Snooker

KARACHI: Defending IBSF World Team Championship partners Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Sajjad are confident about successfully retaining their title in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. They will be participating in both the team event and the World 6-Red Tournament, which will simultaneously be played from June 18 to 29. “We’re extremely ...

KARACHI: Pakistan earned a lion’s share after its quartet cruised into the last-16 (pre quarter-final) knockout round of the 15th Asian under-21 snooker championship in the Indian city of Chandigarh on Wednesday. According to results made available here, country’s top junior cueist Mohammad Majid Ali, who topped group B with ...

KARACHI: Mohammad Majid Ali notched his third consecutive win to maintain an unbeaten run in the 15th Asian U21 Snooker Championship, which is under way in Mohali, India. Majid thumped Syrian Yazan Hadad 4-0 as he won with a scoreline of 79-30, 83-12, 55-20 and 71-14. Meanwhile in another match, Hamza ...

KARACHI:  Muhammad Majeed Ali followed up his excellent start with another victory as he defeated UAE’s Obaid Al-Mehairi Badar 4-0 on the second day of the 15th Asian Snooker U21 Championship 2014 in Chandigarh on Sunday. Majeed outclassed Badar 72-9, 78-24, 65-15, 65-40 in the Group B match, which also features Iran’s ...

PARIS: So unbeatable for so long until the closing days of Grand Slam tournaments, Roger Federer is suddenly accumulating early exits. Federer’s streak of nine consecutive quarterfinals at the French Open ended on Sunday with a 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (7-3), 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 fourth-round loss to Ernests Gulbis of Latvia. ...

KARACHI: The Pakistan snooker team is once again facing issues over obtaining visas ahead of the 15th Asian U21 Snooker Championship in Mohali, India. Pakistan were not given visas previously as well, and the tournament had to be postponed after complaints from the Pakistan Billiards and Snooker Association (PBSA). Muhammad ...

KARACHI: Pakistan’s Mohammad Sajjad, who won the IBSF World Snooker Team Championship along with Mohammad Asif, is hoping that they will finally get their overdue prize money from the government soon. Sajjad spoke after the recent development in which Prime Minister (PM) of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, is likely to meet ...

FUJAIRAH, UAE: Iranian cueist Hossein Vafaei Ayouri has demonstrated remarkable skills in the 25th edition of the IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship and clinched the gold medal of the prestigious international event. On Monday, the 19-year-old athlete beat Ireland’s Josh Boileau by eight frames to three in a competitive six-hour-long ...