What popped into my mind after the elections is not politics or the economy, but sports—specifically snooker, which with cues and balls, is akin to billiards or pool. Last year, in the quarterfinals ...

The new Crucible champion received a 20-month suspension from the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) in 2023 for his part in a major match-fixing scandal. Zhao did not ...

In a statement Wednesday, the Chinese Billiards and Snooker Association acknowledged ... to hit the white cue ball to pot one of 15 red balls each worth 1 point, before sinking one of 6 different ...

A game of snooker (called a frame) starts with 21 balls on the table, not including the white cue ball. These are called object balls, and they include 15 red balls, along with one of each of the ...

Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a billiards table, called a baize, where 22 balls — the white cue ball, 15 red and six others that are yellow, green, brown, blue, pink and black ...

The table that snooker is played on is often referred to as a billiard table, as billiards (another cuesport ... a frame of snooker by setting up the balls in a particular way with the 15 red ...