17.4.08
Steve Davis admits an aversion to John Parrott's horse-racing yarns on the BBC website

Joe Perry targets Crucible success and a top 16 place in the Peterborough Evening Telegraph

16.4.08
John Inverdale writes about Ronnie O’Sullivan in the Telegraph

The Rocket is the focus of a piece on sportinglife, as is Ding Junhui

Pankaj Advani talks about his latest billiards success in the Hindu

The Bradford Telegraph and Argus describes how the Paul Hunter Foundation is helping get kids into snooker

There’s a Q&A with Mark Selby on the Eurosport website

Ding Junhui is the focus of an 888.com World Snooker Championship preview on AFP

The Antrim Times hopes that Mark Allen can overturn Stephen Hendry

According to a quiz in the New York Magazine books section, the author Roald Dahl was buried with his snooker cues

Neil Robertson is confident of his Crucible chances according to the Sunday Mirror

Darren Morgan talks about fishing in Wales on Sunday. There’s also an interview with John Higgins

Scotland on Sunday carries an interview with Michaela Tabb

John Higgins says family comes first in the Daily Mail

Xinhua reports on Li Hang’s victory in the Asian under-21 Championship

11.4.08
Marco Fu looks forward to his match with Ding Junhui in an article on the Guardian website. There’s also a chance to win Crucible tickets.

10.4.08
There’s a chance to win tickets to the Crucible in the Daily Mail online

9.4.08
It is hoped that Neil Robertson’s success will inspire some more talent to emerge from Australia, and this story in the Parramatta Sun suggests some evidence of that

3.4.08
As reported by the Sheffield Telegraph, the final of a tournament for players with learning disabilities will take place in CueZone during the 888.com World Snooker Championship

According to the Gulf Daily News, two of Bahrain’s top players are heading to the World Snooker Academy to prepare for the Asian Championship

The Glasgow Evening Times carries on obituary of former Scottish Amateur champion John Phillips

Eurosport’s website reports on the growth of snooker in China follwoing the success of ’trailblazer’ Ding Junhui

And there’s another article along the same lines in People’s Daily Online

27.3.08
The Leicester Mercury reports that Mark selby and other famous local faces will appear on billboards throughout the city as part of the One Passion, One Leicester campaign.

The Associated Press of Pakistan reveals that Muhammad Sajjad Butt won the 33rd National Snooker Championship 

26.3.08
The Telegraph’s Robert Philip absurdly leaves Stephen Hendry out of his list of contenders for the greatest sporting Scot of all time, on the basis that snooker is not a ’genuine’ sport, ignoring the fact that it’s the most-watched sport on television after football. Quite how he considers shooting to be a ’genuine’ sport and not snooker is a mystery.

The National in Papua New Guinea reports that Djorne Fung has retained his Bank South Pacific Port Moresby Snooker Open title.

24.3.08
It only includes a brief mention of snooker, but the San Fransisco Chronicle’s review of Mitchell & Webb’s TV series is still worth a read

E-mediawire reports on 888.com opening its online sportsbook

21.3.08
The China Daily previews the Honghe Industrial 2008 World Snooker China Open

19.3.08
The Antrim Times assesses Mark Allen’s chances of beating Stephen Hendry at the Crucible.

17.3.08
The Gulf Daily News reports that Majid Dhaif beat his twin brother Hamed in the final to win the first Bahrain Billiards and Snooker Association ranking event.

14.3.08
More reaction to the 888.com World Championship draw, this time from the Leicester Mercury and the Irish Independent

12.3.08
The Chorley Guardian reports on a schoolboy doing a snooker marathon to raise money for a stabbed teenager

Stephen Lee and Ken Doherty attended a charity night in memory of Paul Hunter, says the expressandstar

Several stories in the media today about yesterday’s 888.com World Snooker Championship draw, including the Times , Guardian , Sun , Daily Record , IntheNews , Setanta , Eurosport and Sporting Life 

10.3.08
Ronnie O’Sullivan expresses his hope that Jimmy White will qualify for the Crucible in the Times

9.3.08
Kent News must now be resting its hopes on Barry Hawkins following the exit of Gerard Greene

8.3.08
AFP carries a report of Liang Wenbo and Marco Fu’s progress to the final stages of the 888.com World Snooker Championhip 

The Bexhill-on-Sea Observer hopes their man Mark Davis can beat Gerard Greene today to reach the Crucible

6.3.08
ChinaView includes a preview of the Asian Billiards and Asian under-21 Snooker Championships

This story did the rounds in January, but Fox Sports has now picked up on the fact the Formula 1 racer Robert Kubica names Ronnie O’Sullivan as his sporting hero.

A reporter on the Lanark Gazette manages to coax Dennis Taylor into talking about 1985.

5.3.08
The Crosby Herald reports that footballer Steven Gerrard recently paid a visit to the famed Thurston’s snooker museum in Liverpool.

BruneiDirect.com reveals that Lim Han Lun came out on top in the Brunei Snooker Selection Tournament.

Pocketgamer website includes a review of the game World Snooker Championship 2008, developed by Blade Interactive and published by I-play

The Newcastle Evening Chronicle catches up with the latest exploits of Stephen Craigie

28.2.08
Jimmy White has turned over a new leaf and is looking forward to his Crucible qualifier against Mark King, claims the Whirlwind in the Daily Mail.

25.2.08
According to The People, Jimmy White has called in police after discovering that the brakes and suspension of  his car had been tampered with.

Mark Selby is looking forward to his debut on A Question of Sport - and believes the world No 1 ranking is within his reach - in an interview with the Leicester Mercury.

The Isle of Man Today carries a report on 11-year-old Darryl Hill, who reached the semi-finals of Pontin’s Star of the Future earlier this month.

22.2.08
Best wishes go to James Rudland, who is in remission from cancer and will take part in a 12-hour snooker marathon this weekend, as reported in the Chichester Observer.

The United Arab Emirates snooker team has received a sponsorship boost from diamond manufacturer Rosy Blue, according to Arabianbusiness.com

10.2.08
Tony Drago and Alex Borg may not have given their home fans too much to cheer about at the Malta Cup, but at least the host nation will be represented in today’s final with Terry Camilleri refereeing the final, as reported by the island’s top snooker journalist Wilfred Sultana.

AFP carries a piece on Ding Junhui reaching the semi-finals, although its website seems to be satisfied with a picture of a Chinese pool player rather than of Ding himself.

Defending champion Neil Robertson looks ahead to the Welsh Open in the Western Mail.

6.2.08
Panorama, an online daily newspaper in Gibraltar, reports on the territory’s Open Snooker Tournament. The final was watched by Minister for Sport and Culture Edwin Reyes.

5.2.08
The Scunthorpe Telegraph reports that Steve Davis attended a sportsman’s dinner to raise money for the town’s hospital.

The Sheffield Star gives details of a tournament being organised for people with learning difficulties.

4.2.08
Defending Welsh Open champion Neil Robertson sets his sights on Newport in Wales on Sunday

The Bangkok Post reports James Wattana’s perilous position in the latest rankings following his defeat in Welsh Open qualifying.

The Malta Cup gets underway today and will have at least one nonagenarian follower, according to the Times of Malta

31.1.08
The Liverpool area will be well represented at the Welsh Open with John Parrott, Rod Lawler and Andrew Higginson all making it through the qualifying rounds. The Liverpool Daily Post reports on the trio.

Snooker fans in Peterborough played for 24 hours to raise cash for a children’s charity, according to the Evening Telegraph.

The Fiji Times reports that the island’s North West Billiards and Snooker Association is hoping to hire a coach to develop the sport.

30.1.08
Mark Selby gets to parade his newly acquired SAGA Insurance Masters trophy during the half-time break of Leicester’s Championship match with Crystal Palace. The Foxes won 1-0 courtesy of 89th minute winner. Pictures are on the Leicester City website

29.1.08
Mark Selby talks about getting his fingernails done in an interview with the Leicester Mercury

The Baltimore Sun in the USA suggests that a game of snooker or pool is a good idea for a date.

12.1.08
John Higgins talks magic tricks and knock-knock jokes in a Q&A with the Guardian

Phil Yates writes on the popularity of snooker in Europe and particularly Germany in the Times

11.1.08
The BBC website includes a SAGA Insurance Masters preview with Marco Fu

10.1.08
The build-up to the SAGA Insurance Masters continues with previews on the Setanta Sports website with John Higgins and in the Bexley Times with Barry Hawkins.

9.1.08
BBC Online’s snooker section runs previews for the SAGA Insurance Masters with Ken Doherty and Shaun Murphy.

7.1.08
Scotland’s Daily Record reports that James McBain hopes to follow the 888.com World Snooker Championship success of his practice partners Graeme Dott and John Higgins, as he got his qualifying campaign underway with a 10-2 win over Kevin van Hove.

The Mirror’s website includes a chance to win tickets to the opening day of the SAGA Insurance Masters.

5.1.08
The Los Angeles Times Magazine runs an article about snooker, based on a visit to the city’s Embassy Billiards club.

4.1.08
The Portsmouth News reports that US-based company Eaton Engineering has donated snooker and pool tables to the Highlands Youth Project

3.1.08
The Gulf Daily News in Bahrain reports that Yousef Falah won the singles title in the Banagas National Day Snooker Tournament.

Dominic Dale has completed his move to Vienna, along with his 62 boxes of possessions, according to the South Wales Echo