Blogs: Snooker

Barry Hawkins won his fifth ranking event and first for three years when defeating Jack Lisowski 9-5 when winning the 2026 Welsh Open.

Zhao Xintong won his third event of the season when defeating John Higgins 10-7 in the final of the 2026 Players Championship

Reigning World Champion Zhao Xintong won his second big event of the season when he made five centuries to defeat compatriot Zhang Anda 10-6 in a high-quality final.

Judd Trump won the thirty-first ranking event of his career when beating Shaun Murphy 10-4 in the final of the 2026 German Masters.

Kyren Wilson won the 2026 Masters with an emphatic 10-6 victory over veteran John Higgins. Wilson has reached the final of the Masters twice before and now has two elements of the Triple Crown after winning the World Championship in 2024.

Mark Selby recorded his third victory in the UK Championship, defeating reigning champion, Judd Trump 10-8 in a high-quality final

Team Europe handed out an amazing 11-3 defeat to Team USA in the 2025 Mosconi Cup. Europe dominated the annual event from day one and were winning the Cup for the sixth consecutive time

Mark Selby finally broke his long losing run at the Champion of Champions when taking the 2025 tournament at his thirteenth attempt.

John Higgins is looking to win his fifty-ninth ranking title and faces a player at the opposite end of his career in Wu Yize who is looking for his first big tournament win.

Neil Robertson won his twenty-sixth ranking title when lifting the Saudi Arabia Masters trophy. Robertson beat Ronnie O'Sullivan 10-9 in a high quality match and collected the winners' cheque for £500,000.