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Gorst Cleared for Takeoff!

NewsMarch 15, 2023August 20, 20250

Note to promoters: Clear a spot in upcoming international events because Fedor Gorst is about to start racking up frequent flyer miles! After a year of filing various applications and responses for immigration status in the U.S., Gorst received confirmation from his immigration attorney Norma He…

SANCTION FREE

NewsJanuary 2, 2023August 20, 20250

In a shocking announcement, Matchroom founder Barry Hearn said that his company will conduct its 2023 tournaments (save for the World Pool Championship) without sanction from the World Pool-Billiard Association. Hearn made the announcement in an interview on Sky Sports during the 2022 Mosconi Cup a…

Lely Departs As Team Europe Captain

NewsDecember 6, 2022August 20, 20250

Almost immediately after guiding Team Europe to an 11-7 victory over Team USA in Las Vegas at the 2022 Mosconi Cup, European captain Alex Lely announced his decision to not return if asked by promoter Matchroom Sport. By Mike Panozzo Lely concluded a three-year stint at the helm of Team Europe w…

No Worlds Left to Conquer

NewsApril 15, 2022August 20, 20250

At 38, American Shane Van Boening finally claimed the one title missing from his trophy case — the World Pool Championship. By Keith ParadisePhotos by Taka Wu The night before the final day of competition in the World Pool Championship, Shane Van Boening slept like a baby — and maybe that sho…

Coming To America

NewsFebruary 15, 2022August 20, 20250

In unveiling its Nineball World Ranking and Matchroom Nineball Schedule, the British promoter has taken on the challenge of creating a global tour for the discipline. What happens next? With the announcement that mega-promoter Matchroom is setting up the structure for a world 9-ball ranking tour…

A Cup Like No Other

NewsNovember 2, 2020August 20, 20250

The only thing certain about the 2020 Mosconi Cup is that nothing is certain. By Mike Panozzo No matter how things shake out, 2020 promises to be a Mosconi Cup like no others. Madness, partisanship and flag-waving figure to be replaced by bubbles, emoji cheers, elbow bumps and nose swabs, as …

KELLY FISHER HOF

NewsJuly 13, 2020August 20, 20250

Kelly Fisher, already the winner of two world titles and dozens of professional events, thought that overcoming heart surgery and a double mastectomy to win her third world crown in 2019 was the most significant achievement of her storied pool career. That all changed July 13 when the 41-year-ol…

‘Hour by hour’

NewsMarch 27, 2020August 20, 20250

The head-spinning pace with which reaction to COVID-19 evolved made for a wild ride in Las Vegas. By Keith ParadiseKarim Belhaj, Chief Executive Officer of Predator Group, sat on the stage that overlooks the Predator World-10 Ball Championship arena on the afternoon of Monday, March 16 — the day…

MATCHROOM’S WORLD 9-BALL TAKEOVER

NewsJanuary 23, 2020August 20, 20250

How it happened. What it means. There were several “tells” in World Pool-Billiards Association (WPA) President Ian Anderson’s early January letter to member federations that the WPA Board of Directors had voted to terminate the Qatar Billiards & Snooker Federation’s contract for the men’…

MOSCONI SHOCKER!

NewsJanuary 17, 2020August 20, 20250

Ruysink out, Jones in as Team USA captain; Lely replaces Chamat for Europe. In a stunning move, Dutchman Johan Ruysink, the winningest captain in Mosconi Cup history and the architect of Team USA’s resurgence, was not invited back to lead the Americans for a fourth year. Instead, event produ…

Gorst Cleared for Takeoff!

SANCTION FREE

Lely Departs As Team Europe Captain

No Worlds Left to Conquer

Coming To America

A Cup Like No Other

KELLY FISHER HOF

‘Hour by hour’

MATCHROOM’S WORLD 9-BALL TAKEOVER

MOSCONI SHOCKER!

Mind & Body

Eye of the Tiger

Queen’s Gambit

The Attention Game