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The 2017/18 season is underway and snooker fans throughout Europe can watch the sport anywhere and on any device through the Eurosport Player, the leading live and on-demand digital sport platform. Eurosport Player is available to download and watch in 52 markets and in 20 languages, offering fans an all-access pass to immerse themselves in… Read More

World Snooker has decided that Invitational Tour Card Holders will now be able to compete in any ranking event – rather than only those where the number of entries is below 128 tour players. The current Invitational Tour Card Holders are Jimmy White, Ken Doherty and James Wattana and going forward they will be given… Read More

Mark Selby earned almost £1 million last season while the number of players earning at least £30,000 grew by over 20 percent, as the sport continues to thrive. Total prize money has grown from £3.5 million just seven years ago to last season’s £10 million, with another boost to £12 million in 2017/18. And players… Read More

Here’s the latest calendar for the 2017/18 season including current events, dates and venues… Click here for the 2017-18 calendar

  Nikos Alexopoulos of Greece has won our our fantasy snooker game for Eurosport’s expert commentators after successfully picking Mark Selby to win the Betfred World Championship. The competition ran across the season and it all came down to the last few matches at the Crucible with Nikos defending a lead against Italy’s Maurizio Cavalli, who had… Read More

World Snooker Chairman Barry Hearn gave a press conference at the Crucible today with a series of announcements about snooker’s future. Here’s a summary: Next season’s prize money will go to £12 million. This compares to £3.5 million just seven years ago. When Hearn took over World Snooker he gave a guarantee to the WPBSA… Read More

The updated provisional calendar for the 2017/18 World Snooker Tour is now available. Click here for the Calendar Note that tickets for the 2017 Betway UK Championship and 2018 Dafabet Masters are already on sale, for details click here

Snooker legends will be visiting Bristol this summer to raise money for local children’s hospice at home charity Jessie May. World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn and six-time World Champion Steve Davis will be hosting an event at Ashton Gate Stadium on 1st June, with former England, Bristol, and Bath rugby star Mark Regan kicking off… Read More

Snooker fans throughout Europe can watch the Betfred World Championship qualifiers anywhere and on any device through the Eurosport Player, the leading live and on-demand digital sport platform. There will be coverage of two tables through the qualifiers in Sheffield, which run from April 5 to 12. Eurosport Player is available to download and watch… Read More

BARRY HEARN has pledged that the new Matchroom Sport Charitable Foundation will make hundreds of thousands of pounds available to charitable causes, as the world-leading sports promotions company launched its latest initiative. Hearn founded Matchroom in 1982 and over the past 35 years it has donated millions of pounds to a wide-range of charities throughout… Read More