UK Snooker

Will World Champion Rocket Be Back Next Year?

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 07.05.2013 | UK Sport

Ronnie O'Sullivan landed his fifth Betfair World Championship title on Monday night and hinted he could backtrack on retirement plans. After going ...

Pictures Of The Day: 7th May 2013

Elliot Wagland, Tahira Mirza, Matthew Tucker | Posted 07.05.2013 | UK

The Huffington Post pictures of the day brings you the very best images from around the world chosen by our own photo editors, Elliot Wagland, Matthew...

Face Off: Ronnie O'Sullivan Rivals Phil Jones Facial Expressions (PICTURES)

The Huffington Post UK | Tahira Mirza | Posted 29.04.2013 | UK Sport

Snooker legend Ronnie O'Sullivan's impressive comeback at the World Championship has come replete with facial expressions to rival arch-gurner Phil Jo...

VIDEO: Hologram Pool Table Predicts Your Shots With Light

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 03.05.2013 | UK Tech

A 'holographic' pool table which projects the path of your shots before you play them has hit the web. The amazing invention, which takes some of t...

In Support Of Snooker

Tom Cook | Posted 21.11.2012 | UK Sport
Tom Cook

I hold the same spectator affection for snooker as I do for football, and tennis. It occupies a unique position in a world of frenzied, fast-paced, instantly gratifying sports, and it should be cherished.

WATCH: Taking, Not Making, A Break: Hendry Quits Snooker

The Huffington Post UK | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 02.05.2012 | UK Sport

Stephen Hendry, seven-time World Snooker Champion, has retired from the game. The Scot announced he was quitting the sport after a 13-2 mauling at ...

WATCH: Hendry's Wonderful 147 (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post UK | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 04.05.2012 | UK Sport

Stephen Hendry fired in a 147 maximum break on the first day of snooker's World Championship. The 43-year-old Scot made the 10th maximum at the Cru...

A Graduate in China - Dead Cats Snookered by Chinese Prejudice. Are You Afraid of China?

Sam Bence | Posted 10.06.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Sam Bence

First impressions can prejudice long-term opinions, particularly where China is concerned. My favourite examples of this recently were Twitter posts from professional snooker player Mark Allen.

China Frights - Snooker Lambasts Haikou 'Horrendous'

The Huffington Post UK | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 02.03.2012 | UK Sport

UK snooker championship finalist Mark Allen has blasted conditions at the Haikou World Open as "horrendous". The world number 12 aired a number of ...

WATCH: 'Impossible' Pool Trick Shots

Huffington Post UK | Alastair Plumb | Posted 01.02.2012 | UK Comedy

Pool is one of those sports that every man thinks they can play pretty well. Like darts and other bar games, it's somehow written into their DNA: 'Hit...

The One With the Guilty Pleasure -Watching the Darts

Georgy Jamieson | Posted 10.03.2012 | UK
Georgy Jamieson

I never used to like January. But now I don't mind it at all. It's still 12 months until Christmas and its still cold and dark but it's no longer miserable because.... The darts is on! I blooming LOVE the darts.