Snooker

KARACHI: Pakistan’s Mohammad Sajjad cruised into the semi-finals of the IBSF World Men’s Snooker championship 2014 at the Kanteerva Indoor Stadium in Bangalore, India. Sajjad, having dropped the first couple of frames in the best-of-nine encounter, came back very strongly to clinch five frames on the trot. He won the ...

KARACHI: Pakistan’s Mohammad Sajjad kept his unbeaten run intact by getting the better of Duane Jones of Wales 5-2 to make pre-quarterfinals of the International Billiards and Snooker Federation (IBSF) world amateur championship in Bangalore on Thursday. Sajjad surged to a 3-0 lead to have a firm grip on the ...

KARACHI: Pakistan’s Mohammad Sajjad, a former Asian No 2, stepped into last-32 round as his two compatriots — Mohammad Asif Toba and Hamza Akbar — made shock exit in the ongoing International Billiards and Snooker Federation (IBSF) world amateur championship in Bangalore on Wednesday. The 28-year-old Sajjad, who was reseeded ...

Hamza Akbar of Pakistan scored a lopsided 4-0 win over Brazilian Vinicius Da Silva Fucuta for his fifth win in Group ‘C’ of the Seaways IBSF World Snooker Championships at the Sree Kanteerava Indoor Stadium in Bengaluru, India, on Tuesday. The 21-year-old Akbar came up with a brilliant 127 break ...

Hamza Akbar bagged his fourth victory in Group C after edging Scotland’s Michael Collumb 4-3, which sealed his progress into the last-64 phase. The 21-year-old won with a scoreline of 25-61, 85-14, 81-42, 20-94(90), 60-46, 52-60 and 76-05(56). Meanwhile, Muhammad Sajjad, who is already through to the knockout stages, beat ...

Pakistan’s Muhammad Sajjad claimed his fourth victory in the ongoing IBSF World Championship after receiving a walkover against Philippine’s Felipe Tauro in Group P to move into the knockout stages of the event being played in India. Meanwhile the other two Pakistani cueists, Muhammad Asif Toba and Hamza Akbar, also ...

KARACHI: Pakistan’s Asif Toba caused a big upset in the ongoing IBSF World Championship by defeating Ireland’s Josh Boileau 4-3 yesterday to register his second consecutive victory in the event which is being played in Bangalore, India. Despite being 2-1 down, Asif managed to turn the tide against Boileau – ...

KARACHI: Pakistan’s IBSF World Championship campaign started on a disappointing note yesterday with young cueist Hamza Akbar going down 4-3 against Thailand’s Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn in their Group C match in Bangalore, India. Hamza lost the first frame by just four points and then also conceded the second to give Kritsanut ...