World Snooker has launched an official YouTube page designed to offer fans around the world a range of quality content in one location, in time for the Betfair World Championship, which started this weekend. read more
The Betfair World Championship is set to reveal snooker’s latest golden boy, with the first ever Golden Cue awarded to the star who lands the tournament’s highest break. read more
Betfair has been announced as the title sponsor of the 2013 World Championship at the Sheffield Crucible Theatre. read more
Ronnie 'The Rocket' O’Sullivan has marked his return to snooker by signing a personal endorsement deal with consumer products company Rok Stars. The four-time world champion held a press conference, sponsored by Rok Stars’ Oval Vodka brand, at a London hotel on Tuesday to confirm that he will return to defend his World Championship title at The … read more
Betfair has extended its partnership with snooker, after agreeing a new deal to become the new title sponsor of the 2013 Masters, with the invitation event set to become the Betfair Masters, taking over from American financial services company BGC Partners. read more
World Snooker has announced Betfair as the new title sponsor of the quick-fire tournament, Snooker Shoot-Out. read more
Perform Group plc has announced its half-year results for the six months ending 30th June 2011, revealing a 47% year-on-year revenue growth, and consistent growth across all business areas. read more
World Snooker has signed a new five year agreement with digital sports media company Perform, to live stream all professional tournaments online across its new website and via bookmaker sites through Perform’s Watch&Bet service - opening the sport up to a global audience. read more
The Masters Snooker tournament will move away from Wembley from the start of next season, across London to Alexandra Palace. read more
Sony has officially announced its acquisition of the UK based company Hawk-Eye Ltd, famous for its live sports tracking technology now widely used in cricket, snooker and tennis. read more
IMG Media has announced it has extended its representation deal with World Snooker Limited (WSL), to distribute the worldwide media rights of all live coverage and highlights from WSL events. read more
World Snooker has announced that is to investigate a recent World Snooker Shoot-Out match after it was contacted by bookmakers concerned about suspicious betting patterns surrounding the game. read more
The BBC has signed a new deal to screen the World and UK championships, Masters and Welsh Open until the end of the 2013/2014 snooker season. read more
Ladbrokes mobile has struck a commercial deal with World snooker to become a sponsor of The Masters tournament being held this month at Wembley. read more
Snooker's governing body (WPBSA) has set up a players hotline in a bid to stamp out corruption in the sport. read more
The world governing body of snooker has launched an anti-corruption unit and is proposing lifetime bans for anyone involved in snooker caught betting on the sport. read more
Online betting firm 12bet.com has signed up as the title sponsor of the new World Open snooker tournament in Glasgow. read more
Snooker player John Higgins has been cleared of match-fixing but has been banned for six months and fined £75,000 for breaching snooker rules around betting. read more
World Snooker has unveiled a new Twenty20-style shortened format of the game entitled ‘Power Snooker’ with the first competition to take place in October at The O2. read more
World Snooker chief executive Barry Hearn has reacted to reported match fixing allegations against leading player John Higgins by saying that any potential wrong-doings will be dealt with ‘in a brutal manner’. read more
Barry Hearn has secured another sponsor for World Snooker as Sanyuan Foods agree to sponsor the China Open. read more
Governing body World Snooker has struck a last-minute commercial deal with PokerStars.com to become the title sponsor of the upcoming 2010 Masters, the sport's flagship tournament. read more
Promoter Barry Hearn has been confirmed as the new chairman of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. read more
Sir Rodney Walker has been voted out as chairman of World Snooker, paving the way for promoter Barry Hearn to take over. read more
World Snooker, in conjunction with agency partner IMG, has announced plans for a new international calendar with more than double the existing number of global ranking tournaments – a move aimed at reviving interest in the sport. read more
World Snooker has found a last-gasp commercial partner for the upcoming UK Championship after unveiling Pukka Pies as the tournament’s new title sponsor. read more
IMG Sports Media has extended its deal with World Snooker Limited read more
The UK Championship will return to Telford International Centre in Shropshire for the third year running, governing body World Snooker has announced. read more
Following talks between World Snooker, Sheffield City Council and the Yorkshire Tourist Board, the World Snooker Championship will continue to be held at The Crucible in Sheffield until 2014. read more
Snooker is to launch a new short form of the game, provisionally entitled Super6s, in a bid to open the sport up to new audiences in a similar fashion to the introduction of Twenty20 cricket. read more
UK gaming company Betfred has agreed a four-year £2m deal to sponsor the World Snooker Championships. read more
World Snooker has launched a formal inquiry into a potential match-fixing incident following irregular betting patterns during the first round of the UK Championships at Telford. read more
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