A look at how first time world champions have fared in the season that followed…
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WORLD SNOOKER SET TO FREEZE CARTER'S RANKING
WORLD SNOOKER has indicated that Ali Carter’s world ranking position will be frozen while he receives treatment for lung cancer.
Read MoreYOUNG GUNS GO FOR IT
We take a look at some of the young players who could become champions of the future…
Read MoreHERE WE GO AGAIN
It is five weeks since Mark Selby won the World Championship and now Q School and the early season qualifiers are out of the way the time is fast approaching for the return of TV snooker.
Read MoreEBDON SEALS AUSTRALIA SPOT AS DOHERTY FALLS
PETER Ebdon clinched his place at the Australian Open on Tuesday night – but another former world champion Ken Doherty missed out on a chance to see the in-laws.
Read MoreLISOWSKI KEEPS HIS FLYING START GOING
JACK Lisowski continued a fine start to the season by booking his place at the Australian Goldfields Open with a 5-2 victory over Dave Gilbert at the Capital Venue in Gloucester.
Read MoreO'SULLIVAN TARGETS NOVEMBER SEASON START
RONNIE O’Sullivan has revealed he is taking what amounts to another six-month tour sabbatical – and starting his season in earnest in November.
Read MoreDING WHITEWASHED IN WUXI QUALIFIERS
DING JUNHUI is the biggest casualty of the Wuxi Classic qualifiers so far, suffering a shock 5-0 defeat to an amateur, Oliver Brown, in Gloucester on Sunday night.
Read MoreALI CARTER DIAGNOSED WITH LUNG CANCER
ALI CARTER has been diagnosed with a form of lung cancer and has withdrawn from the Wuxi Classic qualifiers in Gloucester.
Read MoreWUXI QUALIFIERS START SATURDAY
IT’S BACK to work for snooker’s great and good as the Wuxi Classic qualifiers get underway at the Capital Venue in Gloucester on Saturday.
Read MoreDING FINED FOR SKIPPING DINNER
DING JUNHUI has been fined £5,000 after failing to attend World Snooker’s annual awards dinner.
Read MoreFOUR MAKE MAIN TOUR RETURNS
THE FOUR qualifiers from the second Q School event, which ended on Wednesday, are all former members of the professional circuit.
Read MoreRANK STUPIDITY?
NEIL ROBERTSON has described the new prize money ranking list, coming into force for the new season, as “a terrible system.”
Read MoreSTARS SET FOR CHARITY FOOTBALL MATCH
MARK Williams has pulled together a celebrity XI including several snooker players to take part in a charity football match in his home village of Cwm in Wales on Saturday afternoon.
Read MoreSNOOKER AT GLOUCESTER
THE CLOSING date for the annual Pink Ribbon pro-am at the Capital Venue South West Snooker Academy in Gloucester has been extended to May 22.
Read MoreINSIDE SNOOKER STEPHEN LEE SPECIAL
WITH the announcement on Thursday that his appeal against a 12-year ban for match-fixing had been thrown out, the game certainly looks to be up for Stephen Lee.
Read MoreLEE APPEAL REJECTED AND COSTS INCREASED
STEPHEN Lee’s appeal against match-fixing was thrown out on Thursday – and costs against him increased to over £100,000.
Read MoreSELBY'S THE DADDY
It’s been a pretty good few weeks for Mark Selby. His beloved Leicester City were promoted to the Premier League, he became world champion for the first time, regained the world no.1 spot and on Wednesday announced that he is to become a father for the first time.
Read MoreFOUR QUALIFY FOR Q SCHOOL
THE FIRST Q School event, which ended on Thursday, saw three players relegated from the circuit at the end of last season regain their places with a former professional also qualifying for the main tour in 2014/15.
Read MoreO'SULLIVAN AND DING WIN MAIN AWARDS
RONNIE O’Sullivan was handed a small consolation for his Crucible final disappointment by picking up a ‘Player of the Year’ double on Thursday night.
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