Stories surfaced on Tuesday night this week that the BBC are set to slash a further £30-35million from their sports rights budget.
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CLASSY ROBERTSON IS CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS
NEIL ROBERTSON, like the great players of any era, thrives in a big match in a big arena with a big title on the line, as he proved by capturing the Champion of Champions in Coventry on Sunday night.
Read MoreSENT TO COVENTRY
THE CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS, sponsored by 188bet, has proven to be a hit with snooker fans since it was added to the calendar in 2013.
Read MoreALLEN CLINCHES FINAL COVENTRY SPOT WITH SOFIA WIN
Mark Allen left it late to claim the 16th and final spot for this week’s Champion of Champions – but did so with a first title for 15 months in Bulgaria.
Read More'GAGGING' FINES POLICY HAS FALLEN INTO DISREPUTE
If snooker is to thrive and even survive in a competitive sporting marketplace there has to be a rethink over fining players for relatively innocent comments.
Read MoreHIGGINS TIES DAVIS TALLY IN CHINA TRIUMPH
JOHN HIGGINS joined Steve Davis in second place on the all time list of ranking tournament winners with victory in the International Championship on Sunday.
Read MoreGILBERT HOPING FOR CHINA HARVEST
DAVE GILBERT once supplemented his meagre snooker earnings by working for his father’s farming business so even a defeat to John Higgins in the International Championship final in Daqing on Sunday is preferable to long hours out in the field.
Read MoreO'SULLIVAN SITS OUT UK CHAMPIONSHIP
RONNIE O’SULLIVAN will not defend his UK Championship title next month as his sabbatical from professional snooker continues due to private unresolved personal issues.
Read MoreGLORY FOR RORY
RORY McLEOD was an unexpected winner of the Ruhr Open but fully earned the title, his second as a professional.
Read MoreNEW BOOST FOR WOMEN'S SNOOKER
A NEW COMPANY has been formed to promote women’s snooker under the direction of World Snooker.
Read MoreADVANI'S FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES
Pankaj Advani only dabbles in snooker these days at invitation events like the World Six-Reds and picking up a wild-card for the Indian Open, having returned to his first love and “wife” of billiards after a two-year fling with his “mistress”.
Billiards, outside of its Teesside hotbed at least, no longer has much mainstream allure in the UK but things are very different in India where Pune’s Advani, now 30, enjoys a huge profile – far higher than Aditya Mehta, the country’s leading snooker player.
Advani recently claimed the IBSF World Billards Championship title, incredibly a 14th world title in various forms of the sport, beating Singapore’s Peter Gilchrist by 1,168 points in the timed format final.
And one of the first to offer their congratulations was the President Of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee , who took to Twitter saying: “Hearty congratulations & best wishes to Pankaj Advani on winning the IBSF World Billiards Championship #PresidentMukherjee “
Advani courteously replied: “Thank you for your wishes Mr President!”
It is thought that Stuart Bingham is still waiting for his personal messages of congratulation from Prime Minister David Cameron and The Queen, over his sensational Crucible triumph in May.
CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS UPDATE
The Champion of Champions tournament has proved a big success since being revived two years ago after a 33-year absence from the calendar.
Read MoreMURPHY PRESENTS CHARITY CHEQUE
MASTERS CHAMPION Shaun Murphy has handed over a cheque for £5,100 to the Manchester Children’s Hospital - £100 of his own money for every century break he made last season.
Read MoreEBDON BRINGS THE VEGAN DEBATE TO TWITTER
Vegan devotee and campaigner Peter Ebdon has joined Twitter and will be using the social media forum to give those views a wider audience.
Read MoreEMERGING TALENT KYREN MADE OF THE RIGHT STUFF
Kyren Wilson may not have got the coverage his debut win deserved on a busy sporting weekend - but his post-final comments were heartfelt.
Read MoreWILSON TAKES GIANT LEAP TO SHANGHAI TITLE
KYREN WILSON came through the pack to win the Shanghai Masters, his first world ranking title.
Read MoreALL ABOARD SNOOKER'S SHANGHAI EXPRESS
THE SHANGHAI MASTERS is a firmly established tournament in one of the world’s great cities and frequently produces excellent snooker.
Read MoreWORLD SNOOKER AND TABB SETTLE CASE
A WORLD SNOOKER statement so short that it could have been a tweet has signalled the end of the employment tribunal brought by the referee Michaela Tabb (using her married name McInnes) against the governing body.
Read MoreVARIED FIELD CONTESTS SIX REDS TITLE
THERE’S A VARIED field contesting the Six Reds World Championship in Bangkok this week…
Read MoreEMOTIONAL CARTER CLAIMS PAUL HUNTER CROWN
REGARDLESS OF WHAT happened on the table at the Paul Hunter Classic, Ali Carter was already a winner. He leaves Germany as a champion too.
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