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CNN —No one dares speak louder than a whisper as nearly 1,000 people respectfully take their seats inside the dimly lit Crucible Theatre. They’ve come to witness the nerve-shredding, silently electric atmosphere of the World Snooker Championship. The World Snooker Tour (WST) – organizers of the World Snooker Championship – say the sport is watched by half-a-billion people around the world. The Crucible Theatre has been the home of the World Snooker Championships since 1977. Saudi Arabia’s pursuit of snooker should not be surprising, but moving the World Snooker Championship would be an emotional decision for many of its fans.
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Saudi Arabia will hold its first major invitational snooker event in March as the kingdom continues to make sizable investments into a growing number of sports. The "Riyadh Season World Masters of Snooker" will take place between March 4 to March 6 at Boulevard Arena in the capital of Riyadh. Games of snooker — a cue sport like billiards that is very popular in the U.K. and China — will take place under current World Snooker rules but with the introduction of a 23rd ball referred to as the "Riyadh Season" ball. This golden ball will be worth 20 points but will only be pottable on completing a maximum break. "We are thrilled to be hosting our first-ever professional snooker tournament in the Kingdom," said Turki Alalshikh, chairman of the Saudi General Entertainment Authority.
Persons: Ronnie O'Sullivan, Judd Trump, Ronnie O'Sullivan —, Luca Brecel, Turki Alalshikh, Alalshikh Organizations: Morningside Arena, Boulevard Arena, Saudi General Entertainment Authority Locations: Leicester, England, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, China
O'Sullivan threatens to quit if not allowed to play in China
  + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
The 47-year-old Englishman risks sanctions from the World Snooker Tour if he misses events to participate in tournaments in China. When I go to China I play in great venues, great crowds, great prize money. "If that gets to the point where I'm not able to do that or I'm not allowed to do that, then I probably won't play. I'll probably go and play Chinese 8 ball (pool) because I still want to play snooker. Reuters has contacted the World Snooker Tour for comment.
Persons: Ronnie O'Sullivan, O'Sullivan, I'm, Aadi Nair, Ed Osmond Organizations: European Masters, BBC, Reuters, Thomson Locations: China, Bolton, Bengaluru
Belgium's Brecel holds off Selby to win world title
  + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
May 1 (Reuters) - Belgium's Luca Brecel became the first player from mainland Europe to win the snooker world title as he completed a fairytale fortnight by resisting a Mark Selby fightback to triumph 18-15 at The Crucible on Sunday. Brecel enjoyed a 9-8 overnight lead after Saturday's two sessions, but won the opening four frames on Sunday with three centuries to seize command. Selby looked on a roll but fearless Brecel would not be denied the title which lifts him second in the world rankings. After that win he said he had celebrated beating another former champion, Mark Williams, in the previous round by getting as 'drunk as hell'. While Brecel celebrated becoming Belgium's latest and most unlikely sporting hero, Selby, 39, had the consolation of making the first 147 break ever in the final of the world championship, his maximum coming during a storming fightback on Saturday.
Personalitatea Sportivă a Anului 2020 desemnată de către BBC este Lewis Hamilton!Pilotul Lewis Hamilton a fost desemnat Personalitatea Sportivă a Anului de către Corporaţia Britanică de Radio şi Televiziune. În acest an, pilotul echipei Mercedes a devenit campion mondial de Formula 1 pentru a şaptea oară și a egalat recordul deţinut de Michael Schumacher. "Vreau să le mulțumesc celor care au votat pentru mine. Vreau să le urez un Crăciun fericit tuturor - a fost un an atât de neobișnuit și vreau să menționez că toți cei care muncesc în prima linie dar și copiilor din întreaga lume, să rămâneți pozitivi în acest moment dificil, încerc să împart și eu cu voi aceleași sentimente. "Hamilton este a doua oară ales Personalitatea sportivă a anului în Marea Britanie, după 2014.
Persons: Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher ., Hamilton, Jordan Henderson, Hollie Doyle, Tyson, Stuart, Ronnie Organizations: BBC, Radio, Mercedes, FC Liverpool, Champions Day, Stuart Broad, Manchester United Locations: britanică, Regatul
Jucătorul de snooker Judd Trump a triumfat în Openul Irlandei de Nord. Englezul l-a învins în finală cu 9-7 pe conaționalu său, Ronnie O'Sullivan. Ronnie s-a apropiat la 8-7 și chiar a avut șansă de a împinge meciul în joc decisiv, dar a ratat o bilă roșie la un buzunar de mijloc, iar apoi Trump a nu i-a mai dat nicio șansă.SNC TRUMP (tradus din engleză):"Sunt mulțumit. Am jucat câteva lovituri de siguranță proaste, el m-a forțat să fac câteva erori și înainte să-mi dau seama scorul era 8-7 și se îndrepta spre 8-8. "Victoria de la Openul Irlandei de Nord îl face pe Judd Trump să devină primul jucător de la Sthephen Hendry încoace care câștigă același turneu 3 ani la rând.Scoțianul a reușit în anii '90 să își adjudece Campionatul Regatului Unit de 3 ori consecutiv.
Persons: Trump, Englezul, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Ronnie, , Judd Trump, Sthephen Hendry Locations: Irlandei de Nord, rând.Scoțianul, Regatului Unit
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