Billiards
BilliardsOne Word, Two Rulebooks: The First Trap in Every Billiards Analysis2026-10-27In April 2026, at frame 16 of the World Snooker Championship final at the...
BilliardsVietnamese Billiards Enters a Cycle of Data Standardisation and Discipline Identification2026-10-08Vietnamese billiards is facing a dual demand: to compete better and to be...
Billiards12 Racks, 200 Spectators and One Cue Ball: Inside Day Two of the 120-Rack Marathon in Da Nang2026-09-17The referee bent down, took a cloth, and wiped the cue ball. Nobody in the Pe...
BilliardsSofia 2026: 45 Entries, Eight Brackets and a Cup for the Eliminated2026-09-16At nine in the evening on a March day, I sat in the corner of a practice room...
One Word, Two Rulebooks: The First Trap in Every Billiards AnalysisIn April 2026, at frame 16 of the World Snooker Championship final at the...
Kyren Wilson Wins 2026 Northern Ireland Open: A 9-2 Victory Built on Attacking Snooker Against Jak JonesIn a final that showcased the purest form of modern attacking snooker, Kyren...
Thorsten Hohmann Withdraws from Mosconi Cup: The Silence Between the Practice Room and Match PressureThe Silence Before a Decision That evening, Thorsten Hohmann did not stand at...
Straight Pool at the 2026 European Championships: One Final Ball, Two Gold MedalsAt table two, Jim Telfer was one ball from gold. The scoreboard read 74-29 in...
The Transfer Window Paradox: When Player Valuation Data Is Just NoiseIn the summer 2026 transfer window, a Premier League club paid 12 million eur...
World Billiards 2026: The Class of 2026, Chinese Money and the Reshaping of PowerThe session in Sheffield ran into its fifth hour. At the table, a 51-year-old...
Stan Moody Beats Gary Wilson to Win Snooker 900: A Win of Format, Not FormFinal result Stan Moody, a 20-year-old player from Halifax, England, beat Gar...
Vietnamese Billiards Enters a Cycle of Data Standardisation and Discipline IdentificationVietnamese billiards is facing a dual demand: to compete better and to be...
Professional Billiards After the 2026 Earthquake: Integrity, Generations and the Money Moving EastJune 2026. At the Bristol headquarters of the World Professional Billiards an...
Chou Chieh-Yu and the 2026 Women's 9-Ball Crown: 18 Sets Won, 2 Lost, and the Sediment Layers of a Billiards Culture Without MiraclesIn a small room in Hai Phong, I rewound the closing sequence of the 2026 Kamu...
Chou Chieh-Yu and the Sediment of a Crown Without MiraclesOn the third set of the final, when the 9-ball rolled into the corner pocket...
Snooker prize tables in the 2026/26 season: How Gulf money is rewriting the rankingsThe sponsorship contract for the Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters contains two...
Forty-Five People Learning to Brush the Cloth: The Referee Supply Chain Snooker Never MeasuresOn table seven at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds, a trainee bends down,...
Selby's Three Centuries in Shenzhen and the Trap of a Short MatchIn the sixth frame, Mark Selby ran off 138 points in a single visit and set...
Anthony Meglino and the One Pocket Title at Village Cue Club: A 0-7 Comeback Measured in Single BallsInside the Village Cue Club room in North Palm Beach, Florida, there was a...
Hoang 'Sao' from Qualifiers to Round of 16: What Lies Behind the Run at Phu Tho ArenaDuong Quoc Hoang has appeared at the 10-ball world championship exactly three...
Duong Quoc Hoang and the 10-Ball Equation: When the Call-Shot Rule Erases LuckI was sitting in front of a screen at 2 a.m. Liverpool time, watching a...
10-Ball World Championship in Ho Chi Minh City: $701,000, the Call-Shot Rule, and the Real Equation for Duong Quoc HoangI open the contract before I open my mouth. In the published prize breakdown ...
Jimmy White Beats Matthew Stevens 6-5 in International Championship Qualifying: Age 64 and the Limits of the Short FormatThe deciding eleventh frame lasted less than ten minutes. Matthew Stevens got...
Jimmy White 6-5 Matthew Stevens: Short Format, Age 64 and the Decider at the 2026 International Championship QualifiersAt the deciding frame, Stevens was first to the table. He had just clawed bac...
Jimmy White's 6-5 Qualifying Win at the International Championship: Three Layers of Data and One Conclusion I Refuse to DrawThe deciding frame. Matthew Stevens got in first, made nine, then stopped. A...
The Journey of a Number in Vietnamese BilliardsIt was a Saturday afternoon at a billiards club on Phu Loi Street in Binh...
Chalkgate in Da Nang: One Table, Two Chalk Brands, and a Contract Missing from the MinutesAt Peri Pool Arena in Da Nang, on the second day of the Taom Challenge x J...
Kyren Wilson Wins 2026 Northern Ireland Open: A 9-2 Victory Built on Attacking Snooker Against Jak JonesIn a final that showcased the purest form of modern attacking snooker, Kyren...
Thorsten Hohmann Withdraws from Mosconi Cup: The Silence Between the Practice Room and Match PressureThe Silence Before a Decision That evening, Thorsten Hohmann did not stand at...
Straight Pool at the 2026 European Championships: One Final Ball, Two Gold MedalsAt table two, Jim Telfer was one ball from gold. The scoreboard read 74-29 in...
The Transfer Window Paradox: When Player Valuation Data Is Just NoiseIn the summer 2026 transfer window, a Premier League club paid 12 million eur...
World Billiards 2026: The Class of 2026, Chinese Money and the Reshaping of PowerThe session in Sheffield ran into its fifth hour. At the table, a 51-year-old...
Stan Moody Beats Gary Wilson to Win Snooker 900: A Win of Format, Not FormFinal result Stan Moody, a 20-year-old player from Halifax, England, beat Gar...
Vietnamese Billiards Enters a Cycle of Data Standardisation and Discipline IdentificationVietnamese billiards is facing a dual demand: to compete better and to be...
Professional Billiards After the 2026 Earthquake: Integrity, Generations and the Money Moving EastJune 2026. At the Bristol headquarters of the World Professional Billiards an...
Chou Chieh-Yu and the 2026 Women's 9-Ball Crown: 18 Sets Won, 2 Lost, and the Sediment Layers of a Billiards Culture Without MiraclesIn a small room in Hai Phong, I rewound the closing sequence of the 2026 Kamu...
Chou Chieh-Yu and the Sediment of a Crown Without MiraclesOn the third set of the final, when the 9-ball rolled into the corner pocket...
Snooker prize tables in the 2026/26 season: How Gulf money is rewriting the rankingsThe sponsorship contract for the Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters contains two...
Forty-Five People Learning to Brush the Cloth: The Referee Supply Chain Snooker Never MeasuresOn table seven at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds, a trainee bends down,...
Selby's Three Centuries in Shenzhen and the Trap of a Short MatchIn the sixth frame, Mark Selby ran off 138 points in a single visit and set...
Anthony Meglino and the One Pocket Title at Village Cue Club: A 0-7 Comeback Measured in Single BallsInside the Village Cue Club room in North Palm Beach, Florida, there was a...
Hoang 'Sao' from Qualifiers to Round of 16: What Lies Behind the Run at Phu Tho ArenaDuong Quoc Hoang has appeared at the 10-ball world championship exactly three...
Duong Quoc Hoang and the 10-Ball Equation: When the Call-Shot Rule Erases LuckI was sitting in front of a screen at 2 a.m. Liverpool time, watching a...
10-Ball World Championship in Ho Chi Minh City: $701,000, the Call-Shot Rule, and the Real Equation for Duong Quoc HoangI open the contract before I open my mouth. In the published prize breakdown ...
Jimmy White Beats Matthew Stevens 6-5 in International Championship Qualifying: Age 64 and the Limits of the Short FormatThe deciding eleventh frame lasted less than ten minutes. Matthew Stevens got...
Jimmy White 6-5 Matthew Stevens: Short Format, Age 64 and the Decider at the 2026 International Championship QualifiersAt the deciding frame, Stevens was first to the table. He had just clawed bac...
Jimmy White's 6-5 Qualifying Win at the International Championship: Three Layers of Data and One Conclusion I Refuse to DrawThe deciding frame. Matthew Stevens got in first, made nine, then stopped. A...
The Journey of a Number in Vietnamese BilliardsIt was a Saturday afternoon at a billiards club on Phu Loi Street in Binh...
Chalkgate in Da Nang: One Table, Two Chalk Brands, and a Contract Missing from the MinutesAt Peri Pool Arena in Da Nang, on the second day of the Taom Challenge x J...
