With the World Championship starting on Saturday at The Crucible, there's no better time to look back on some of snooker's ...

Silvino Francisco, the only African player to win a ranking snooker ... In 1985 Francisco beat Jimmy White, Tony Meo and Alex Higgins on his way to the final of the British Open, where a 12-9 ...

Speculation continues to grow over “Rory Day”, as a hoped-for public celebration of Northern Ireland’s grand slam golf superstar is already dubbed.

For a moment in the mid-1980s snooker ruled the world. The 1985 World Championship final between Steve Davis and Dennis ...

Hong Kong, China snooker player Ng On-yee on Monday defeated World No. 1 Mink Nutcharut of Thailand to defend her title at the British Open in Walsall, England. Ng's 4-3 victory is the SAR athlete ...

Everyone knows it. The last attendance figure for the Phoenix Open was 719,179 in 2018. (The R&A is contemplating a British Open at Portmarnock in Ireland; no word if it will consider expanding ...

Golf legend Jack Nicklaus waves to spectators from the Swilcan Bridge on the 18th hole as he comes close to the end of playing his final round ever in the British Open golf championship on the Old ...

A rare perfect break of 147 at the world snooker championship has earned a lucky fan $33,000. The experience for Brian ...

Turnberry last hosted the British Open in 2009. / David Cannon/Getty Images The British Open hasn't been held at Trump Turnberry since 2009, when Stewart Cink defeated Tom Watson in a playoff.

MARK SELBY dropped his head in despair after getting the draw “he didn’t want” at the World Snooker Championship. The British ...