Press Releases

BGC Partners to sponsor Masters in January - 12/01/2012
World Snooker are delighted to announce BGC Partners as the new title sponsor of the Masters, snooker’s greatest invitation event. BGC Partners is a leading global brokerage company primarily servicing the ...

Tickets selling fast for World Snooker Shoot-Out - 05/01/2012
Tickets for the final weekend of the World Snooker Shoot-Out in Blackpool in January have sold out, with only a few VIP packages left for the last day. The one-frame knockout ...

Redeem Tesco Clubcard vouchers for Masters snooker tickets - 09/11/2011
World Snooker have teamed up with Tesco to give shoppers the chance to watch the world's best snooker players at the Masters in London in January 2012. Snooker’s most prestigious invitation ...

OpenBet team up with Matchroom, PDC and World Snooker - 01/11/2011
Leading online gaming software supplier, OpenBet, is proud to announce it has teamed up with renowned sports promoters, Matchroom Sport, Professional Darts Corporation and World Snooker, to develop a range ...

Wyldecrest Park Homes extend World Seniors sponsorship - 28/10/2011
World Snooker are delighted to announce that Wyldecrest Park Homes has renewed its title sponsorship of the World Seniors Championship. The tournament was staged for the first time last year and ...

Live Streaming Opens Snooker To Global Audience - 04/09/2011
World Snooker has signed a new five year agreement with digital sports media company PERFORM, to live stream all professional tournaments online, opening up the sport to a global audience ...

World Snooker and IMG extend partnership with Eurosport - 07/07/2011
World Snooker, IMG Media and Eurosport have extended their long term partnership for an additional five seasons to give the pan-European channel unprecedented hours of live snooker into 2016. The ...

Premier League Snooker back for 25th season - 13/06/2011
WITH AN exciting new format in place for the 2011 PartyCasino.com Premier League Snooker, Matchroom Sport can announce the eleven venues and fixtures for this year’s event. The competition gets ...

Snooker Scores Massive Viewing Figures - 05/05/2011
The Betfred.com World Snooker Championship achieved fantastic viewing figures both on the BBC and in China. The tournament was widely regarded as one of the best in recent memory, concluding in ...

World Snooker & Rileys launch National Snooker Week - 27/04/2011
World Snooker is teaming up with Rileys Sports Bars to launch the first ever National Snooker Week. The announcement was made at a press conference held by World Snooker's Barry Hearn ...

Masters Snooker Goes To Alexandra Palace - 27/04/2011
The Masters, snooker's most prestigious invitation tournament, will have a new home in 2012 as it moves to Alexandra Palace. The event is one of the highlights of the snooker calendar, ...

World Snooker To Help Kill Cancer - 21/03/2011
World Snooker is set to help raise 250,000 pounds over the next three years to fund new cancer treatments for lung and throat cancer. The campaign with the KILLING Cancer charity ...

PartyCasino.com Sponsor Snooker's PTC Finals - 10/03/2011
World Snooker are delighted to announce PartyCasino.com, the world's largest online casino, as the title sponsor of next week's Players Tour Championship Grand Finals. The new tournament runs from March 16 ...

Record Sales For Crucible Snooker Tickets - 04/03/2011
Tickets for the 2011 Betfred.com World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield have been selling at record levels, with many sessions already sold out. The tournament runs from April ...

IMG Representation deal with World Snooker LTD to become long term partnership - 03/03/2011
IMG Media announced today it has extended its representation deal with World Snooker Limited (WSL), to distribute the worldwide media rights of all live coverage and highlights (excluding domestic deals) ...

Wyldecrest Park Homes To Sponsor Snooker's Welsh Open - 09/02/2011
World Snooker is delighted to announce Wyldecrest Park Homes as the new title sponsor of the Welsh Open. The world ranking tournament, which will be called the Wyldecrest Park Homes Welsh ...

Caesarscasino.com To Sponsor Snooker Shoot-Out - 19/01/2011
Caesarscasino.com has signed up as the title sponsor of the Snooker Shoot-Out, a brand new tournament to take place in Blackpool later this month and televised live on Sky Sports. The ...

World Snooker Extends Broadcast Agreement With BBC - 12/01/2011
Snooker's biggest domestic tournaments will be shown on the BBC for at least another three years thanks to a new agreement with World Snooker. The deal sees the BBC continue as ...

Ladbrokes Mobile to Sponsor Masters at Wembley - 03/01/2011
LEADING BOOKMAKERS LADBROKES are delighted to announce that they have become the title sponsors of the Ladbrokes Mobile Masters taking place at Wembley Arena in the New Year. Snooker's ...

Wyldecrest To Sponsor World Seniors - 28/10/2010
World Snooker is delighted to announce Wyldecrest Park Homes as the title sponsor of next week's World Seniors Championship. The new tournament, which will be called the Wyldecrest Park Homes World ...

Samba Snooker! New Tournament In Brazil - 21/10/2010
World Snooker will be taking the sport to a brand new territory next year with the Brazilian Masters. The tournament, announced at a press conference in London today, will run from ...

12bet.com Takes On The World Through Sponsorship Of Snooker’s World Open - 10/09/2010
World Snooker is delighted to announce online betting firm 12bet.com as the new title sponsor of the World Open. The one-year deal will see the tournament, which runs from September 18 ...

Sky To Televise World Seniors Championship - 05/08/2010
Sky Sports will screen seven one-hour highlights programmes from the new World Seniors Championship over the Christmas period. This follows the recent announcement that Sky will televise the World Snooker Shoot-Out ...

Sky To Televise World Snooker Shoot-Out - 17/05/2010
Sky Sports will televise a World Snooker event for the first time in over six years in the coming season, having signed up for the thrilling new World Snooker Shoot ...