The scent of change in Hong Kong hits before the airport doors finish sliding shut behind you. Even now, as the taxi speeds off Lantau Island – home to the city’s international airport since 1998 – ...

Sinner, the men's world No. 1, has obliterated the field at Roland Garros. But he isn't really playing clay-court tennis.

FOR NEARLY A quarter-century, one of the most famous home run balls in baseball history sat on a shelf inside a case in Neil ...

Richard Mann reflects on this year's World Snooker Championship ... was his relentless brilliance in the balls and sheer will to win that allowed him to make it as far as the last four.

This makes snooker less forgiving than pool; if a ball isn’t traveling straight into a pocket, it’s just as likely to catch the corner and bounce out again. All these factors make chaining ...

In a telly yarn last year on ITV, The Rocket reminisced about how Williams seamlessly returned from a spell playing pool in China with chunky balls to immediately dominating the snooker scene ...

The veteran at least ensured there would be a fourth session when he closed to 15-8 thanks to a gutsy break, yet persistent misses among the balls meant ... years ago I made a little mistake and now I ...

Shaun Murphy, another former world champion and BBC pundit, said: "They were just leaving the balls on the floor like an obstacle course, to make it harder for them!" Article continues below The ...

MARK Williams has become the oldest Snooker ... made the semis in 1985 aged 52. But he ended up losing 16-5 to No.1 seed Steve Davis, who was denied the title on the final black ball by Dennis ...

Mark Selby, a four time world champion in Sheffield (2014, 2016, 2017, 2021), crashes out of World Snooker Championship in first round to qualifier Ben Woollaston; Woollaston will face Si Jiahui in ...