Hitting the ball above its center point imparts topspin ... Up until now, we’ve looked at idealised models of how snooker balls interact, but the real-world imperfections of the actual game ...

Stephen Hendry has picked out his top five snooker players of all-time, although it may be a unique list as he has left ...

Zhao demolished three-time winner Williams to become China’s first world champion but his complex past means that accomplishment comes with questions ...

Richard Mann reflects on this year's World Snooker Championship, nominating his best and worst from 17 days at the Crucible. A few runners and riders to consider here, and I don’t want to appear ...

Does snooker have its Luke Littler moment ... Just one Williams break above 50 all afternoon told its own story, with Zhao clinically mopping up to extend his lead to 17-8. They emerged for ...

but he’s got an aura about him that makes him appear head and shoulders above the rest. He just glides round the snooker table with a real serenity, making the balls dance to his tune with that ...

it makes me appreciate snooker more.” Whether he has shown the contrition you’d like from any disgraced sportsperson returning from a ban is open to debate. He gave the above quotes in English ...

He was missing balls tonight that I could have potted ... As a result of that suspension he lost his place on the World Snooker Tour before returning as an amateur in September last year, and ...

In the 98 years since Joe Davis became snooker’s first world champion ... Williams is right amongst the balls and currently on a break of 54 and looking to close this frame out.