Matchroom Sport : Press Releases

Tuesday 21 May 2013

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Press Releases

Premier League Poker is back - 13/03/2013
The Partypoker.com Premier League Poker is back for its 6th season and the tournament returns to London after a two year hiatus. Aspers Casino in Westfield, Stratford in East ...

test by colewood - 12/03/2013
test by colewood ...

WPT Premier League stars set for Vienna showdown - 28/03/2012
THE FIFTH edition of PartyPoker.com’s thrilling Premier League Poker franchise is back by popular demand. As a World Poker Tour® special event, WPT Premier League V is set to take ...

WPT Premier League stars set for Vienna showdown - 28/03/2012
The fifth edition of PartyPoker.com’s thrilling Premier League Poker franchise is back by popular demand. As a World Poker Tour® special event, WPT Premier League V is set to take ...

PartyPoker.com launch Premier League Poker Mixed Game Championship - 17/10/2011
PartyPoker.com and Matchroom Sport are delighted to announce an extension to the world famous Premier League format as the PartyPoker.com Premier League Poker Mixed Game Championship will take place from ...

Big Game V breaks new streaming ground - 13/06/2011
In another first for poker, the Matchroom Sport-produced PartyPoker.com Big Game V was streamed for 48 hours uninterrupted on the internet via www.pokernews.com and in a unique twist, as well ...

Matchroom lead the way with two WPT firsts - 06/04/2011
Matchroom Sport, who have lead the way in televised poker since their first event over ten years ago, have again set new industry standards in their poker coverage. Recently on location ...

Great Dane Hansen pockets million in FullTiltPoker.com Poker Million IX - 10/12/2010
Exciting plans for tenth edition in 2011 after Great Dane pockets million. Gus Hansen ended 2010 million richer after winning the FullTiltPoker.com Poker Million IX title live on Sky Sports on ...

Audley Harrison joins Full Tilt Poker - 11/10/2010
World Heavyweight title challenger to represent poker giants Audley Harrison has signed a sponsorship deal with Full Tilt Poker ahead of his World Heavyweight title fight with David Haye in ...

PartyPoker.com/Blog sponsor new series of The Poker Show with Jesse May - 28/06/2010
The new season of ‘The Poker Show with Jesse May,’ with the first one hour show being broadcast on Wednesday 30th June and available to download from 12pm, under new ...

Matchroom Sport secure WPT Europe production - 21/04/2010
Matchroom Sport, the world's leading producers and distributors of televised poker, are delighted to announce that they will be producing the World Poker Tour's European events. The WPT visit venues around ...

Full Tilt Poker to sponsor poker's biggest ever live challenge - 10/11/2009
Matchroom Sport is delighted to announce that the Full Tilt Poker Durrrr Million Dollar Challenge will take place in London from November 17-19th. Tom “Durrrr” Dwan issued the challenge in July ...

latest news...

Matchroom Sport sign new deal with Sky Sports

MATCHROOM SPORT is delighted to announce an exciting new five year agreement with Sky Sports to bring a variety of outstanding events to the world’s premier sports channel. Commencing this...
April 05 2013

Betfair Sponsor Snooker's World Championship

World Snooker is delighted to announce Betfair as the new title sponsor of the sport’s biggest tournament, the World Championship. The Betfair World Championship will run from April 20 to May...
March 25 2013

Premier League Poker is back

The Partypoker.com Premier League Poker is back for its 6th season and the tournament returns to London after a two year hiatus. Aspers Casino in Westfield, Stratford in East...
March 13 2013

Sky Sports & PDC extend live darts partnership

Sky Sports will take its partnership with the Professional Darts Corporation into a 25th year thanks to a new five-year broadcast deal. The agreement offers Sky Sports viewers over 50 days...
March 07 2013

Taking our coverage to the next level

The PGA EuroPro Tour is taking its TV coverage to the next level in 2013 with extra on-course cameras, specialist on-course commentary from former PGA Tour and European Tour star...
February 05 2013

Motocaddy backs EuroPro Tour for eighth year

Motocaddy has been unveiled as the ‘Official Electric Trolley’ brand of the PGA EuroPro Tour for an eighth consecutive year, supporting a professional circuit that has produced Major winners including...
February 05 2013

BetVictor Sponsor Snooker's Welsh Open

World Snooker is delighted to announce BetVictor as the new title sponsor of next week's Welsh Open. The BetVictor Welsh Open will run from February 11-17 at the Newport Centre...
February 05 2013

World's top eight to compete in Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters

The world's top eight darts players are to visit Dubai this year for the $250,000 Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters, which will be played on May 23 & 24 at...
January 23 2013

Masters Prize Money Increased

Following the outstanding success of the Betfair Masters, prize money for snooker's greatest invitation event will be increased from £500,000 to £600,000 next year. The top prize for the 2014...
January 21 2013

Froch v Kessler II is on

Matchroom Sport and Sauerland Promotion are delighted to announce that Carl Froch and Mikkel Kessler will fight in Britain. The huge super middleweight rematch is the fight of the year in...
January 15 2013

BBC's World Snooker Deal Extended

The BBC will continue to broadcast snooker’s biggest domestic tournaments until at least 2017, extending the current agreement by three years. The BBC will continue as host broadcaster of the World...
January 09 2013

McCoy's Premier League Darts expanded to ten players

THE McCoy's Premier League Darts will feature TEN players in 2013 under a new format which was announced on Wednesday evening, with Michael van Gerwen, Wes Newton and Robert Thornton...
January 02 2013

Ladbrokes World Darts Championship - Draw Made & Sid Waddell Trophy Unveiled

ADRIAN LEWIS will open the defence of his Ladbrokes World Darts Championship against debutant Gino Vos and Phil Taylor will meet Michael Mansell as the pair begin their battle for...
December 04 2012

Betfair Sponsor The Masters

World Snooker is delighted to announce that Betfair will sponsor the Masters for the first time this season. Snooker’s most prestigious invitation event will be known as the Betfair Masters....
November 08 2012

Snooker's Big Events On Big Screens!

Fans around the UK will be able to come together in city centres to enjoy World Snooker tournaments this season thanks to the BBC's Big Screens. The Big Screen coverage will...
November 07 2012