World Snooker Tour
IMG Arena keeps hold of World Snooker Tour betting rights
IMG Arena, the sports betting arm of the IMG agency, has retained the betting streaming rights to one of its leading properties by signing a long-term renewal to its agreement with World Snooker Tour
Betfred extends World Snooker Championship title sponsorship
UK bookmaker Betfred has agreed a one-year extension to its title sponsorship of the World Snooker Championship
World Snooker Tour announces nine events before Christmas
World Snooker Tour has unveiled a revamped calendar for the first half of its 2020-21 season, with nine events between September and December this year
Plans to allow fans into UK events abandoned amid rising Covid infection rates
Plans to allow fans into a number of sporting events across the UK as a pilot for re-opening venues have been cancelled at the last minute, after the country experienced a spike in Covid-19 infection rates
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New World Snooker Championship dates after talks with BBC, Eurosport
The World Snooker Championship has been rescheduled to run from July 31 to August 16 after discussions with stakeholders, including broadcast rights-holders the BBC and Eurosport
Snooker’s biggest tournament to go virtual
This year’s Betfred World Championship was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic but snooker fans can still tune in to see a virtual version of the sport’s biggest tournament.
World Snooker Championship and Invictus Games postponed, Turkish Süper Lig and Pro-14 ‘suspended indefinitely’
The World Snooker Championship has been postponed just days after promotor Barry Hearn suggested that the event could take place behind closed doors during the Covid-19 pandemic
Hearn calls for closed-door sports events during coronavirus outbreak
Matchroom Sport’s Barry Hearn has suggested live televised sport should continue behind closed doors during the coronavirus outbreak and that snooker will wait for government advice before suspending a…
Coronavirus latest: Tokyo 2020 dismisses cancellation reports, SportAccord, Overwatch League and more
Tokyo 2020's organisers have dismissed reports that this summer's Olympics might be cancelled or postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak
World Snooker Tour looks to global future with rebrand
The World Snooker Tour revealed a new corporate identity and name at the start of this year as it marked ten years of ownership by Barry Hearn's Matchroom Sport. The rebrand is intended to see it towards another decade of international growth, with China, India and the Middle East on snooker's radar.
World Snooker takes on WST moniker, plans new online platform
World Snooker, the commercial arm of the sport, has rebranded to World Snooker Tour (WST) stating its ambition to launch an “exciting new online platform” and double prize money over the next decade.
World Snooker postpones Indian Open
World Snooker has postponed the Indian Open world ranking event, which was due to take place from March 24-28 this year, after failing to find a host city
World Snooker signs 10-year hosting deal with Saudi Arabia
World Snooker has announced a 10-year deal with Saudi Arabia's General Sports Authority for a lucrative new tournament to be hosted in the country from 2020
World Snooker signs Indian development deal, unveils Masters ‘luxury experience’
World Snooker has furthered its efforts to promote the sport in India by agreeing a partnership with the India Business Group (IBG), while it has also revealed details of a new “luxury experience” for…
World Snooker adds Austrian event in continued European expansion
World Snooker has announced that it will host its first ever event in Austria next year, with the city of Dornbirn set to host the European Masters in January
World Snooker takes Facebook Live partnership into Pakistan
World Snooker has announced that it will extend its event coverage partnership with social media platform Facebook to cover Pakistan
Facebook grants Indian showcase for World Snooker events
World Snooker has broadened its association with social media platform Facebook by announcing that a number of its major events will this season be streamed free to fans in India via Facebook Live