Peter Ebdon retires from professional snooker after injury

By
Peter Ebdon won the 2002 WSC against Stephen Hendry 
Peter Ebdon, former world championship has retired from the professional snooker after injury. He opted to end his career than to have spinal surgery after enduring neck, back, shoulder and arm pain.

Ebdon, 49, won the 2002 world snooker championship after beating Stephen Hendry 18-17 in a thrilling final. He got into the final of the world championship thrice (1996, 2002 and 2006 ). During his 29 year career,  Peter Ebdon won 6 ranking events including the UK championship in 2006.

Ebdon said - " I had a MRI scan several weeks ago and that showed significant wear and tear in my neck and I have been in pain since Christmas"

He also said - " Two of my vertebrae needs to be replaced which is too risky as if it went wrong, I could be on a wheelchair my entire life. IT"S FAR TOO RISKY"

Barry Hearn congratulated Ebdon on his wonderful career. Following was his tweet -


-- Check out our other social media accounts for more snooker --

SOCIAL MEDIA  -

1) Facebook 

2) Instagram

3) Youtube 

READ MORE --

-- Ronnie O'Sullivan Best Performance of his Snooker Career --

-- When Will World Snooker Championship Start --

-- I would love to win another World Title - Ronnie O'Sullivan --


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Top 5 Fastest Maximum 147 Breaks in Snooker

By
Image
Credits - Snooker Shorts A maximum break in snooker is commonly known as a 147. The 147 is achieved when a snooker player pots all 15 reds with 15 blacks and then the remaining 6 colors which contribute 27 points. When we speak of maximum breaks, the only snooker player that comes to our minds is  Ronnie O'Sullivan . Ronnie O'Sullivan has compiled 15th maximum breaks throughout his snooker career. There's no other player who can entertain us more than Ronnie O'Sullivan . Ronnie holds the record of the fastest maximum break which stands at 5 minutes and 8 seconds. But there are other maximum breaks too which have been fastest after O'Sullivan's fastest break.  Here is the list of top 5 fastest maximum 147 breaks and as expected, Ronnie O'Sullivan holds all the top 5  1. Ronnie O'Sullivan (1997) - 5:08 seconds 2. Ronnie O'Sullivan (2003) - 6:30 seconds 3. Ronnie O'Sullivan (2001) - 6:36 seconds 4. Ronnie O'Sullivan (2000) - 6:40 seconds 5. Ronn...
Read more

"By the time I'm 50 I'll call it a day, I can't go on forever" - Ronnie reveals retirement plans

By
Image
Ronnie O'Sullivan joins Andy Goldstein in the snooker podcast " The Break" . In this interesting podcast, O'Sullivan discusses about how his life changed in the 1990's after he got popular as a snooker player, the imprisonment of his dad and how a spell in rehab proved to be a turning point in his career. *SUBSCRIBE TO RONNIE O'SULLIVAN - THE ROCKET ON YOUTUBE* The 5 time world champion explains the role of Ray Reardon and Steve Peters in making him a better snooker player.  "By the time I’m 50 I'll call it a day... I can’t go on forever" @ronnieo147 reveals his retirement plans to @andygoldstein05 in the latest episode of the Snooker Vodcast 🎧 You can also listen to The Break - Eurosport's new snooker podcast here: https://t.co/eJqirMkrIC — Eurosport UK (@Eurosport_UK) April 24, 2020 While discussing his retirement plans, he said - "By the time I'm 50 I'll call it a day, I can't go on forever"...
Read more