Monica Webb from USA won the season-ending WPBA Championship.
In the final she beat Tour leader Kelly Fisher (England) 7-4.
The semifinals saw Webb beat form player Vivian Villareal (USA) 7-5 while Fisher dominated Sarah Rousey (USA) 7-1.
This was Webb’s first Classic Tour victory from her first final. She played her first pro event in 1995 and […]

Neil Robertson from Australia won the inaugural 2008 Bahrain Championship.
The final against Welshman Matthew Stevens started very well for the Australian. He swept the first three frames with breaks of 129, 117 and 96, before Stevens came back strong to lead 7-6. Robertson managed to take the last three frames though to win 9-7.
Stephen Hendry […]

Thailand’s Thepchaiya Un-Nooh and Reanne Evans from England won gold medals at the 2008 IBSF World Snooker Championships.
Un-Nooh beat Ireland’s Colm Gilcreest 11-7 in the men’s final while Evans bested former champ Wendy Jans (Belgium) 5-3.
Soheil Vahedi (Iran) and Xiao Guodong (China) finished joint third in the men’s event. Emma Bonney (England) and Ching Ching […]

Yang Chin-shun from Taiwan won the Guinness Asian 9-ball Tour Grand Final.
In the final he beat two-time world champion Wu Chia-ching (Taiwan) 11-9 to claim the $36,000 first prize. Wu received $10,000 for second place. The two Filipinos Dennis Orcollo and Alex Pagulayan shared third place.
This was Yang’s seventh win on the Asian Tour but […]

Finland’s Mika Immonen won the 2008 US Open 9-Ball Championships.
The 2001 world champion earned $40,000 by defeating former world 9-ball champion Ronnie Alcano (Philippines) 13-7 in the final. Alcano earned $20,000.
It was sweet revenge for the Finn as Alcano earlier had defeated him 13-7 in the winners’ final.
Warren Kiamco was beaten 11-9 by Immonen in […]

Marco Zanetti from Italy captured the 2008 World Three Cushion Championship.
In a very close final against Torbjörn Blomdahl from Sweden he won 3-2, with the set scores 14-15, 15-8, 15-11, 14-15 and 15-13.
Relative unknowns Jeremy Bury (France) and Peter de Backer (Belgium) shared third place. They were 16th and 14th respectively in the world rankings […]

Ralf Souquet from Germany won his second successive Euro Tour title and 15th overall in the Swiss Open.
In the final the 20-time Euro champ downed fellow German Christian Reimering 9-4. The victory was worth €5000. Reimering’s second place was worth €3300.
In the semi-finals Souquet defeated England’s Philip Burford 9-2. Reimering edged Nick van den Berg […]

Shane Van Boening and Rodney Morris from USA won the PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool.
In the final they defeated England’s Daryl Peach and Mark Gray 11-7 to claim the $60,000 first prize. England earnt $30,000 for their runner-up position.
Holders China (Li He-wen and Fu Jianbo) were beaten 9-5 by England in the semi-finals. 2006 winners […]

England’s Kelly Fisher won the inaugural WPBA Pacific Coast Classic.
In a tight final she beat Vivian Villareal (USA) 7-5.
The semi-finals saw Fisher edge Karen Corr (Ireland) 7-6 while Villareal defeated Monica Webb (USA) 7-5.
It was Fisher’s second Classic Tour victory of the season after having also won the US Open. In total she’s now got […]

Ricky Walden surprised everyone by capturing the 2008 Roewe Shanghai Masters.
He finished in style with a 105 in the final frame to beat fellow Englishman Ronnie O’Sullivan 10-8.
Mark Selby (England) and Scotland’s Stephen Maguire lost out in the semi-finals.
Defending champion Dominic Dale (Wales) was edged out 5-4 by Steve Davis (England) in the first round.
Walden […]