Shahid Aftab overcame immeasurable odds to annex the National Snooker Championship after over a decade of wait.

World Snooker Champion Muhammad Asif is still awaiting him remaining payment from the promised prize money from the government.

After playing Yuan into a brilliant snooker, he took control. We're level in Germany, Hawkins has tied the match up. He raced to a break of 54, before missing a red. Yuan couldn't make him pay ...

Snooker star Ricky Walden has been taken to hospital after being forced to pull out of the German Masters on medical grounds. Walden, 42, was set to play Barry Hawkins in the last-16 of the ...

Murphy will be determined to maintain his form into February and beyond with his gaze drifting towards the World Snooker Championship this spring. Belgian star Luca Brecel will hope to impress ...

The BBC is to remain as the UK broadcast home of snooker's top three tournaments until at least 2032, an indication perhaps that the showpiece World Championship is not for moving. A five-year ...

A look at the total number of 147 breaks ever scored in snooker history, who made them and videos of the best ones. There have been 211 maximum breaks made in professional tournament snooker ...

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The Masters is into the quarter-final stages at Alexandra Palace, with a blockbuster line-up in the last eight in north London. There were a string of impressive performances in the opening round ...

Former world champion Shaun Murphy has insisted snooker players do have access to mental health support services following Ronnie O'Sullivan's recent criticism. O'Sullivan recently made headlines ...