http://maximumsnooker.com/ en Fri, 11 May 2012 17:46:08 +0100 http://maximumsnooker.com/world_snooker_awards_2012_osullivan_wins_player_of_the_year.htm http://maximumsnooker.com/world_snooker_awards_2012_osullivan_wins_player_of_the_year.htm <p>Betfred.com World Snooker Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan was named Player Of The Year at the annual World Snooker Awards in London on Thursday. Other winners included 17-year-old Luca Brecel who won Rookie Of The Year.</p> Mon, 07 May 2012 20:37:02 +0100 http://maximumsnooker.com/ronnie_osullivan_wins_fourth_world_snooker_championship_title_2012.htm http://maximumsnooker.com/ronnie_osullivan_wins_fourth_world_snooker_championship_title_2012.htm <p>Ronnie O'Sullivan has won his fourth World Snooker Championship title at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, beating a resurgent Ali Carter 18-11 in the final. O'Sullivan lead from the first session and never looked back on his way to lifting the trophy.</p> Mon, 07 May 2012 17:32:07 +0100 http://maximumsnooker.com/world_snooker_championship_2012_final_osullivan_extends_lead_over_carter.htm http://maximumsnooker.com/world_snooker_championship_2012_final_osullivan_extends_lead_over_carter.htm <p>Ronnie O'Sullivan started the third session of this year's Betfred.com World Snooker Championship final in style by winning the first four frames and eventually finishing 15-10 in the afternoon, leaving Ali Carter with it all to do tonight.</p> Sun, 06 May 2012 23:13:35 +0100 http://maximumsnooker.com/world_snooker_championship_final_2012_osullivan_leads_carter_overnight.htm http://maximumsnooker.com/world_snooker_championship_final_2012_osullivan_leads_carter_overnight.htm <p>Ronnie O'Sullivan has taken a vital 10-7 lead over Ali Carter at the end of the second session tonight in the Betfred.com World Snooker Championship final at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield.</p> Fri, 04 May 2012 22:50:55 +0100 http://maximumsnooker.com/snooker_pink_ribbon_2012_details_announced.htm http://maximumsnooker.com/snooker_pink_ribbon_2012_details_announced.htm <p><span>The South West Snooker Academy has announced details for the 2012 Pink Ribbon Pro Am, the biggest charity snooker tournament in the world. </span><span>The amateur qualifying days will be 6-8 June with the 32 seeded professionals joining the tournament on 9-10 June.</span></p> Wed, 02 May 2012 01:35:45 +0100 http://maximumsnooker.com/stephen_hendry_retires_reactions.htm http://maximumsnooker.com/stephen_hendry_retires_reactions.htm <p>Here are some of the reactions from the players and referees on the news that seven-times world champion and legend Stephen Hendry has retired from professional snooker.</p> Tue, 01 May 2012 23:18:11 +0100 http://maximumsnooker.com/stephen_hendry_retires_from_professional_snooker.htm http://maximumsnooker.com/stephen_hendry_retires_from_professional_snooker.htm <p>Seven-times world champion &amp; 36-times ranking event winner Stephen Hendry announced his retirement from professional snooker today after his 13-2 defeat against Stephen Maguire at this year's World Snooker Championship.</p> Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:00:21 +0100 http://maximumsnooker.com/world_snooker_championship_2012_captain_carter_shocks_trump.htm http://maximumsnooker.com/world_snooker_championship_2012_captain_carter_shocks_trump.htm <p style="text-align: left;">Ali Carter has produced some of the best snooker of his career to come from 12-9 behind to beat Judd Trump 13-12 in an thrilling deciding frame at the Betfred.com World Snooker Championship. Matthew Stevens also progressed with a 13-11 win over Barry Hawkins.</p> Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:16:44 +0100 http://maximumsnooker.com/world_snooker_announces_international_championship.htm http://maximumsnooker.com/world_snooker_announces_international_championship.htm <p>World Snooker in partnership with broadcaster CCTV have announced a new ranking event in China, the International Championship. Running from October 28 to November 4 it will be the biggest Chinese tournament on the calendar with total prize money of £125,000.</p> Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:33:38 +0100 http://maximumsnooker.com/world_snooker_championship_2012_williams_halts_chuang_fightback_to_progress.htm http://maximumsnooker.com/world_snooker_championship_2012_williams_halts_chuang_fightback_to_progress.htm <p>Mark Williams fought off Chinese qualifier Liu Chuang to come through 10-6 and become the last man through to the Betfred.com World Snooker Championship second round. On the other side Stephen Maguire leads Joe Perry 5-3 with three centuries between them.</p> Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:49:48 +0100 http://maximumsnooker.com/world_snooker_championship_2012_carter_thrashes_ill_davis.htm http://maximumsnooker.com/world_snooker_championship_2012_carter_thrashes_ill_davis.htm <p>World no.17 and former Crucible finalist Ali Carter got his Betfred.com World Snooker Championship 2012 campaign off to a great start beating an ill Mark Davis 10-2. Neil Robertson also got his 2nd round match against Dave Gilbert off to a good start, he leads 5-3 overnight.</p> Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:42:15 +0100 http://maximumsnooker.com/world_snooker_championship_2012_trump_dale_hawkins_selby.htm http://maximumsnooker.com/world_snooker_championship_2012_trump_dale_hawkins_selby.htm <p>UK Champion Judd Trump managed to come from behind to beat Dominic Dale 10-7 fighting off food poisoning and Mark Selby became the eighth seed to drop out the tournament after suffering a surprise 10-3 defeat at the hands of Barry Hawkins.</p> Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:19:46 +0100 http://maximumsnooker.com/world_snooker_championship_2012_dynamite_day_blasts_ding_away.htm http://maximumsnooker.com/world_snooker_championship_2012_dynamite_day_blasts_ding_away.htm <p>Former Crucible quarter-finalist Ryan Day has had the worst couple of years of his professional career lately having slid sharpy down the rankings. But from 6-9 down to Ding Junhui he came back to win the match 10-9 at the World Snooker Championship.</p> Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:49:49 +0100 http://maximumsnooker.com/world_snooker_championship_2012_perry_powers_past_dott.htm http://maximumsnooker.com/world_snooker_championship_2012_perry_powers_past_dott.htm <p>2006 champion Graeme Dott suffered a 'snooker nightmare' and lost 10-1 to Joe Perry at the Betfred.com World Snooker Championship today. It was the biggest margin of loss in the tournament so far.</p> Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:09:48 +0100 http://maximumsnooker.com/world_snooker_championship_2012_higginson_dispatches_lee.htm http://maximumsnooker.com/world_snooker_championship_2012_higginson_dispatches_lee.htm <p>Another massive shock at the World Snooker Championship as the world no.19 and former Welsh Open finalist Andrew Higginson has defeated Stephen Lee 10-6 to reach the last 16 of the tournament for the first time in his career.</p>