Snooker & Friends

Ronnie threatens to withdraw from the Championship League 2020 if he's not allowed to take his own food. The Championship league is held at the Marshall Arena Complex in Milton Keynes. O'Sullivan is set to play in the championships league against Kishan Hirani, Chris Wakelin and Micheal Georgiou in group 10 of the 64- man opening stage. O'Sullivan is not keen on eating hotel cooked food and emphasised on bringing his own food during the tournament. He fears that it could be risky eating food cooked by the hotel staff. "As long as my desire to stay healthy is respected and I could take my own food, I am happy to play. Once I heard of the other measures being taken, I was happy to play" "I don't trust people cooking my food at the hotel during these time. I have been assured that it will be okay but you never know until you arrive there and see what happens" "If I feel the food situation is not right and I am not allowed to bring my own pre-prepar...

Credits - Getty Images Ronnie has admitted that Judd Trump is the best in the world in the current situation but has a long way to go to be called one of the greats in the game. Trump has won 6 ranking titles in this season but O'Sullivan thinks that he is capable of much more. Ronnie is not surprised by Trump's record-breaking achievement as he thinks he is capable to do wonders in the game of snooker. He's a brilliant player, he's got so much talent, cue power he can play shots that no one else can play "He's a confidence player as well, you can be 5-6 frames up on him but if he starts fancying it, the scoreboard goes out of the window. He pots and pots and scores and scores and he does it so quickly as well" I'm not surprised he's won 6 tournaments this season because there's so many tournaments now, if you play 18 tournaments, you can win one in three, one in two! Credits : World Snooker Trump has won the International Championsh...

Credits - Daily Mirror Earlier this year, Ronnie O'Sullivan decided not to enter the Masters 2020 citing personal reasons. Well this was the first time that the 7-time Masters champion Ronnie O'Sullivan decided not to enter the event. He proclaimed that "it was a mistake on world snooker's part and they hope to accept it. O’Sullivan Personal reasons not behind Masters absence It's a fantastic tournament but I just didn't want to play in it this year.I'm looking forward to doing some other stuff The masters is such a great tournament that I just think that spot should go to someone who's dedicated to the game, loves playing and will give 100 percent" But in the recent live session with Stephen Hendry, Ronnie revealed the actuals reasons why he didn't enter the tournament. It was the interviews after the match that exhausted Ronnie and made him make this decision It wasn't playing in the masters but all the stuff that go...

Ronnie O'Sullivan believes that dad's 18-year jail sentence affected his career. Ronnie senior was jailed for murder in 1992 for a period of 18 years and the rocket believed that he was big force driving him. He kept him on the straight and narrow. "To not have him was tough. It was teamwork". "From 1995-2000 I won a few tournaments but I was never really consistent as I should've been.  "I probably wasted 5 years of my career. My dad was away and when he went away, it took me a year to get my head around accepting that he wasn't going to be around" "When I won that tournament, I devoted that win to him and if I never won another tournament, it would be fine" The 5 time world championship thinks that he would have surpassed Hendry's record of 7 world titles if he had not lost his attention. "I certainly would have enjoyed my career more having him around than not having him around. I would have won more tournaments if he was t...

Credits - Daily Star World Snooker Chairman Barry Hearn has revealed that the world snooker championship might get cancelled if ruled out for the second time due to the outbreak of CoronaVirus. Hearn said - " I'd rather get it on at the crucible or have nothing". The world championship was supposed to start by the 18th April till the 5th of May but due to the pandemic, it had to be postponed. I don't want to lose the world championship. It's an important thing for the sport and for millions of TV audiences across the globe Although there is a alternative date for the world snooker championship but if that doesn't get allowance by the UK government, the championship might just be cancelled.  Depending on the government's advice, the world snooker officials have stated that they have 3 options -  Playing matches with reduced crowd Playing behind closed doors Postpone the event to a later date  "To be honest, if you went past the alternative date, you wo...

Snooker was born in India Credits - The Better India Not many people are aware that the game of snooker originated in India. It was invented in 1875 in the province of Jabalpur and has since grown into a major international sport with a viewership of almost 500 million. WST ( World Snooker TV) will collaborate with the Indian Business group (IBG) to celebrate the 145th anniversary of the sport. They will be discussing the sports originality and it's current situation in a special week starting from 11th May- 15th May. This will be broadcasted on the all WST's digital platforms which will include classic matches and interviews with current and past indian snooker players. Snooker's 145th anniversary falls at a time when there is a major outbreak in the world which also led to the postponement of the World Snooker Championship. Now is the perfect time to explore the relationship between India, Snooker and Fans. Sport can bring people together and help them to ...