The 10 Reds Asian Tour Snooker tournament was scheduled to be held in Bengaluru in the last week of March but has been postponed after the organisers failed to guarantee visas for Pakistani cueists.
India's ace cueist Pankaj Advani staged a late comeback to beat compatriot Aditya Mehta in the quarter-finals of the Asian Snooker Championship, in Doha, on Thursday. In what was going to be a clear upset, Mehta was a frame away from ousting the 21-time World champion from the tournament but Advani's resilient efforts saw him enforce the decider and register a 5-4 (0-99(99), 1-60, 64-50, 97(72)-0, 35-90, 113(105)-0, 8-107(107), 61-16, 72-48) victory.
Pankaj Advani continued his winning streak on the Professional Snooker Circuit, beating England's Mark King 4-3 in the fourth round of qualifiers for the European Tour-2 Paul Hunter Classic.
Pocketing his 13th World title, ace cueist Pankaj Advani feels that an IPL-like league in snooker or billiards would be a possibility in the game that has become financially rewarding.
Former World women's billiards champion M Chitra finally won her maiden national title after years of toil, defeating Neena Praveen of Tamil Nadu 3-1 in the final of the snooker event at Manisha-National Billiards and Snooker championship in Pune on Sunday.
Pankaj Advani outclassed China's Ju Reti 6-1 in the final to become the first Indian to win an Asian Snooker Tour event.
Mumbai based snooker champion Aditya Mehta has won his first round match at the Betfred.com World Professional Snooker Championships at Sheffield against Andrew Pagget of Wales.
The event was scheduled to be held in Kochi from September 18-22 but the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) said they would explore alternative dates.
In the one-sided final, the Delhi cueist got the better of the reigning world amateur snooker champion.
The tournament, to be held from June 17 to 20, will carry Rs 300,000 in prize-money.
India's ace cueist cruised into the semi-finals, beating Syria's Karam Fatima by five frames to nil, after a narrow victory earlier on Thursday in the last-16, where compatriot Ishpreet Chadha gave him a tough fight till the very last.
Pankaj Advani defeated Aditya Mehta 54-42, 107-0, 58-23, 84-1, 82-22, 49-65, 62-60 in the final on Monday.
After young Pankaj Advani and experienced Ashok Shandiliya fetched a gold and silver on Tuesday, it was the turn of the snooker team, comprising Aditya Mehta, Yasin Merchant and Rupesh Shah, to bring cheer to the Indian camp.
Asian champion Jin Long of China and former continental winner Yasin Merchant are among the cueists for the Reid and Taylor Bombay Gymkhana Instant tournament.
Chitra Magimairaj made light of an early exit from the World Snooker Championships to pocket the Senior snooker title onn her first appearance in the event, in Leeds, on Tuesday.
He has achieved a legendary status after pocketing 15th world title and India's most celebrated cueist Pankaj Advani derives a lot of satisfaction from the fact that he has successfully managed the tough balancing act of playing snooker and billiards at such a high level.
Indian cueist Kamal Chawla continued his sizzling form on the green baize to book a semi-final berth in the Asian Snooker Championship, in Al Fujairah, the United Arab Emirates, on Friday.
True to his reputation, local lad Pankaj Advani entered the semi-finals of the IBSF World Snooker Championship, defeating Belgium's Peter Bullen 6-2, in Banaglore, on Friday. Advani will meet Wales's Lee Walker, who caused a major upset, defeating former World snooker champion Thepchaiya Un-Nooh of Thailand 6-2.
India's top cueist Pankaj Advani stormed into the final of the Asian Snooker Tour's second leg event after impressive wins in the quarter-finals and semi-finals.
The Petroleum Sports Promotion Board cueist beat Rupesh Shah of Gujarat by six frames to five in a nail-biting final.
Billiards and snooker launched an unexpected bid to win a spot on the Tokyo 2020 Olympics sports programme, saying sharp global rise in popularity helped their case.
Advani, who at 19 became the youngest world champion in 2003, will lead the Indian challenge at the World Snooker Grand Prix, beginning at Pontin's, England, on Wednesday.
Asian snooker champion Aditya Mehta beat tournament favourite Liang Wenbo of China 3-0 to win the snooker gold at the World Games at Cali, Colombia, on Tuesday.
Aditya Mehta stunned fancied compatriot Pankaj Advani to become only the third Indian ever to clinch the Asian Snooker Championships in Doha.
Defending his 2015 title, Advani stayed on course with identical victories in the last-32 and the Round of 16 matches. The ace cueist overcame Pakistan's Babar Masih and then Keen Hoo Moh of Malaysia with 5-3 scorelines.
Sourav Kothari caused the biggest upset of the tournament, beating Pankaj Advani in the final, to win the Rs 3,10,000 Nahar-MIG All India Invitation Snooker Championship 2010 in Mumbai on Wednesday.
The inability to find a sponsor forced the Maharashtra Billiards and Snooker Association to call of the event.
The ace cueist, the only Indian in the fray in the men's category, proved too good for Alex Borg of Malta in a 6-0 victory to improve upon his showing at the last championship when he was ousted in the quarter-finals in Bengaluru by Yan Bingtao 4-6 of China.
The National Snooker champion beat compatriot Pankaj Advani 6-3 to win the Asian Snooker Championship.
Yasin Merchant will take on Alok Kumar in the other semi-final tomorrow to decide the second participant for the championship.
The IBSF World Men's Snooker Championship, which was originally scheduled to take place in Bahrain, will now be held in Bangalore from November 28 to December 3.
Mumbai's Aditya Mehta, the lone Indian on the world professional circuit, lived up to his reputation, defeating former champion Alok Kumar of Punjab 6-2, to clinch the title in the 78th National snooker championship in Chennai on Tuesday. Mehta won the best-of-11 frames final 66-6, 6-63, 72-65, 67-41, 67-10, 74-58, 43-52, 82-5 in three hours.
Geet Sethi shrugged off a first frame deficit to thrash Kuwait's Ayyoub Alsharrah in the Masters category, while World champion Pankaj Advani continued his brilliant run in the men's event, defeating compatriot Sandeep Gulati, in the IBSF World Snooker Championships, in Hyderabad, on Thursday.
Merchant showed the door to Alok Kumar 4-2 in a well-fought quarter-final clash.
China's 14-year-old cue sport sensation Yan Bingtao became the youngest player to pocket the IBSF World Snooker title after edging past Pakistan's Muhammad Sajjad 8-7 in a thrilling final, in Bengaluru, on Saturday.
The World billiards champion begins his quest for the one title that has eluded him on Sunday.
Pankaj Advani and Manan Chandra stormed into the last-32 stage, even as Kamal Chawla crashed out, in the Seaways IBSF World Snooker Championships, at the Sree Kanteerava Indoor Stadium, in Bengaluru, on Wednesday. Advani, the 2003 World champion, prevailed over young Tomasz Skalski of Belgium 4-2, but not before facing the threat of being knocked.
British snooker player Stephen Lee was handed a 12-year ban on Wednesday after being found guilty of match-fixing.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
Continuing his winning streak, ace India cueist Pankaj Advani scripted a sizzling victory to enter the pre-quarter-finals in the IBSF World Snooker Championship at KSBA auditorium, Bangalore, on Thursday. The seven-time World champion's 5-0 demolition of Ireland's Mark Tuite will boost his self-belief, which is a bit low in the event of not being able to win a single international title this year. Advani won 73-24, 77-36, 61-23, 92-0, 57-43.
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