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With only a few days before it starts, Snooker's third most prestigious ranking event has found a sponsor. The 2011 Masters is to be sponsored by one of the country's top bookmakers Ladbrokes and will be known as the Ladbrokes Mobile Masters.

The draw for the 2011 Welsh Open qualifiers and the televised stages in Newport has been released by World Snooker. One of the most exciting possible ties include Jimmy White against Ronnie O'Sullivan and Welsh No.1 Mark Williams could face Marco Fu.

It's the end of the year and the end of professional competition for a few weeks until the Masters in January, so it's time to give out some awards to some players that have achieved the most on the baize over the last 12 months. Who will win the coveted Maximum Snooker Player of the Year title?

It was the final of the International Billiards and Snooker Federation (IBSF) Mens, Masters & Ladies World Amateur Championships in Damascus, Syria yesterday and the winner of the main event was Thailand's Dechawat Poomjaeng.

Local hero Ken Doherty and WBPSA chairman Jason Ferguson conducted the draw for the Players Tour Championship (PTC) Finals today at the venue where it will be played at in March, the Helix Theatre, Dublin. One of the biggest first round ties is between Ricky Walden and Liang Wenbo.

It's the final day of action at the 12BET.com UK Championship in Telford and it has come down to the final match which went all the way to the final frame and brown ball. The winner was the resurgent John Higgins who beat Mark Williams in what was one of the best matches I have ever seen.

It's the fourth day of action in Telford at the UK Championship and one of the men through to the quarter finals is Northern Ireland's Mark Allen who beat defending champion Ding Junhui. 

It's the second and third day of play at the 12BET.com UK Championship in Telford and there wasn't many surprises on the second day but on the third day we had two shocks. The biggest of which was The Rocket Ronnie O'Sullivan loosing to World No.23 Stuart Bingham.

Finally it has arrived! It's been nearly two months but at last we have a proper Snooker ranking event back on our TV screens, the 12BET.com UK Championship. I have the privilege of attending in person this weekend so expect some more exclusive videos and photos. Defending champion Ding Junhui was up first today to defend his title.

Tomorrow sees the start of the first proper Snooker ranking event in near two months, the 12BET.com UK Championship at the International Centre. Hundreds of fans will be gathering in Telford to watch the stars in action and see who will take the crown this year. Will defending champion Ding Junhui be able to defend his title?