Mike Russell from England won the 2007 World Billiards Championship.
Fellow Englishman Chris Shutt from England took silver after losing 2166-1710 in the final. Defending champion Geet Sethi (India) and David Causier (England) finished joint third.
Russell had the two highest breaks in the event; a 494 and a 482.
He has now won a record eight world […]

Taiwan’s Ching-Shun Yang won the Singapore leg of the Guinness Asian 9-ball Tour.
In the final he beat Malaysia’s Ibrahim Amir 11-8 to claim the $15,000 first prize. Alex Pagulayan (Philippines) and Chia-Ching Wu (Taiwan) shared third place.
Yang also won the Kaohsiung event earlier in the season.
With this win Yang moves to the top of the […]

Germany’s Oliver Ortmann won the World Straight Pool Championship.
In a tight final he beat surprise package Huidji See (Netherlands) 200-171. The losing semifinalists were Martin Kempter (Austria) and Danny Harriman (USA).
This was the German’s second world title. In 1995 he won the World 9-ball Championship. In straight pool he has won five European titles (1987, […]

Germany’s Oliver Ortmann won the World Straight Pool Championship.
In a tight final he beat surprise package Huidji See (Netherlands) 200-171. The losing semifinalists were Martin Kempter (Austria) and Danny Harriman (USA).
This was the German’s second world title. In 1995 he won the World 9-ball Championship. In straight pool he has won five European titles (1987, […]

Sue Thompson (Scotland) and Gareth Potts (England) won the World Eightball Pool Championship.
Thompson, who now has a record eight world titles, defeated Northern Ireland’s Emma Cunningham 8-3 in the deciding match. These two players have contested the last four finals, with Cunningham tasting victory in 2005. Thompson has reached the final in each of her […]

Allison Fisher came out on top in the Florida Classic.
Fisher from England defeated South Korea’s Ga-Young Kim 7-4 in the final. Melissa Herndon (USA) and Xiaoting Pan (China) finished joint third.
This was her first WPBA win of the season and the 55th title of her career.
The victory solidifies Fisher’s top position in the WPBA Rankings. […]

Legendary Swede Torbjörn Blomdahl won the three cushion World Cup event in Porto, Portugal.
In the final he overwhelmed Roland Forthomme (Belgium) 3-0 (15-5, 15-1, 15-3).
Filipos Kasidokostas from Greece and Frédéric Caudron (Belgium) shared third spot.
Blomdahl has now won two out of three events this season and three of the last four overall.
The Swede also had […]