z In the BBC snooker podcast Framed, Fisher spoke of the great strides the women's game has taken in recent years. Snooker's gender gap to narrow, says women's chief 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z English snooker player Mark Selby was also honoured at Windsor on Tuesday. Sir Salman Rushdie writing again following attack 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z "People actually respect snooker in the UK," he says. How esports helped a snooker player go pro 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z This flavor of whining, however, is doubly sinister, because it's a member of the DOJ leveraging his status to discredit the jury system, simply because these two juries wouldn't be snookered by him. As Trump's legal woes mount, Republicans prep with a new talking point: Jury verdicts don't count 2023-05-19T04:00:00Z He now sees snooker as "great escapism", with snooker halls the place he goes to "feel relaxed and calm". I lost seven years to drink and drugs - O'Sullivan 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z Evans made history in January by becoming the first woman to beat a man in a televised ranking snooker event, when she beat Stuart Bingham in the Snooker Shoot Out. Snooker's gender gap to narrow, says women's chief 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z The snooker ace was praised by mental health charity Mind for speaking publicly about his ongoing struggle with depression, admitting he suffered a "relapse" after losing a Masters tournament in January 2022. Sir Salman Rushdie writing again following attack 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z "It's not considered a proper sport in India, like cricket is. Not many people actually know what snooker is." How esports helped a snooker player go pro 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z "It's just going to explode, and more and more people are going to play snooker and we're going to have a lot of people play in the Top 16 in the future." Belgian Bullet hopes to trigger snooker explosion back home 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z Luca is popular not only because of his nationality but because of his free-flowing style and people don't leave matches that he is involved in thinking snooker is boring. Snooker will explode in Europe after win - Brecel 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z "Most women don't go in snooker clubs," she added. Snooker's gender gap to narrow, says women's chief 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z I just hope people want to get to know snooker better because it is such a great sport. Trailblazer Brecel steps into 'unknown' in world final 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z "I'm leaving myself with no choice but to play snooker," he says. How esports helped a snooker player go pro 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z And owner Georgios reveals that he will now abandon the plan he had to sell one of this three remaining snooker tables and replace it with a sixth pool table. Belgian Bullet hopes to trigger snooker explosion back home 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z The only surprise is that, for all his talent and aggressive approach, lifting snooker's biggest prize is only his fourth ranking title. Snooker will explode in Europe after win - Brecel 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z It was far from error-free snooker but that only served to add to the drama as Allen failed to cut the yellow into the middle and Selby missed a good opportunity to dispatch the brown. Selby beats Allen to reach sixth Worlds final 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z "It would be crazy for snooker in Belgium and Europe," he added. Trailblazer Brecel steps into 'unknown' in world final 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z It is not snooker that I want to watch but I understand that snooker has to be played in different ways and balls can dictate that. Selby fights back to lead Allen in gruelling semi 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z "If snooker blows up in Belgium, then new clubs and new places will rise and the players will have multiple places to go to." Belgian Bullet hopes to trigger snooker explosion back home 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z The Glaswegian had to win two matches to make sure of his participation in snooker's blue riband tournament. Qualifier McGill closes in on quarter-finals 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z The Glaswegian had to come through qualifying to secure his participation in snooker's most prized tournament. Qualifier McGill upsets Trump in first round 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Two protestors who disrupted snooker's World Championship on Monday have been bailed by South Yorkshire Police. Crucible protestors bailed by police 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z Instead he elected to leave himself with a safety shot and Selby, who required a snooker, eventually pinched the frame to kick-start his comeback. Selby fights back to lead Allen in gruelling semi 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z "Obviously for young children, if their parents have to drive five minutes or 30 minutes in order to have a place for snooker that a big difference." Belgian Bullet hopes to trigger snooker explosion back home 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z But other activists, such as Just Stop Oil, have continued with high-profile campaigns, including halting the world snooker championship on Monday. UK environmental groups threaten action unless government meets demands 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z "For me, straight away as a snooker player I am thinking: 'Is the table recoverable?' We don't know what that is on the table." Play to resume as normal after Crucible protest 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z Shaun Murphy says "snooker is in the best state it has ever been in" with the World Championship set to start on Saturday in Sheffield. Snooker in best state ever, says Murphy 2023-04-15T04:00:00Z Kyren Wilson says speaking openly about his son Bailey's health issues has "freed" him up to enjoy playing snooker again. Wilson enjoying snooker after son's health issues 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z The May Day weekend could well be remembered as the moment the Belgian Bullet fired the starting gun on an explosion of snooker in his country - and the rest of Europe. Belgian Bullet hopes to trigger snooker explosion back home 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z The 47-year-old claimed the people managing the game are "not the brightest sparks" and that snooker had "lost its charm" and become "like a pub sport". 'O'Sullivan's misguided comments damaging snooker' 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z Inside is a long corridor leading to a large hall with two full-sized snooker tables, a lounge, bar, darts room and board games room. I finally saw inside my area's best-kept secret after 12 years 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z "You want it to be entertainment as well. Other sports like football and cricket are adapting, doing things like light shows, fireworks and giveaways for fans, which snooker hasn't really delved into yet." Snooker in best state ever, says Murphy 2023-04-15T04:00:00Z "I have sometimes felt that snooker is the be-all and end-all, but this has made me realise how lucky I am, and it has freed me up to just enjoy the game." Wilson enjoying snooker after son's health issues 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z They can barely reach the table, but that's not stopping the next generation of Belgian snooker players who are now emulating their hero. Belgian Bullet hopes to trigger snooker explosion back home 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z Wilson also admitted a separate burglary at an elderly woman's home in Sheffield, while she was in hospital, in which he stole a 1985 paraplegic snooker championship medal, a step ladder and a mattress. Dynasty star Stephanie Beacham struggled to learn lines after 'terrifying' raid 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z "I remember thinking if I don't make it as a football player or a professional snooker player, then I want to save the world," he says. Cambridge University's Jason Arday becomes youngest black professor 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z The lights above the snooker table are no longer switched on and a planned gig night - a potential vital money-spinner - has had to be cancelled. Cost of living crisis: The 130-year-old workingmen's club facing closure 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z "When you break your spine, sitting up is equivalent to trying to balance a pencil on a snooker ball, you just don't have any control, and that's just one thing." Jonathan Goodwin: Life with Amanda Abbington after 30ft fall 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z "We noticed a lot of young children coming over here too and wanting to play. Some played snooker, others played pool because the smaller table may be easier for them." Belgian Bullet hopes to trigger snooker explosion back home 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z When World Snooker Tour announced the guaranteed £20,000 in September, chairman Steve Dawson said it would "support the many talented players who may need a level of security to fund their snooker careers". 'Maybe 90% of tour players have no money' - Carter 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z The Masters and the UK Championship are the two biggest events on the snooker schedule after the World Championship. 10 Chinese snooker players face match-fixing charges 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z Ten Chinese players have been charged with match-fixing by snooker's governing body as it investigates the sport's biggest corruption scandal. Ten Chinese players face match-fixing charges 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z As snooker prepares to host one of its showpiece tournaments, the sport is in the midst of its biggest ever corruption investigation. Snooker match-fixing probe - what is happening? 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z Mastodon is divided into groups, called servers, based on many topics including the UK, snooker, and security. Twitter blocks users from sharing Mastodon links 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z I'm probably in the top 5-10% of all snooker players of all time, so it's not bad. 'Maybe 90% of tour players have no money' - Carter 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z Bingtao has been charged with “fixing matches … and betting on snooker,” and Xintong with “being concerned in fixing matches … and betting on snooker.” 10 Chinese snooker players face match-fixing charges 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z The allegations include manipulating games, approaching players to cheat, betting on snooker and fixing a match. Ten Chinese players face match-fixing charges 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z "If players are found guilty of fixing the outcomes of matches, those players have no place in the game of snooker," he told BBC Sport. Snooker match-fixing probe - what is happening? 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z Last week five Chinese players were handed suspensions by snooker's governing body, the WPBSA. Yan Bingtao suspended from World Snooker Tour 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z Murphy, 40, spoke out after the reigning world champion said snooker was "insignificant" to him. Murphy criticism 'water off my back' - O'Sullivan 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z O'Sullivan added that he felt flat despite winning two titles this season, but his snooker is "in a good place". World champion O'Sullivan feels 'unbreakable' 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z Charged with being concerned in fixing matches and approaching players to fix matches, seeking to obstruct the investigation and betting on snooker matches. Ten Chinese players face match-fixing charges 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z While life bans are the maximum penalty within snooker's rules, enforcing them is complicated. Snooker match-fixing probe - what is happening? 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z Murphy, one of only 11 players to claim snooker's illustrious 'Triple Crown' of World, UK and Masters titles, says he has shed four stone in the three and a half months since surgery. Murphy opens up on 'life-changing' stomach surgery 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z Female players hope a new televised mixed doubles event will inspire young women to get into snooker. Top female players join men in mixed doubles event 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z But their brief remarks were effective in portraying how ordinary people got snookered into doing Trump's bidding. January 6 committee makes it clear: MAGA is a cult 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z Charged with fixing a match and being concerned in fixing matches and approaching a player to fix a match, seeking to obstruct the investigation and betting on snooker matches. Ten Chinese players face match-fixing charges 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z While corruption allegations pose questions about how clean snooker is, officials believe taking a "zero-tolerance" approach serves as a warning to players. Snooker match-fixing probe - what is happening? 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z There's one way to view Trump's "fundraising" schemes during his coup effort, which is that he snookered gullible people who sincerely believed that the election was "stolen." Yes, Trump supporters are victims of the Big Lie scam. No, you don't have to feel sorry for them 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z It is the first time a mixed doubles snooker event has been televised since 1991. Top female players join men in mixed doubles event 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z "It's difficult to know what to say but I've met quite a few people who like their snooker," he said. Queen's Jubilee birthday honours: Snooker's Mark Selby becomes MBE 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z Charged with fixing matches and betting on snooker. Ten Chinese players face match-fixing charges 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z "Nobody can measure the damage the suspensions are doing to snooker around the world, and particularly in China, it's not helping." Snooker match-fixing probe - what is happening? 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z She absconded with money from Rupert Murdoch and the DeVos family and snookered people like Henry Kissinger, all of which is so funny that you almost want to root for her. Yes, Trump supporters are victims of the Big Lie scam. No, you don't have to feel sorry for them 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Robertson believes there can be a female winner of a ranking snooker event as more women come through. Top female players join men in mixed doubles event 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z But the crypto implosion at least has a cleansing benefit: It offers an opportunity to mop up a speculative and overhyped mess that has gotten badly out of control, snookering gullible investors in the process. Opinion | Crypto is a solution in search of a problem 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Charged with being concerned in fixing matches and betting on snooker. Ten Chinese players face match-fixing charges 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z The sport monitors betting worldwide on snooker and gets alerts from the betting industry on suspicious activity. Snooker match-fixing probe - what is happening? 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z Championship, the other two so-called “majors” in snooker. O’Sullivan wins record-tying 7th world snooker title 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z The climax of snooker's biggest event pits two of the sport's most flamboyant and attacking players against each other. O'Sullivan and Trump meet in 'dream' world final 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z Williams produced a scintillating session of snooker with three centuries and five breaks of 50 or more. Williams blows Page away in first session 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Charged with fixing a match, failing to report approaches for him to fix matches and betting on snooker matches. Ten Chinese players face match-fixing charges 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z Trump has had a mediocre season by his standards, winning just the Turkish Masters and Champion of Champions, and told BBC Sport he has fallen out of love with snooker. Four-time champion Higgins through at Crucible 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z Former world champion Judd Trump says he wants to "refind" his love for snooker - a sport he believes has taken a "backward step". Unhappy Trump wants to rediscover love for snooker 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z Rather than stepping up his preparations for snooker's showpiece event by spending time on the practice table, 38-year-old Selby instead withdrew from two ranking events and went on holiday to Dubai with his family. Champion Selby through and O'Sullivan leads 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z Instead of ramping up his preparations for snooker's showpiece event, Selby instead took a holiday to Dubai with his family. Champion Selby considered not defending world title 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z "It was the worst I've ever felt in a game of snooker," said Perry. Trump & Perry to meet in Welsh Open final 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z As well as not having bars on windows, the jail will provide prisoners - who will be called residents - with access to a gym, snooker table, table tennis table and a tablet to gain new qualifications. HMP Five Wells: New £253m prison's rehabilitation ethos 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z I just haven't enjoyed my snooker and not had the same buzz. Unhappy Trump wants to rediscover love for snooker 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z Born in Moscow, Medvedev used to enjoy watching curling and snooker when growing up. How Medvedev became world number one 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z “I was kind of majoring in snooker and poker.” Ciarán Hinds taps his own memories to play 'Belfast's' Pop 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z Among the big sports shown on Eurosport are Grand Slam tennis events, cycling’s leading races, alpine skiing and many of snooker’s top tournaments. Discovery, BT in talks over British pay-TV partnership 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z In the city center, many former churches are boarded up, or repurposed as snooker halls or new businesses. Synagogue hostage-taker’s hometown doesn’t want to be known as a place that produces terrorists 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z Masters champion Neil Robertson is using NFL legend Tom Brady as his inspiration as he tries to cement his place among snooker's greats. Brady my inspiration, says Robertson 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z A statement from snooker's governing body, of which the Englishman is a player-director, said Lines, 52, "was removed from the lounge by security". Lines fined for Xiao confrontation 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z Although, this cricket and snooker fan found humour in England's downfall… 'Optimism shattered at one minute past midnight' - how fans reacted to day one of first Ashes Test 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z The alleged victims in the Holmes case, on the other hand, are less sympathetic — wealthy investors who were seemingly snookered due to their own arrogance and poor character judgment. Ghislaine Maxwell's and Elizabeth Holmes' fake feminist defenses are an insult to #MeToo 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z And a sumptuous opening red was a timely reminder of the quality of a player who - despite being regarded as one of snooker's greatest ever stars - has downplayed his enthusiasm for participating in recent years. O'Sullivan & Higgins both advance 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z "It has caused a huge furore with remarkable interest from snooker fans and others," Dawson said. Amateur shocks great for snooker - Dawson 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z Allen has also been involved in a dispute with his former partner Reanne Evans, the record 12-time women's world snooker champion, over maintenance payments for the couple's daughter. Allen 'can't rule out' pulling out of UK 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z The tournament is widely regarded as among the top three on the snooker circuit and offers more prize money than many events. Pro snooker star angry at having to play amateur after loss 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Since turning professional at 15, I have earned the right to call myself a professional snooker player. Angry Murphy knocked out by amateur Si 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z The Leicester cueman made a break of 66 in the deciding frame to leave Cao needing a snooker, which he did before clearing up to the black. O'Sullivan criticises 'flat' Belfast crowd 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z At a snooker club in Kabul, less than a week after the city was taken over by the Taliban, I meet a group of young men from the city's middle class. Afghanistan: What has changed in 20 years 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Allen's issues away from snooker led to him being unable to defend his Champion of Champions title last week. Allen 'can't rule out' pulling out of UK 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z “Since turning professional at 15, I have earned the right to call myself a professional snooker player. He hasn’t done that. He shouldn’t be on the table.” Pro snooker star angry at having to play amateur after loss 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Frost acknowledged he got snookered by new Illinois coach Bret Bielema, saying he and his offensive assistants were caught off guard when the Illini defense lined up with four linemen instead of three. Losing ways put Huskers’ record sellout streak in jeopardy 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z Evans, who was made an MBE in 2020 for her services to women's snooker, has earned a two-year tour card this season to turn professional. Allen defeats former partner Evans 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, however flawed the previous democratic system was, the young men at the snooker club deeply rue its passing. Afghanistan: What has changed in 20 years 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Like most sports, women's snooker ground to a halt when the coronavirus pandemic struck but after an 18-month break, England's top competitors are back on the baize. England's top women snooker players return to the table 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z Equestrian, snooker, darts and bowls are some of those in which men and women compete against each other. The reluctant history-maker at the centre of sport's transgender debate 2021-08-01T04:00:00Z It moved on from the hotel when a snooker table was installed in the reading room but kept the name of its original location. Durham's Colpitts poetry club celebrated in pictures 2021-06-20T04:00:00Z Still, James said on social media that he felt snookered. After a Workout Push, the N.F.L. Players Union Falls Flat 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z If you want to hear about bottle in big time snooker, listen to Dott. Dott on depression, narcolepsy & battling 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z "I've always believed in women's snooker and it is like being back home again," she said. England's top women snooker players return to the table 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z After the mid-session interval, the snooker they produced was quite incredible. Selby opens slender lead over Bingham 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z He says the key to adding to the total is not peaking too early in snooker's showpiece event. Trump & Bingham ease into quarter-finals 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z "But I also knew I was playing well. I am just enjoying my snooker and I am playing the kind of game I did 20 years ago and am loving every minute of it." Williams wins Crucible battle with Higgins 2021-04-24T04:00:00Z But from the depths of snooker hell, the demons rose up. Dott on depression, narcolepsy & battling 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z Davis, 48, was making his 12th appearance at snooker's showpiece event and outplayed the out-of-sorts 2005 champion in the opening session. Champion O'Sullivan level with McGill 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z It's been a wonderful session of snooker, both players played very well but it's Mark who will return this evening with that two-frame advantage. Selby opens slender lead over Bingham 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z It closed in 1979 and was later used as a bingo hall, snooker club and, most recently, a supermarket. Listing saves cinema visited by George Harrison and John Lennon 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z Fans have been back watching live snooker for the first time since the delayed 2020 World Championship finished on 16 August. Ding leads Bingham at Crucible 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z Most snooker players would take that career in a heartbeat. Dott on depression, narcolepsy & battling 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z Fans were back watching snooker in person for the first time since the delayed 2020 World Championship finished on 16 August. O'Sullivan wins in front of Crucible fans 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z He showed his familiar fighting qualities in the third frame, which he clinched despite needing a snooker with only pink and black remaining. Hendry beats White in Crucible qualifying 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z There will be one indoor pilot event in sports - snooker’s world championship from April 17-May 3 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, which will welcome up to 1,000 people a day. Wembley could be full for Euro 2020 final, says English FA 2021-04-04T04:00:00Z He was a World Championship runner-up in 1981, one of only six Welshmen to reach snooker's biggest contest. Snooker star Doug Mountjoy dies aged 78 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z Commercial partnerships with the betting industry are also common in sports such as boxing, snooker and darts. High-risk gamblers generate 4% of Kindred revenue 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z Leicester's Selby, 37, is one of snooker's most successful players, winning a total of 19 ranking titles including three World Championships. Selby recalls despair at death of father 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z However, soft play, funfairs, snooker and pool halls, indoor bowling alleys, casinos and bingo halls must remain closed and outdoor live events are banned. Covid in Scotland: What are the latest lockdown rules? 2020-12-26T05:00:00Z Trump's voters never believed he was an honest man, yet they got snookered by the biggest lie of all: that he had almost god-like powers to cheat the system. Trump's loss was radicalizing: His promise to "cheat" the system has further deluded his fans 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z In his formative years, Mountjoy was a well-known amateur snooker player around the clubs, but the sport could not be his full focus because of his career as a miner. Snooker star Doug Mountjoy dies aged 78 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z Sen. Ron Johnson believes Americans have been “snookered into this mass hysteria” about the coronavirus. Ron Johnson could take his last stand Wednesday as Trump’s most stalwart Senate defender 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z However, soft play, funfairs, snooker and pool halls, indoor bowling alleys, casinos and bingo halls will remain closed and outdoor live events are banned. Covid in Scotland: Shops to reopen as toughest restrictions eased 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z Soft play, funfairs, snooker and pool halls, indoor bowling alleys, casinos, music venues and theatres are able to reopen - but nightclubs must remain closed except for permitted events. Covid in Scotland: What are the latest lockdown rules? 2020-12-26T05:00:00Z Robertson, snooker's most successful overseas player, had been beaten in two finals this year, including the Champion of Champions, but gained revenge over Trump for beating him at the English Open in October. Robertson edges Trump in epic UK final 2020-12-06T05:00:00Z "Judd Trump seems to have the answer against anyone these days - whatever they throw at him he can raise it more. Robertson played perfect snooker though and that is hard to beat." Robertson beats Selby to reach UK semis 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z Won his sixth world title at the Crucible to become the oldest champion for more than 40 years and cement his place as one snooker's greatest players. Contenders revealed for Sports Personality 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z He has downplayed concerns about the virus, saying it is “not a death sentence” and “we have unfortunately been snookered into this mass hysteria that isn’t even close to the real risk.” Democrat Tom Nelson announces 2022 bid to unseat Johnson 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z He hasn’t let anything stop him from fulfilling his childhood dream of playing the game of snooker. No arms, no issue for Pakistan snooker player Mohammad Ikram 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z Indoor bowling, bingo halls as well as snooker halls, funfairs and soft play are also closed. Covid restrictions: How will Scotland's tier system work? 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z In the original trial, Spirit's bassist Mark Andes testified that he met Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant at the show and played snooker with him afterwards. Led Zep's Stairway To Heaven battle finally ends 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z Bingo halls, amusement arcades, casinos, funfairs and snooker halls will also be allowed to reopen. Outdoor contact sports and bingo out of lockdown 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z No-one needed to be housed in emergency accommodation, unlike two weeks ago in the town, when a major fire at the old snooker club forced some residents to temporarily leave their homes. 'Floods flung the door open as I was tattooing' 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z The restrictions will remain in place for at least two weeks, leaving a glimmer of hope for snooker fans that they might still get to see their favorite players in person before the championship ends. Britain Tried to Bring Fans Back to Indoor Sports. That Lasted a Day. 2020-08-02T04:00:00Z As Johnson made the announcement from Downing Street, some spectators were already in place at the world snooker championship in Sheffield in northern England. Sports fans no longer allowed at pilot events in England 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z The Mini is a small car, good for hauling darts and snooker cues but not necessarily golf clubs. Perspective | They say confession is good for the soul. I’m not so sure. 2020-07-26T04:00:00Z Some spectators also will be allowed into the world snooker championship in Sheffield from Friday as part of the government scheme piloting the return of fans. Fans in English sporting event for 1st time since March 2020-07-26T04:00:00Z “And that kind of snookered some people into making them think we’ve got a new kind of governor. But we don’t.” Florida’s ‘mini-Trump’ Ron DeSantis under growing pressure as Covid-19 cases surge 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z “All I need to complete my summer of nostalgia is for Steve Davis to win the snooker.” England v West Indies: first Test, day four – live! 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z The scheme gives the green light for Formula One, international football, golf and snooker tournaments to return. Quarantine rules relaxed for major sporting events 2020-07-05T04:00:00Z “He was a larger-than-life personality and he was a major part of the rebirth of snooker at that time,” Barry Hearn said. Former snooker player Willie Thorne dies at 66 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z Greyhound racing was the first of three sports to resume Monday, with horse racing and snooker also taking place without spectators and on the condition that competitors and officials follow government-approved coronavirus protocols. Competitive sports resume in England after 75-day shutdown 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z The sport has beat horse racing and snooker to be the first to resume. Pigeon racing first sport to return after lockdown 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z Culture secretary Oliver Dowden said on Saturday that “football, tennis, horse racing, Formula One, cricket, golf, rugby, snooker and others — all are set to return to our screens shortly.” Elite sport to get exemptions from British quarantine rules: report 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z In that regard, he mirrors Parscale, the high-living Trump campaign manager who has snookered the press into believing he's a high-tech genius possessed of secret knowledge and endless resources. Karl Rove's big comeback: Legendary GOP strategist known as "Turd Blossom" rides to Trump's rescue 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z Thorne reached two quarterfinals in the world championship, but won just one ranking title in his career despite being one of the best break-builders in snooker. Former snooker player Willie Thorne dies at 66 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z White, the current snooker world seniors champion, will “demonstrate the art of concentration and precision”, series organizers said. Chadwick earns first super license points in Asian F3 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z “The prime minister is now stuck between the far right who are very eager to annex and the US administration. He’s snookered himself,” he said. Netanyahu backtracks on Israeli plan for swift Palestinian land grab 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z The final of the Masters – one of the biggest days in the snooker calendar – was briefly disrupted by an electronic “whoopee cushion” in the crowd. 'Whoopee cushion' in crowd causes disruption at Masters snooker final 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z The most comparable feat to Sherrock’s is probably the victory by Reanne Evans in 2017 at the world snooker championship, another British pub sport that requires precision and guile but not brute strength. Woman Beats Man at Darts Championship for the First Time 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z For the members, the subsidised pints, the friendly atmosphere, the snooker and pool tables seem to be the main draw. Are political clubs still political? 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z The men of metal who worked in Falkirk's huge aluminium factory in the 1970s would often spend their spare time playing darts or snooker but one group did something very different - they made cowboy films. The metal workers who became cowboy film stars 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z If these social scientists with fancy degrees are so easily snookered by the Fox News worldview, good luck getting through to people who are more invested in it. There's no "one weird trick" to get conservatives to vote for Democrats. So forget it 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z The only question is how well this will work to snooker members of the public who are skeptical about Trump. Trump last line of impeachment defense: Repeating big lies about Joe Biden 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z What was his advice to Trump, and how did he allow Trump to get snookered by Erdogan? Where’s Mike Pompeo? 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z No spoilers, but put it this way: you’ll never look at a snooker table in the same way again. 'This is a very good question, Bob Dylan': Elton John, interviewed by famous fans 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z He decided to enlist in the Air Force, and I told him, well look let me go with you to make sure they don’t snooker you. Transcript: Anthony Williams 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z If you wanted your child to become a champion footballer, you wouldn’t send them on a month-long intensive snooker course. 10 ways to make your child a Fortnite millionaire 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z Mr Birch made it to a local snooker club and was later treated for the four stab wounds he received to his upper body. Teen 'drug runner murdered homeless man' 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z Another man was shot in a snooker hall in Leyton, while the body of a woman was found in a garage in Blackheath. City's fourth murder of weekend investigated 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z It’s not quite a golfing USP, because you get it in darts and snooker too, but they are all able to make room for off-brand folk heroes. John Daly’s buggy gives us a joyride in front of po-faced golf authorities 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z Judd Trump was only eight years old when a punter placed a bet that one day he would become world snooker champion. The long-term bets that paid off 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z They want a message of hope but don’t want to get snookered. Who will win Iowa's support in 2020? That depends on who's really listening to us 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z Though it would be nice to see an outpouring of public apologies from those who were snookered by Barr, I am not anticipating a run on sackcloth. Opinion | William Barr has shamelessly corrupted the debate over the Mueller report 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z I want to produce some of the snooker I show at exhibitions. Jimmy White: ‘I'd have died if I’d beaten Higgins and won the world title in 1982’ 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z Joanne Williams made a wider point that snooker was a sport not given the attention it merited and the treatment of her husband was an example of this. Where's Williams? No champ on game cover 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z The first camp, the realists, believe that while it's easy to snooker people with lies about immigration or terrorism, people tend not to be as easily deceived about whether they've lost their own health insurance. Donald Trump's health care lie: Too big for the base to swallow? 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z In the 1980s, he set up Harry's Angels, a team that raised the profile of women's snooker. 'You're a girl, you can't play snooker at the Crucible' 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Not even the New York Times’ admirable, extensive reports on Trump’s taxes and his snookering of Deutsche Bank into hundreds of millions of dollars of bad loans was enough. No end in sight: The death of the Robert Mueller myth and the liberal "field of dreams" 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z He pats his waistcoat, loosens his tie and looks ready to celebrate his 39 years as a professional snooker player and the even more incredible fact he is still here one early morning in Sheffield. Jimmy White: ‘I'd have died if I’d beaten Higgins and won the world title in 1982’ 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z MPs will write to two men-only snooker clubs urging them to overturn their "archaic" ban on female players. MPs call for end to men-only snooker clubs 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z The “she believed it at the time” defense is exactly the kind of rationalization that con artists count on — that and the fact people do not want to admit they can be snookered. The Elizabeth Holmes story is not about the black and the blinks 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Realising the opportunities available to them outside of the UK, Allison Fisher, Kelly Fisher and Karen Corr - all former snooker world champions - moved to the USA to play on the lucrative 9-ball tour. 'You're a girl, you can't play snooker at the Crucible' 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z And Canadian citizens will be left holding the bag, wondering how they ever got snookered into wasting billions on such an economic dinosaur. Canada’s pipe dream would be a nightmare for Salish Sea and our orcas 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z Jimmy White, the Whirlwind from Tooting, will savour every last drop of life he has left in snooker. Jimmy White: ‘I'd have died if I’d beaten Higgins and won the world title in 1982’ 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z She added that they played games, table tennis and snooker, a game similar to billiards. 'Mission: Impossible — Fallout' star Rebecca Ferguson secretly married over Christmas 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z That play was Snookered, about four young British Muslim friends who reunite in a snooker hall, which won acclaim and awards when it was staged in 2012. From taxi driver to the people's playwright 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Some critics are saying the networks got snookered because Trump offered nothing new in a speech that had its share of partisan potshots. The speech that Trump didn't really want to give 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Some compare it to snooker, others to figure skating. The best of the Long Read in 2018 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z Father-son dynamics undergirded the absolutely wondrous stage magic of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and the clacking comedy The Nap, which brought snooker to Broadway. Broadway in 2018: male playwrights and movies dominate patchy year 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z “The misconduct of Mr. Delu represents a scourge to the game of snooker,” the panel said. Chinese snooker players handed big bans for fixing matches 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z Yu, who was ranked world number 43 when the charges were made in May, will serve the longest suspension in snooker since England’s Stephen Lee was banned for 12 years in 2013. China's Yu Delu and Cao Yupeng banned for match-fixing 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z Finally, there are some of my media colleagues, who were snookered into making a huge deal out of the supposed invasion of the United States by Central American migrants. Perspective | Elon Musk leads 2018’s business turkeys, but he has some stuffed competition 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z World snooker number one and Leicester City fan Mark Selby after his first round match at the International Championship tournament in China: Soccer: Reaction to death of Leicester City chairman 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z But there was nothing romantic about the scenes of the crimes; just dingy flats, seedy takeaways, alleyways near railway tracks and snooker club car parks. Grooming victims 'delivered to hell' 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z “It was a mixture of embarrassment, anger, frustration, sadness, everything,” Stephen Hendry says as he remembers how his dominance of snooker unravelled into, in his mind, a shambling wreck of a game. Stephen Hendry: ‘I hate the word yips, it trivialises it. It was much more than that’ | Donald McRae 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z He’s obsessed with the idea that South Korea is pulling a fast one, snookering us into paying for its defense. Bob Woodward delivers 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z Immigration law in Britain allows for visas to be issued to those with “exceptional talent” — in fields such as science, engineering, digital technology and fashion — or categories of “sport,” like archery, cricket, snooker or yoga. He’s 9, a Chess Prodigy and Must Leave the U.K., Officials Say 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Sort of – you can lay a snooker or, if it’s not going well, roll into the reds. England v India: first Test, day one - live! 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z Although Mr. Brennan has exposed himself as a biased actor, the CIA has escaped criticism for using only thinly sourced information from British intelligence to snooker the FBI. What Are the FBI and CIA Hiding? 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z He takes solace in his belief that, as arguably the greatest snooker player in history, his world championship record of victories remains safe. Stephen Hendry: ‘I hate the word yips, it trivialises it. It was much more than that’ | Donald McRae 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z The original intention was to call the magazine Cue - as in "cue the music" - but its founders reportedly feared it would be mistaken for a snooker publication and opted for the letter instead. An A to Z of Google 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z “How many really sell at that price? Are they just hoping to snooker some poor soul?” Amazon’s Curious Case of the $2,630.52 Used Paperback 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z I actually wrote some things about this stuff - darts here and snooker here. England v India: first Test, day one - live! 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z “I think the president understands that and is not likely to be snookered into a bad deal,” McConnell said. McConnell: Trump aware of past games played by North Koreans 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z This week, it’s a skilled snooker player from Ireland, a voice-over artist, a dancer, talented painter and a gospel singer that bring audiences and host, Steve Harvey, to their feet. Thursday TV Picks: Voice-over artist and snooker whiz showcase talents on ‘Little Big Shots’ 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Yes, this is preferable to nuclear war — but that doesn’t mean that Trump wasn’t snookered. Opinion | A summit without substance 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z It’s difficult to do when you get snookered into Wall’s game. Perspective | Wizards reach their breaking point against Raptors. Then they get it together. 2018-04-22T04:00:00Z Sure, Mr. Trump got snookered into signing an atrocious spending bill that does not get his wall built. Enough with the so-called White House chaos, already 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z President Trump vowed he would never get snookered into signing another one of Congress‘ bloated, budget-busting spending bills, but the resounding response from Washington was “fat chance.” Donald Trump’s ‘never again’ spending bill promise hard to keep 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z In these days of fake news, it is nearly impossible to discern who is lying and who is just being snookered. Next up (The Swamp hopes): The really truly final end of Trump 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z It is on Victoria Street, which also includes a new tram stop, a police station, an Indian restaurant, a tattoo parlour and a snooker hall. Corrie unveils Manchester Arena tribute 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z “Let’s not be snookered again,” Johnson said in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union.” Trump administration: No concessions to North Korea in talks 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z It also sponsors the Rugby Football League Challenge Cup and the Scottish Professional Football League as well as snooker and darts. Ladbrokes threatens cut to sponsorship 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z Three other female snooker players from Hong Kong are also among the world's top 15. The snooker queen on top of the world 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z In this respect he is a bit like boxing's James "Buster" Douglas or snooker's Joe Johnson, who would never match their momentous victories over Mike Tyson and Steve Davis, their careers petering out afterwards. The £10-a-game poker player who won $2.6m 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z That is like doing the same for bowling, darts, billiards, snooker, pool, archery and golf. Olympic Curling Rocked by Russian Doping Case 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z Sports deemed more engaging included cricket, snooker and darts. A (possibly) leaked internal memo on how to make golf less boring - Golf Digest 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z Zong used to play snooker but switched sports two years ago. Beer, arrows and a hell of a Christmas party: a world darts night at Ally Pally | Andy Bull 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z Ng remembers people looking at her "curiously" as they didn't see girls train in snooker very often. The snooker queen on top of the world 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z This past week, Fingerlings were out of stock on Walmart’s website, while parents complained that they had been snookered into buying counterfeits from sellers on Amazon and other sites. How the Fingerling Caught On (Robot Grip and All) as 2017’s Hot Toy 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z Last week, Fingerlings were out of stock on Wal-Mart’s website, while parents complained that they had been snookered into buying counterfeits from sellers on Amazon and other sites. Fingerlings: How a $15 monkey became the year’s hottest toy 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z In a social club in the heart of the camp, young Palestinian men were playing snooker and cards in the minutes before Trump’s televised speech. Deep anxiety across the Jerusalem divide over Trump's actions 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z Cassis also said that snooker in particular expanded rapidly in recent years, adding its inclusion in the Olympic program would be “the biggest achievement of the sport”. Snooker among cue sports targeting Paris 2024 Olympics, federation chief says 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z She describes snooker as a "mentally tough game". The snooker queen on top of the world 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z On tour in Argentina he would not accept being caned with a snooker cue or drinking a concoction which included sweat squeezed from socks worn by his fellow Springboks. Rugby and the rainbow nation: can 2023 World Cup heal South Africa's wounds? 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z Cricket, golf and football are among the worst offenders, as well as darts, snooker and squash. Is the gender pay gap in sport closing? 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z Faced with these facts, The Post alleges that the drug industry and its allies in Congress snookered Congress into passing the bill. Opinion | Orrin Hatch: Drop the conspiracy theories. Congress didn’t hobble the DEA. 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z Cassis also said that snooker in particular expanded rapidly in recent years, adding its inclusion in the Olympic program would be “the biggest achievement of the sport”. Snooker among cue sports targeting Paris 2024 Olympics, federation chief says 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z "I always believed that gender doesn't matter in snooker," she said. The snooker queen on top of the world 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z “Because there was an open, transparent, public-bidding process … I think the probability that the public was snookered is extremely low.” Should KeyArena renovation be exempt from Initiative 91 bylaws? 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z The witness also identified a number of the other men carrying a sword, metal poles and socks stuffed with snooker balls or stones. Man jailed for at least 29 years for south London axe murder 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z "I was worried we'd snookered ourselves," admits Mike, "I considered getting other musicians in, and then Ben saved the day. It's so impressive when you watch it." Royal Blood on broken ribs, roller coasters and their 'delicate sound' - BBC News 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z “Our dream is to reach the Olympics, this is a big dream of every snooker player,” he said. Snooker among cue sports targeting Paris 2024 Olympics, federation chief says 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z But Trump the Negotiator was snookered by his advisers who convinced him to pursue a standard conservative agenda. By Donald Trump's standards, the Watergate cover-up was a thing of genius | Walter Shapiro 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z Pool and snooker took off in Mosul in the 1980s, Abdali said, becoming popular among students in the university city. Smoke-filled pool halls are back in Mosul. After ISIS, ‘we seek joy.’ 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z World number one Mark Selby says he cannot believe he has joined snooker's greats by claiming back-to-back World Championship titles at the Crucible. World champion Mark Selby delighted to match Davis, Hendry and O'Sullivan 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z "Once he wins, it will have a sensational impact on all of billiards, especially snooker. There could be even more people to enter the sport." Chinese snooker world watches idol Ding with high hopes 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z “Our dream is to reach the Olympics, this is a big dream of every snooker player,” he said. Snooker among cue sports targeting Paris 2024 Olympics, federation chief says 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z Leicester's Selby, a master of attritional snooker, took the first four frames, which included two scrappy frames lasting more than 30 minutes each. World Championship 2017: Mark Selby edges ahead of Ding Junhui 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z “We don’t seek winning, we seek joy,” said the owner, Faris al-Abdali, an international snooker referee, as he finished up a game. Smoke-filled pool halls are back in Mosul. After ISIS, ‘we seek joy.’ 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z Maybe we’re among the segment of people that can be snookered all the time. SNYDER: Instant NFL draft grades fun but meaningless 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z He said he played "more or less faultless snooker" in a repeat of one of last year's Crucible semi-finals. World Championship 2017: Mark Selby, John Higgins reach semis 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z In an extraordinary news conference following his first-round win over Gary Wilson, O'Sullivan had accused snooker authorities of "bullying and intimidation". World Championship: Ronnie O'Sullivan beats Shaun Murphy to reach quarter-finals 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z "All of a sudden that became more important than the snooker, which is absolutely crazy." World Championship 2017: Neil Robertson admits he was 'hooked' on gaming 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z "It's very hard to talk about lawyers and threatening the chairman and being embroiled in all of that - and focus on the snooker," he added. World Championship 2017: Ronnie O'Sullivan claims 'inaccurate' - Shaun Murphy 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z Dubliner O'Brien came through qualifying by beating David Gilbert in a final-frame decider - the longest frame in snooker history, timed at two hours, three minutes and 41 seconds. World Championship 2017: Mark Selby beats Fergal O'Brien 10-2 in opener 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z Selby plays his first match on the opening morning against Fergal O'Brien, who claimed the longest frame in professional snooker history in his final qualifier which lasted two hours, three minutes and 41 seconds. World Championship 2017: Favourite tag is an 'advantage' - Judd Trump 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z It's like snooker without a cue, it's a very similar skill to get the spin on the marble. Marbles world championships held at Sussex pub - BBC News 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z Ireland's O'Brien was the last qualifier for the tournament after winning the longest frame in snooker history in a final frame decider against David Gilbert. World Championships 2017: Mark Selby faces Fergal O'Brien in first round 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z Ireland's Fergal O'Brien won the longest frame in professional snooker history to take the final place at the World Championship in Sheffield. World Snooker Championship: Fergal O'Brien wins longest frame in snooker history to qualify 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z What about the snooker player who subtly shifts a troublesome black with his hand at the Crucible? Luis Suárez’s dive exposes Barcelona’s cheating, amid the celebrations | Ewan Murray 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z The State Theater’s main space, for example, is now a snooker hall. Using Stealth, and Drones, to Document a Fading Hong Kong 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z Fu is 39 and playing the best snooker of his career. Masters 2017: Marco Fu beats Judd Trump in final-frame decider 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z After his career, he ran a snooker club in Belgium. Anderlecht, New York Cosmos player Van der Elst dies at 62 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z The problem Ronnie O'Sullivan has is there is a level of relentlessness that Mark Selby stamps on a game of snooker and that will make his attempt to climb back into the final even harder. UK Championship final 2016: Mark Selby leads Ronnie O'Sullivan 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z Jones responded with a break of 96 and got the snooker he required as he won frame six on the black, before closing out victory. UK Championship 2016: John Higgins beats Mark Allen to reach last eight 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Each 90-minute installment is jampacked with pop-culture references, from imagining a Huckleberry Finn prequel in which we learn our beloved rafter was once a Klan leader, to playing snooker at Michael Bay’s home. Review: ‘Gilmore Girls’ makes leap to Netflix with warmth, wit intact 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z In Britain, car snooker adapts the rules of the variant of billiards on which it’s based, requiring players to spot vehicles of different colors. Your Tuesday Briefing 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z "Parents are pushing their children towards an education rather than telling them to be a professional snooker player. "There is a lot of moving around in snooker, too. Rory McLeod: World Snooker 'doing nothing' to attract black players 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z It’s like when you play snooker, you’re always thinking three or four shots down the line. Here's a thought: how do footballers do what they do? | Gregg Bakowski 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z If a company tries to snooker Google with what are known as “black hat” search tricks, Google will sometimes retaliate. A Gmail Rival Sent to Siberia by a Mysterious Google Glitch 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z "I enjoyed watching him," said the 40-year-old Englishman widely recognized as the most naturally gifted snooker player of all time. Snooker: Zhao destined to be world number one - Hawkins 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z In some ways goals that are built through patient passing moves are similar to 147 breaks in snooker. Golden Goal: Esteban Cambiasso for Argentina v Serbia & Montenegro (2006) | Gregg Bakowski 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z "There are three things in my life; I am a Muslim first, a family man and then a snooker player," McLeod said. Rory McLeod: World Snooker 'doing nothing' to attract black players 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z "As a player, everyone had their thing when they finished training - drinking, going to the golf course, the snooker hall or whatever," said Dixon. Kerry Dixon: Gambling, goals, drugs and jail - an England striker's fall from grace 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z At Old Trafford, the youth players spent their afternoons playing snooker or gambling. Steve Paterson: From Manchester Utd to Dufftown via Aberdeen car boot escape 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z The first internationalization of this competition occurred in 1952, where competitors from Holland were invited to complete in archery, table tennis, darts and snooker. A Brief History of the Paralympic Games 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z The snooker hall is a case in point — I could have had a bland rehearsal room, but the rundown billiard hall, formerly a “flea-pit” cinema, was more interesting. How one slim novel, 300 soul classics and 3,000 hopeful musicians transformed 'The Commitments' into Alan Parker's most enjoyable film to make 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z Asked if he can become the first black world snooker champion, McLeod replied: "Of course. I don't care what anybody expects of me, I am a person that proves people wrong all the time." Rory McLeod: World Snooker 'doing nothing' to attract black players 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z "Excellent" indoor facilities also include a "youth lounge with a television, up-to-date games consoles, table football, snooker and a wide range of string and percussion instruments." Axed Cedars family deportation centre is 'excellent' but 'little used' - BBC News 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z And in May, a 1911 cinema turned bingo hall turned snooker club on Fort Hill was reborn again as the Old Kent Market. When in London, Skip Town for the Sea 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z In addition, Trump snookered rivals into believing that he had an exclusive option from the city on the project, when he didn’t. Donald Trump’s Ghostwriter Tells All 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z After inheriting a snooker club from "one of London's toughest gangsters", the book promises a "sordid world of bent coppers, ruthless mobster and twisted killers". Snooker champion Ronnie O'Sullivan writing crime novel - BBC News 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z "You need black people in the snooker clubs for starters," said McLeod, who is of Jamaican descent. Rory McLeod: World Snooker 'doing nothing' to attract black players 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z “We wring our hands about girls being snookered by the princess narrative, but we don’t worry about boys being confused about their future as superheroes.” Disney Princesses Do Change Girls -- and Boys, Too 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z Spirit's bassist Mark Andes testified last week he met Plant at the show and played snooker with him afterward. Led Zeppelin cleared of plagiarism in Stairway case - BBC News 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Spirit’s former bass player previously testified to drinking beers with Plant and playing the billiards-like game snooker after a show at Mother’s Club in 1970. Robert Plant recalls to court the night Led Zeppelin made Stairway to Heaven 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z The musician also told the court that members of Spirit played snooker with Robert Plant after a gig in Birmingham in 1970. Jimmy Page denies stealing Stairway to Heaven riff - BBC News 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z "A lot of the players are wary of me, I don't move around with the snooker player 'hangout' crowd," he says. Rory McLeod: World Snooker 'doing nothing' to attract black players 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Andes also recounted hanging out after a 1970 show in Birmingham, England, with Led Zeppelin front man Robert Plant, learning to play snooker. Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page disputes allegations that famous 'Stairway to Heaven' riff was a rip-off 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z Pool tables were a welcome addition, he said, though he was more a fan of snooker. European Soccer’s Champions of Summer Camp 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z Ray Smith, who is retired, is sipping his pint and munching on peanuts with a few of the other lads across from the snooker table. EU Referendum: Immigration plays strong in Welsh valley - BBC News 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z EDT 13:59 Meanwhile in the BT Sport studio, Rio Ferdinand appears to have dressed for the world snooker championship final: Rio Ferdinand: dressed for the Crucible. Real Madrid v Atlético Madrid: Champions League final – live! 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z Speaking to the BBC, he said: "There's novelty value of some boring snooker player suddenly playing electronic music." Snooker player Steve Davis to DJ at Glastonbury festival - BBC News 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z Monday saw Leicester City win the Premier League title just minutes after snooker player Mark Selby won his second World Championship title at the Crucible in Sheffield. BBL play-off final: Leicester Riders looking to beat Sheffield Sharks to complete treble 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z Strategists for both camps were both convinced that they had snookered the other. John Kasich exits the presidential race, leaving Trump as presumptive nominee 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z As Leicester secured the championship on Monday, fan Mark Selby was winning his own a world title - in snooker. Football fans everywhere embrace Leicester’s title success 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z Meanwhile in the BT Sport studio, Rio Ferdinand appears to have dressed for the world snooker championship final: Rio Ferdinand: dressed for the Crucible. Real Madrid v Atlético Madrid: Champions League final – live! 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z New snooker world champion Mark Selby wants to join the club's open-top bus parade after missing the moment they clinched the title because he was winning his second crown. Claudio Ranieri: Leicester City Premier League title win hard to repeat 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z Frame two, an early blow: Needing a snooker with the colours from the green remaining, Selby managed to get it and cleared to go 2-0 ahead. Mark Selby enjoys World Championship and Leicester City double 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z The Leicester man took the first frame with a 91 break, and despite needing a snooker in the next, managed to get it to clear the colours. World Snooker Championship: Mark Selby leads Ding Junhui in final 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z A “snooker” occurs when a player’s cue ball gets boxed in and can’t make contact with the ball he is next supposed to sink without fouling. Your Wednesday Briefing 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z At best, it’s a plan to have another plan later, with the hope that somehow events between now and then will recast snookering the majority of Republican primary voters as a noble act. Ted Cruz and John Kasich's plan to stop Trump is months too late – and hypocritical | Jeb Lund 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z "I played some real good snooker, just solid snooker. I wasn't forcing it really. "I'm so pleased to get through. World Snooker Championship: Judd Trump fights back to beat Liang Wenbo 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z The post-match debrief was left to world number 22 Gilbert, who said it was "probably the best he will play and not win a game of snooker". World Snooker Championship: Ronnie O'Sullivan beats Dave Gilbert 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z Football's loss was snooker's gain and the 24-year-old had to show all his resilience and spirit to come through at Sheffield's Ponds Forge. Snooker World Championship 2016: The qualifiers facing the elite 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z While some Americans may snicker at snooker, it’s one of Britain’s most popular games, with millions who play and who watch live coverage on the BBC, and it’s growing in countries like China. Your Wednesday Briefing 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z Like many of us, owner Ted Leonis also was snookered after last year, predicting that the Wizards would fine-tune the roster and be even better this year. SNYDER: For Wizards to succeed, changes must be made in front office 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z Leicester produced a world snooker champion and a nationally televised reality-show winner. King Richard III Is Miracle Soccer Team’s Most Valuable Player 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z In 2013, the former world number five Stephen Lee was found guilty of seven charges in what officials called "the worst case of snooker corruption we've seen". The Nap: Snooker gets theatrical on Crucible stage - BBC News 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Part of this may be the complexity of the rules of games like cricket and snooker. English Rugby Teams Visiting U.S. (This Is Not an Exhibition) 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z At the time, the word snooker was a derisive term for a new cadet. Your Wednesday Briefing 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z The greatest danger for mobile gambling to intersect with corruption lies in the ease of fixing a one-on-one sport like tennis, darts or snooker, according to experts and professional gamblers. As mobile fuels sports betting boom, corruption concerns mount 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z He is saying quite clearly that he is not going to be snookered into making deals that will disadvantage American workers and will be a shark when dealing with sharks. Clinton Campaign Underestimated Sanders Strengths, Allies Say 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z He says Wilson's idea was to "marry two audiences" that use the Crucible - snooker fans and theatregoers - and "get a few more blokes into the theatre". The Nap: Snooker gets theatrical on Crucible stage - BBC News 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z "What a fantastic exhibition of snooker. One of the greatest games we have seen in Masters history, and any other tournament I've seen," said former UK Championship winner Virgo. Masters: Judd Trump wins thriller as Bingham also progresses 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z “There's nothing different about the EB-5 program other than the thought that these investors are easier to snooker than Americans.” Pair misspent millions from Chinese investors in EB-5 visa program, SEC says 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z I didn't play for around two to three months after the World Championship and decided to play in some of the amateur tournaments at the snooker academy in Gloucester. Ronnie O'Sullivan has no timescale on return to snooker 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z The court is good, the town is nice and, most importantly, I won at snooker. Andy Murray Q&A - Davis Cup, captaincy & winning at snooker 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z "I said it was a brilliant marketing idea, but a rubbish idea for a play because actors can't play snooker. "It's one of the most technical sports there is. The Nap: Snooker gets theatrical on Crucible stage - BBC News 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z The UK Championship is widely regarded as snooker's second biggest event behind the World Championship. Ding Junhui: UK Championship anger prompts disciplinary action 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z There was also an incident where a staff member was said to have been knocked unconscious by a client in an attack with snooker ball. The fall of Kids Company - BBC News 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z Instead, he will be making his debut as a snooker pundit starting on Saturday on Eurosport. Ronnie O'Sullivan has no timescale on return to snooker 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z Actor Jack O'Connell is to play a troubled snooker professional in a new play staged in the sport's spiritual home, Sheffield's Crucible Theatre. Jack O'Connell to star in snooker play at Sheffield Crucible - BBC News 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z He says the writing process involved him joining a snooker club and playing on a regular basis, to get an insight into how hard the game is. The Nap: Snooker gets theatrical on Crucible stage - BBC News 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z His comments have been referred to the disciplinary arm of snooker's governing body, the WPBSA. Ding Junhui: UK Championship anger prompts disciplinary action 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z But the BMJ got snookered into publishing some pro-fat propaganda — providing more ammunition for a meat industry that wants to nix the committee's advice on lowering the consumption of red meat. US diet committee calls criticism 'woefully inadequate and factually incorrect' 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z One of the eight recused herself, while the two dissenters said the majority got snookered by immigrant-rights advocates. Illegal immigrant detention centers rife with abuses, U.S. Civil Rights Commission report finds 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z The worlds of snooker and theatre will meet with the world premiere of The Nap, written by Richard Bean, who is best known for One Man, Two Guvnors. Jack O'Connell to star in snooker play at Sheffield Crucible - BBC News 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z Adding for good measure "there are only so many games of darts and snooker you can play". Is Rooney England's greatest striker? 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z Many have become bingo halls, snooker clubs, or places of worship. Why is the UK still knocking down historic cinemas? - BBC News 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z In Stockton, it encompassed ill-advised investments in downtown amenities, as well as a costly pension debt refinancing into which the city was snookered by the ill-starred investment firm Lehman Bros. Count the bad ideas in California pension overhaul proposal 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z I was debating whether his pain was real or if he was trying to snooker me. The Pain Medication Conundrum 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z There's darts, snooker, archery and of course golf. Golf must capitalise on Asian talent 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z So many educational posters line the planets up like snooker balls, for eminently practical reasons, that our sense of Pluto’s vast distance from us is rarely accurate. This Is What Pluto and the Universe May Sound Like 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z It seems that among the only people watching it in late-night reruns — following it through constant scheduling shuffles and frequent pre-emptions for snooker tournaments — were British comedians. What's the deal with translating Seinfeld 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z That would send a message, he wrote, about “being snookered, and to deter future snookering.” Court says legal police entry reasonable despite ensuing violence 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z "I don't miss the colour but sometimes it makes snooker somewhat awkward," he says, adding that his hobby is about "nostalgia" and recognising the achievements of the early television pioneers. People who still use old gadgets - BBC News 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z A Georgian businessman made the first snooker tables in Bulgaria and after professional tournaments were screened on television snooker broadcasts quickly became among the most-watched program's in the Balkan country. Bulgaria goes mad for the green baize 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z Stuart loves snooker more than life itself and fully deserves to win the tournament. 'Bottler' claim spurred Bingham on 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z "O'Sullivan is a dominating feature in snooker whether her wins or not, he is a superstar and people recognise him not just for playing snooker." O'Sullivan good for snooker - Hendry 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z "He is playing the best snooker he can. I have not seen him play like that for a few years, probably since 2011." Trump beats Ding to reach semi-final 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z Every snooker player would "die for an Olympic gold medal", according to former world champion Shaun Murphy. 'Players would die for Olympic gold' 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z Mr Rose was recently called in for police questioning over allegations he tried to influence voters by giving away sausage rolls at a party event featuring snooker star Jimmy White. UKIP "sausage roll" candidate Kim Rose quotes Hitler - BBC News 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Millions of snooker fans in China will have groaned when their hero Ding Junhui made a mess of a potential 147 maximum break against Mark Davis at the World Snooker Championships earlier this week. Snooker looks to cue up more big breaks in China - BBC News 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z But the Scot added: "The tournament and snooker would be poorer without him." O'Sullivan good for snooker - Hendry 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z "You need to play in those conditions to improve your game. I just want to play snooker, if they offer you a wildcard you are not going to decline." Evans would take men's tour wildcard 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association put snooker forward for the Olympic programme in January. 'Snooker has no place at Olympics' 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z The fact he was a former snooker world champion did not feature on his profile. I'm a better person now - Murphy 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z "Viewing figures are still growing," he adds, pointing out that the head of Chinese TV sports channel CCTV-5 fell in love with snooker when he was studying in Cardiff, Wales. Snooker looks to cue up more big breaks in China - BBC News 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z He invited veteran snooker star Jimmy White, who he described as a long-time friend, to play pool with local youngsters. Election 2015: UKIP candidate 'to be questioned' over sausage rolls 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Sutton, who faces a lengthy ban, believes he came under suspicion as two men who placed big wagers on him to lose each practise at his local snooker club. Sutton to fight match-fixing claims 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z But the city's eyeballs were largely trained elsewhere as the curtain went up on the second ranking event staged in the country where snooker was invented 140 years ago in a British Army officers' mess. Is India the 'new China' in snooker? 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z Democrats said they were snookered by Republicans who prohibited money from a new victims fund established by the bill from being used for abortions. Today in Politics: Both Sides See Political Advantages on Iran 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z And, despite the growth potential in China, respected snooker blogger Matt Huart, who runs ProSnookerBlog says there are challenges in the country. Snooker looks to cue up more big breaks in China - BBC News 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z In January, billiards and snooker launched a surprise move to take part in the Tokyo Games. Wushu to bid again for Olympic spot 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z Evans, who says women are banned from playing in some snooker clubs, could face an ex-world champion next month. Evans faces men in world qualifiers 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z But as India breezily knocked off the runs for an eight-wicket victory in Hamilton, the enthusiastic and the curious started to drift in for the snooker. Is India the 'new China' in snooker? 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z World number six Judd Trump says it is "more or less an impossible job" to attract British youngsters to snooker. Is snooker cool enough for kids? 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z "It looks to me that it has become more of a challenge for snooker in the past year or two then perhaps it was three or so years ago," he says. Snooker looks to cue up more big breaks in China - BBC News 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z They include squash, karate, roller sports, skateboarding, surfing, wushu, rock climbing, and billiards and snooker. Decision on new sports for Tokyo Games put off until 2016 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Evans said there are still some snooker clubs which will not allow females. Evans faces men in world qualifiers 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z Perhaps as a hangover from its colonial origins, snooker was for a long time seen as an elitist and inaccessible game in India. Is India the 'new China' in snooker? 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z Trump, 25, compared snooker's profile in Britain with that of China, where he says the sport is seen as "cool". Is snooker cool enough for kids? 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z However, Pearce, who recalls seeing a snooker table being used enthusiastically in the middle of a village street in China, remains optimistic. Snooker looks to cue up more big breaks in China - BBC News 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Billiards and snooker said last month that they also want a spot in the 2020 games. New sports for Tokyo Games to be decided in 2016, says IOC 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association says snooker should be accepted into the Olympics because of its worldwide appeal and Trump agrees. Olympics better than Worlds - Trump 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z Plans for a new national league and hundreds of tournaments were unveiled here at the Indian Open, with a series of televised, hour-long combined cue-sports events featuring snooker, pool and billiards. Is India the 'new China' in snooker? 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z Obviously for some, a frame of snooker can be long to watch and play while if someone pulls out a big enough lead, it takes a miracle for the opponent to recover. Is snooker cool enough for kids? 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z "The World Cup will definitely give snooker another boost in China," says Pearce, who previously worked for the Premier League, Major League Baseball, Sky Interactive and Orange Sport. Snooker looks to cue up more big breaks in China - BBC News 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association says snooker should be accepted because of its worldwide appeal. Snooker bids to be an Olympic sport 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Billiards and snooker on Thursday launched an unexpected bid to win a spot on the Tokyo 2020 Olympics sports program, saying sharp global rise in popularity helped their case. Olympics: Billards, snooker want spot in Tokyo 2020 Games 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z "The big difference between India and China with snooker is the position and importance of billiards," he said. Is India the 'new China' in snooker? 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z If there are fast and furious players like Ronnie, Judd and a few others snooker would have gotten a lot more younger ones with hunger to play and earn a living. Is snooker cool enough for kids? 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z They cannot fail to have been impressed by Ding's estimated £2.25m snooker earnings to date. Snooker looks to cue up more big breaks in China - BBC News 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z "This time 12 months ago, I talked about giving up snooker completely," Murphy said. I am relieved I didn't quit - Murphy 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z "I just could not produce the sort of snooker that got me to the final. I'd just like to say welcome to the Triple Crown club. He is a worthy champion." Murphy thrashes Robertson in final 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z But a cricket-crazy nation is starting to get serious about snooker. Is India the 'new China' in snooker? 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z Mrs Walker said her mother went blind at the age of 85 but still enjoyed listening to snooker. 'Last Victorian' dies aged 114 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z At grass roots level, World Snooker has joined with the Chinese snooker association in setting up an academy in Beijing, and has introduced schools programmes and amateur leagues. Snooker looks to cue up more big breaks in China - BBC News 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z After winning the 2011 Brazilian Masters, Murphy suffered a barren spell of three years without a trophy and considered becoming a snooker coach. I am relieved I didn't quit - Murphy 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z Unwilling to let Americans reap the long overdue benefits of lower gasoline prices, liberals are attempting to snooker conservatives into supporting an increase in the federal gasoline tax. Fix, Don't Raise The Gas Tax 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z The 29-year-old became the first Indian to reach the quarter-finals of a world ranking snooker event at the Welsh Open in 2013, only to return to his 'wife' - billiards - last year. Is India the 'new China' in snooker? 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z Trump said ahead of the final that he needs to play 'perfect' snooker to beat O'Sullivan, but unexpected misses and poor safety shots allowed his opponent to capitalise. O'Sullivan leads Trump in UK final 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z "If he plays like that I'll have to play perfect snooker," said Trump. Trump needs 'perfect' play in final 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z There was also a request for a separate room for snooker; but promoters didn’t need to stress too much, since the band traveled with its own table. How Hillary Clinton’s ‘rock star’ demands compare to those from actual rock stars Closely followed by the snooker and darts World Championships. What is sport's third biggest event? 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z They depicted things that Mr Colwyn had always loved, from boxing gloves and a snooker table to Ford cars and Lurcher greyhounds. 22 year coma man's traveller funeral 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z The original prints are being sold by professional snooker player Dominic Dale, after he collected them over 25 years, Mullock's auctioneers said. Marilyn Monroe photos auctioned 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z O'Connor is a multiple World Masters and European junior champion at pool but has competed in qualifying for snooker's ranking events this season. O'Sullivan favourite as UK kicks off 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z The Department of Energy snookered the media last week with a report that seems to show that its clean energy lending programs are profitable. Spin Alert: DOE Loans Are Losing Money, Not Making Profits 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z He’s carrying a battered old cue case, which he duly brandishes for the photographer, but he isn’t here to play snooker. Jimmy White: ‘If I didn’t think I could still win the world title, I’d stop playing’ 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z Yeah, like putting, snooker, rifle shooting, archery, violin playing ... One-handed chipper on European Tour 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z "Jimmy White...snooker hero...people's champion...crack addict," said White in his new autobiography, which is being serialised in the Sun. White reveals addiction to drugs 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z The UK Championship, the second biggest ranking event of the snooker calendar, begins in York on Tuesday. O'Sullivan favourite as UK kicks off 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z In snooker and darts, women are allowed to enter and compete alongside men at world championships, provided they qualify. 'Prize money gap needs to be closed' 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z When he first electrified the stuffy world of snooker in the early 80s, winning the world title looked like a formality. Jimmy White: ‘If I didn’t think I could still win the world title, I’d stop playing’ 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z Never again will you compromise unnecessarily and get snookered in a negotiation. The Snookerproof CEO 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z They got no momentum and it was as if David Moyes was snookered from the first few weeks. Roy Keane: the stuff Alex Ferguson fed the press was lies, basic lies 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z It took a bit of focus away from my snooker that week, there is no doubt about it. O'Sullivan favourite as UK kicks off 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z The biggest disparities in prize money were found in football, cricket, golf, darts, snooker and squash. 'Prize money gap needs to be closed' 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z Fans fell in love with a recklessly daring working-class lad who’d been bunking off school since the age of nine to play in dodgy south London snooker dives. Jimmy White: ‘If I didn’t think I could still win the world title, I’d stop playing’ 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z Sen. Pat Roberts, alleging his independent opponent is trying to "snooker" voters in what has become a surprisingly close race. Palin says all eyes on Kansas in US Senate race 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z She is planning to have a party in a local snooker hall on the Friday night for campaign helpers. Alex Salmond waits to see if dream for Scotland is fulfilled 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z For now, though, his focus is on building up his strength and easing himself back into snooker. Carter back after 'biggest battle' 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Departments were gradually moved to other buildings, with the new City Hall opening earlier this year in a former snooker centre elsewhere in the city centre - Attenborough House in Charles Street. Demolition plan to flatten council HQ 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z Images of combatants playing snooker, eating sweets and splashing in swimming pools have sometimes suggested that jihad was not unlike a student holiday, without the booze. It ain’t half hot here, mum 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z The robots' arena is a large wooden square, about the size of a tournament snooker table, complete with edges to stop them waddling off the edge. Robot swarm shuffles into formation 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z Imagine a world where every sport was a variation of snooker. Can video games be sports? 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z Carter says his family, friends and fellow snooker professionals helped him through his diagnosis and subsequent treatment. Carter back after 'biggest battle' 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Maliki knows that the Iraqi Sunni population is snookered either way. What's Really Happening In Iraq: A Radical Theory 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z “I think that Mississippians are being snookered by neocon zealots on talk radio, Fox News and elsewhere. The New Right values extremism, obstructionism, partisanship and — frankly — ignorance,” she wrote. Mississippi Race Points to Appeal of Partisanship 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z The same goes for Indiana, where conservative Republican Gov. Mike Pence is trying to snooker his fellow conservative Republicans into implementing ObamaCare’s Medicaid expansion. ObamaCare's Medicaid Expansion Equals Taxation Without Representation (Are You Listening, Mike Pence?) 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z "Mini darts tournaments, snooker and pool," was how Terry described the daily routine in South Africa. Can players really be bored at a World Cup? 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z Few things in life can be relied upon never to disappoint, but world championship snooker is one. So how will Ronnie O'Sullivan react to his first world final loss at the Crucible? 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z |
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