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World Snooker Championships
Newest Review: ... up by two maximum 147 breaks and some truly brilliant snooker. Ronnie O'Sullivan viewed by many as the greatest snooker ... more  ... player ever emerged victorious from a tournament that fitted his style and break building excellence. Ali Carter, the runner-up, completed a 147 along with O'Sullivan and these two were the deserved finalists with Carter putting up a brave fight but Ronnie's superiority and true skill shone through and won the tournament two frames into the final session. With Ronnie thrashing former champion Stephen Hendry and registering an 8-0 session victory in that match no one could deny that he was at his best and only a miracle cou...more |
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World Snooker Championships: Crucible 08 - Great year for snooker (202 words)
by Olly0390 - written on 09.05.08 (Useful, 53 readings)
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The 2008 World Snooker Championships at the famous Crucible in Sheffield was a year of thrilling hign scoring snooker. A far cry from the long tedious Dott versus Ebdon frames of a few years ago this years tournament was lit up by two maximum 147 breaks and some truly brilliant snooker. Ronnie O'Sullivan viewed by many as the greatest snooker player ever emerged victorious from a tournament that fitted his style and break building excellence. Ali Carter, the runner-up, completed a 147 along with O'Sullivan and these two were the deserved finalists with Carter putting up a brave fight but Ronnie's superiority and true skill shone through and won the tournament two frames ...
Shef-field of Dreams! (2068 words)
by oxonian - written on 07.05.08 (Very useful, 232 readings)
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The modern game of Snooker has heralded an emergence of remarkably gifted and talented young geniuses infiltrating the latter stages of ranking tournaments, and often walking away victorious. Mark Selby, Stephen Maguire, Ding Junhui and Neil Robertson are all players that have achieved dominance over the 'old hand' in recent seasons. The rise has caused the veterans of the game, such as seven-time World Champion Stephen Hendry, two-time World Champions John Higgins and Mark Williams and World Champions Ken Doherty and Peter Ebdon, to experience a gradual descent down the ranking list. On Saturday the 19th April 2008 - the 39th Snooker World Championship, ...
World Snooker Championships: The two Ronnie's (1282 words)
by thedevilinme - written on 27.04.07 (Very useful, 247 readings)
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One seasoned snooker reporter once quoted that there was a lot of interesting personalities at Sheffield and most of them were Ronnie O`Sullivans. The snooker is all about Ronnie these days and he knows it. What ever the Rocket does will make the news. What ever anybody else does in snooker that doesn’t involve Ronnie won’t make the news. His increasingly erratic behavior is not so much about depression or problems at home but the lack of a stable family life. The Essex boy is constantly acting up like his old man (doing life for braining two bouncers) and his antics seem to be the only way to communicate his admiration for his father. Look dad, I’m just like you. A ...
