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The World Snooker Tour (WST) and the BBC have agreed a five-year extension to the current agreement, ensuring the Triple Crown remains free-to-air. ... and more than 16 million tuning in on TV ...
Eurosport broadcasts snooker for the first time. [27] The channel goes on to provide extensive coverage of the sport both in the UK and across Europe. 2004. No events. 2005. 8 January – Premier League Snooker is relaunched with Sky Sports being the broadcaster of the event, which takes place over a four-month period.
The World Snooker Championship semi-finals provided high drama at the Crucible Theatre. RESULT: Mark Selby holds off furious Mark Allen comeback to win 17-15 in marathon semi-final.
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It was the fourth ranking event of the 2024–25 season (following the 2024 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters and preceding the 2024 British Open) and the first of four tournaments in the season's Home Nations Series (preceding the 2024 Northern Ireland Open, the 2024 Scottish Open, and the 2025 Welsh Open).
The World Snooker Tour in the 2024–25 season initially consisted of 127 professional players, but dropped to 126 after Michael White had his WPBSA membership revoked. The tour includes the top 64 players from the prize money rankings after the 2024 World Championship and 31 players who earned a two-year card the previous year.
Robert Joseph Walker MBE (born 13 March 1975 in Oxford, Oxfordshire) is a British sports commentator, television presenter and freelance reporter, who has covered sports including tennis, snooker, darts, boxing, football, sailing, and athletics for the BBC, Channel 4, ITV, Setanta Sports and the IAAF.
The event took place from 23 November to 1 December at the York Barbican in York, England. [6] [7] The ninth ranking event of the 2024–25 season, following the 2024 International Championship and preceding the 2024 Snooker Shoot Out, the tournament was the 48th edition of the UK Championship, which was first held in 1977 as the United Kingdom Professional Snooker Championship.