Billiards
The Empty Billiards Analysis and the Price of a Rushed ConclusionIn a press room in Beijing earlier this year, two reporters sitting side by...
Name the Discipline Before Counting the Shots: The Methodological Gap in Vietnamese BilliardsLast November, at a billiards club on Phu Loi Street in Thu Dau Mot, a coach...
Seven Frames, Three Fallen Giants: What the Northern Ireland Open Second Round Actually Told UsStuart Bingham stood up, bowed to the table, shook his opponent's hand and...
Mark Allen Returns in Belfast After 10 Weeks of Treatment: A 4-2 Defeat That Measures NothingAt the end of the table, the handshake lasted longer than usual, and both men...
Play Snooker App: Six Months On – WPBSA Builds a Digital Home for Grassroots SnookerSix months after its launch, the Play Snooker app developed by the World...
Cheung Ka Wai, the Fear He Named, and the Deciding Frame in BelfastThe deciding frame began with a silence longer than usual. Cheung Ka Wai stoo...
One Word, Six Rulebooks: Why Vietnamese Billiards Coverage Must Name the Discipline11 p.m. in a billiards hall on Nguyen Thien Thuat Street, Nha Trang. The...
World Billiards: One Sport, Three Systems That Speak Different LanguagesOn the night of 5 May 2026, at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, Zhao Xinton...
World Snooker After Sheffield: The Class of '75 Steps Back, China Takes OverOn the final night in Sheffield, as the last ball rolled into the pocket, a...
World 10-Ball Championship: Szewczyk Completes Brace, Kaci's 10-Ball DominanceIn a tournament where 96 players competed and every break could decide a set,...
Chung Su-bin wins the LPBA: the first title for the "model" of Korean billiardsChung Su-bin lowered her cue. The scoreboard stopped at 11-5, closing the fif...
World Billiards in the Data Age: A Map of Cues That Do Not Share a LanguageA Room in Binh Duong, and a Shot Worth No Points In a practice room in Binh...
Classifying Billiards: Six Rule Systems, One Name, and the Trap of Every AnalysisClassifying Billiards: Six Rule Systems, One Name, and the Trap of Every...
Can Tho and the 30-Point Format That Rewrote Vietnam's Three-Cushion RankingsTran Quyet Chien led 19-13. In a match that runs only to 30 points, a six-poi...
One Word, Five Sports: The Billiards Boundaries Fans Keep ErasingOne October evening in Liverpool, I sat beside a British colleague in the...
Chou Chieh-Yu Wins Women's 9-Ball World Championship in BaliThe final ended in the fifth set, on an evening in Bali, Indonesia. Chou...
Billiards Is Not One Sport: Why Sound Analysis Begins with the DisciplineThat night, at a billiards hall on Nguyen Thien Thuat Street in Nha Trang, a...
Allison Fisher retires with Parkinson's: the file on a two-discipline careerThe 2026 Women's World Snooker Championship final ended 5-1. Nine years later...
Mhet Vergara Wins Joss NE 9-Ball Tour Stop #2: Winners' Side Dominance, Loss Side RisingAt Yale Billiards in Connecticut, the winners'-side scoreboard of Joss NE...
Shaun Murphy reaches Shenzhen Open last 16 with 5-1 win over Hossein VafaeiShaun Murphy has sent a strong statement at the 2026 Shenzhen Open. His 5-1...
Ryan Day Wins Maiden World Seniors Title in Reading: The 127 Break and the Tier-Mismatch QuestionAt the closing visit of the final, Ryan Day cleared the table with a 127 brea...
Mark Allen Withdraws from Shenzhen Open: Shadows Over the 2026/27 SeasonA hooded figure, the somber melody of 'The Sound of Silence' echoing on...
Busuttil Wins Q Tour Europe in Sofia: The 4-0 Over Edward Jones and What the Scoreboard Does Not SaySofia, the last table of the fourth day. Edward Jones struck the first ball...
Aaron Hill and three centuries in qualifying: the Cork cueman knocks on the Scottish Open doorAn empty table. No spectators, no applause, only the click of ball on ball an...
