The Riyadh Season Snooker Championship is set to return and, with it, so too has the tournament’s ‘golden ball’. Keen to add further excitement to their competition, Saudi Arabian officials ...

The lucrative snooker event has prompted attention because of the introduction of a golden ball and $500,000 (£393,000) prize for a new 167 maximum break. “He’s a very smart man when it comes ...

The golden ball will be positioned in the middle of the ... for one or more newsletters from The Standard. Back in March, snooker became the latest sport to head over to Saudi Arabia and O ...

The Wizard of Wishaw competed at the first Riyadh Season Snooker Championship when it was held in March this year. He revealed just how much the pressure of trying to pot the Golden Ball had got ...

The second Riyadh Season Saudi Snooker Invitational is underway ... when compared to the prize for potting the unique golden ball. Placed in the middle of the baulk cushion, players cannot ...

World Snooker's top ten players, plus two wildcards ... If that happens, the player can pot the golden ball. That is the only time that a player can pot the extra ball. If a player accidentally pots ...

The Riyadh Season Snooker Championship will have a first ... Only once that initial 147 is sealed can the golden ball be potted and it will be taken off the table once a 147 break is no longer ...