Blogs: Snooker

The 2024 UK Championship was won by Judd Trump who defeated Barry Hawkins 10-8 in a highly competitive final. This was world number one Trump's thirtieth ranking event victory and his second win in the UK Championship

The 2025 World Championship was won by Zhao Xintong who becomes the first player from China to win the world crown. Zhao defeated veteran Mark Williams 18-12 in the final

Here I take a look at some of the very best snooker matches tohave taken place during the 1980's and 1990's.It is not an exhaustive list, rather, I would very much invitereaders to suggest other classic snooker matches they recall

The Shanghai Masters in September 2023, brought competitive snooker back to China for the first time since the Covid19 pandemic. The previous event to be played in China was the World Open in 2019 where Judd Trump was crowned champion after a 10-5 victory over Thepchaiya Un-Nooh.