By Anand Philar Chennai, Dec 20 (IANS) The rising performance graph of Pankaj Advani in billiards highlighted the country's cue sport scene in 2009. The titles that he won in the Asian and ...

Chennai, Dec 18 (IANS) The country's leading cueists, led by Pankaj Advani, will be vying for honours in the VIP Matrix All-India invitational snooker tournament beginning here Saturday. The quality field apart, the ...

Karachi, Dec.4 (ANI): Pakistan has withdrawn from hosting the Asian Under-21 Snooker and Billiards Championship citing security reasons. The championship, which was scheduled to be held in April 2010, has now been relocated ...

By Anand Philar Hyderabad, Nov 25 (IANS) Admitting that he did not expect such a close battle in the final, Alfred Burden of England said winning the IBSF World Snooker championship by defeating ...

By Anand Philar Hyderabad, Nov 25 (IANS) Alfred Burden of England won the World snooker championship trophy, but it was the opponent whom he beat in Wednesday's final, Igor Figueiredo of Brazil, who ...

By Anand Philar Hyderabad, Nov 25 (IANS) Alfred Burden became the first from England in 11 years to win the men's World Snooker championship crown when he wore down Igor "Tiger" Figueiredo of ...

By Anand Philar Hyderabad, Nov 24 (IANS) Ng On Yee, the 19-year old prodigy from Hong Kong, expectedly won the women's title in the ONGC-IBSF World Snooker championship with a convincing 5-1 win ...

Hyderabad, Nov 24 (IANS) Darren Morgan of Wales regained the Masters title with ease as he outplayed defending champion Dene O'Kane 6-0 at the ONGC-IBSF World Snooker championship. In a contest that ended ...

By Anand Philar Hyderabad, Nov 23 (IANS) Ng On Yee, the 19-year old from Hong Kong-China scripted a brilliant 4-3 win against Ramona Belmont of New Zealand to enter the final of the ...

By Anand Philar Hyderabad, Nov 23 (IANS) Igor Figueiredo of Brazil snuffed out the last of Indian challenge in the ONGC-IBSF World Snooker Championship when he zipped past a distracted Kamal Chawla 6-1 ...

By Anand Philar Hyderabad, Nov 22 (IANS) Kamal Chawla, the 30-year-old from Bhopal, emerged India's unlikeliest hero as he qualified for the quarter-finals in the ONGC-IBSF World Snooker championship here Sunday that witnessed ...

By Anand Philar Hyderabad, Nov 22 (IANS) The last of the Indian challenge, represented by Chitra Magimairajan and Meenal Thakur, went up in smoke in the women's World Snooker championship here Sunday as ...

By Anand Philar Hyderabad, Nov 22 (IANS) Unheralded 30-year old Greek Cypriot Anthony Brabin dealt Indian hopes a big blow when he knocked out National champion Pankaj Advani 5-3 en route to the ...

By Anand Philar Hyderabad, Nov 21 (IANS) Over the next few days, the chaff will be separated from the grain and the men from the boys as the ONGC-IBSF World snooker championship flows ...

By Anand Philar Hyderabad, Nov 21 (IANS) Indian cueists had a profitable outing with five players in the men's section and Geet Sethi (Masters) advancing in the ONGC-IBSF World Snooker championship here Saturday. It ...

By Anand Philar Hyderabad, Nov 20 (IANS) National champion Meenal Thakur saw off a spirited challenge from her younger sister Anuja Chandra for a 4-3 decision and progressed to the quarter-finals in the ...

By Anand Philar Hyderabad, Nov 20 (IANS) A rock concert in the neighbouring hall at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre caused the rescheduling of the ONGC-IBSF World Snooker championship as it would have ...

By Anand Philar Hyderabad, Nov 19 (IANS) Some of the foreign players participating in the ongoing ONGC-IBSF World snooker championship here have been struck down by "Hyderabad belly", the latest being Thailand's Santhinee ...

By Anand Philar Hyderabad, Nov 19 (IANS) Yasin Merchant notched the tournament's highest break of 134 en route to the knock-out round of the ONGC-IBSF World snooker championship here Thursday along with ...

By Anand Philar Hyderabad, Nov 18 (IANS) Pankaj Advani, the 24-year-old from Bangalore, lit up the rather damp day with two century breaks en route to a 4-1 win against Qatar's Ali Obaidly ...

By Anand Philar Hyderabad, Nov 18 (IANS) Alok Kumar continued his quiet and virtually unnoticed progress to the knock-out stage in the men's category as he wrapped up his fourth win in as ...

By Anand Philar Hyderabad, Nov 17 (IANS) Pankaj Advani dropped three frames to Welshman Philip Williams before pulling through 4-3 in the men's league while Geet Sethi suffered a stunning defeat against Clive ...

By Anand Philar Hyderabad, Nov 16 (IANS) Vidya Pillai, Chitra Magimairajan and Neena Praveen of India warmed up nicely for the stiffer competition ahead by recording their second win in the women's preliminary ...

By Anand Philar Hyderabad, Nov 15 (IANS) Title favourites Pankaj Advani and Geet Sethi of India led a field of home players past the first hurdle in the league stage of the 35th ...

Hyderabad, Nov 14 (IANS) Doordarshan has agreed to telecast live all matches played on two of the 20 tables in the IBSF World Snooker Championship commencing at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre ...

By Anand Philar Hyderabad, Nov 14 (IANS) The IBSF World Snooker Championship returns to India after 22 years as the 35th edition of the annual event commences here Sunday at the Hyderabad International ...

By Anand Philar Chennai, Sep 7 (IANS) Pankaj Advani finally scaled the last big peak in his path to greater glory on the green baize when he defeated nine-times champion Mike Russell in ...

Chennai, Sep 14 (IANS) National champion Pankaj Advani and Manan Chandra will represent India in the IBSF World snooker championship to be held at Wels, Austria, from Oct 27 to Nov 8.Advani ...