Snooker is a precision cue sport played on a large baize-covered table, in which players use a cue ball to pot a set sequence of colored and red object balls into six pockets to accumulate points. It originated among British army officers stationed in colonial India in the 1870s before becoming established as a major spectator sport in the United Kingdom during the 20th century. The sport is governed internationally by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association and is not part of the Olympic program.
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First played by British Army officers stationed in India in the second half of the 19th century, the game is played with 22 balls: a white cue ball, 15 reds and six colours – yellow, green, brown, blue, pink and black.
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First played by British Army officers stationed in India in the second half of the 19th century
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A similar game, which originated at the Officers' Mess of the 11th Devonshire Regiment in 1875, combined the rules of two pool games
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The sport is governed internationally by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association and is not part of the Olympic program.
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Steve Davis (born 22 August 1957) is an English retired professional snooker player.
World Snooker Championship (Wikipedia)
Featured In: World Snooker Championship, LeadQuote, Featured In: World Snooker Championship, Lead
The World Snooker Championship is the most prestigious tournament in professional snooker.
Igor Figueiredo (Wikipedia)
Played By: Igor Figueiredo, Lead, snookerQuote, Played By: Igor Figueiredo, Lead, snooker
is a Brazilian professional snooker player
Amine Amiri (Wikipedia)
Played By: Amine Amiri, Lead, snookerQuote, Played By: Amine Amiri, Lead, snooker
is a former professional Moroccan snooker player
Mark Selby (Wikipedia)
Played By: Mark Selby, Lead, snookerQuote, Played By: Mark Selby, Lead, snooker
is an English professional snooker player
George Chenier (Wikipedia)
Played By: George Chenier, Lead, snookerQuote, Played By: George Chenier, Lead, snooker
was a Canadian snooker player widely regarded as one of the best players Canada has ever produced
Bernie Mikkelsen (Wikipedia)
Played By: Bernie Mikkelsen, Lead, snookerQuote, Played By: Bernie Mikkelsen, Lead, snooker
is a Canadian former professional snooker player
Jimmy White (Wikipedia)
Played By: Jimmy White, LeadQuote, Played By: Jimmy White, Lead
is an English professional snooker player
Chan Keng Kwang (German Wikipedia)
Played By: Chan Keng Kwang, Lead, snookerQuote, Played By: Chan Keng Kwang, Lead, snooker
Insbesondere im Poolbillard erfolgreich, spielt er auch Snooker und English Billiards.
Kenny Kwok (German Wikipedia)
Played By: Kenny Kwok, Lead, snookerQuote, Played By: Kenny Kwok, Lead, snooker
ist ein hongkong-chinesischer Poolbillard- und Snookerspieler
Molrudee Kasemchaiyanan (German Wikipedia)
Played By: Molrudee Kasemchaiyanan, Lead, snookerQuote, Played By: Molrudee Kasemchaiyanan, Lead, snooker
Hin und wieder spielte sie zusätzlich Snooker
Johl Younger (German Wikipedia)
Played By: Johl Younger, Lead, snookerQuote, Played By: Johl Younger, Lead, snooker
ist ein ehemaliger australischer Snooker- und Poolbillardspieler
Alok Kumar (German Wikipedia)
Played By: Alok Kumar, Lead, snookerQuote, Played By: Alok Kumar, Lead, snooker
der im English Billiards, im Snooker und auch im Poolbillard Erfolge feiern konnte
Tommy Taylor (athlete) (Wikipedia)
Played By: Tommy Taylor (athlete), Lead, snookerQuote, Played By: Tommy Taylor (athlete), Lead, snooker
along with one in snooker
Michael Shelton (Wikipedia)
Played By: Michael Shelton, LeadQuote, Played By: Michael Shelton, Lead
Michael Shelton is a British sportsman who competed at the Summer Paralympic Games five times between 1960 and 1976 in snooker and other sports.
Alex Higgins (Wikipedia)
Played By: Alex Higgins, LeadQuote, Played By: Alex Higgins, Lead
was a Northern Irish professional snooker player and two-time World Champion
Cliff Thorburn (Wikipedia)
Played By: Cliff Thorburn, LeadQuote, Played By: Cliff Thorburn, Lead
is a Canadian retired professional snooker player
Dennis Taylor (Wikipedia)
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is a Northern Irish former professional snooker player and current commentator
Joe Davis (Wikipedia)
Played By: Joe Davis, LeadQuote, Played By: Joe Davis, Lead
was an English professional snooker and billiards player
Joe Johnson (snooker player) (Wikipedia)
Played By: Joe Johnson (snooker player), LeadQuote, Played By: Joe Johnson (snooker player), Lead
is an English former professional snooker player
Judd Trump (Wikipedia)
Played By: Judd Trump, LeadQuote, Played By: Judd Trump, Lead
is an English professional snooker player
Ken Doherty (Wikipedia)
Played By: Ken Doherty, LeadQuote, Played By: Ken Doherty, Lead
is an Irish retired professional snooker player
Neil Robertson (Wikipedia)
Played By: Neil Robertson, LeadQuote, Played By: Neil Robertson, Lead
is an Australian professional snooker player
Ray Reardon (Wikipedia)
Played By: Ray Reardon, LeadQuote, Played By: Ray Reardon, Lead
was a Welsh professional snooker player who dominated the sport in the 1970s
Mark Williams (snooker player) (Wikipedia)
Played By: Mark Williams (snooker player), LeadQuote, Played By: Mark Williams (snooker player), Lead
is a Welsh professional snooker player
Shaun Murphy (Wikipedia)
Played By: Shaun Murphy, LeadQuote, Played By: Shaun Murphy, Lead
is an English professional snooker player who won the 2005 World Championship
Stuart Bingham (Wikipedia)
Played By: Stuart Bingham, LeadQuote, Played By: Stuart Bingham, Lead
is an English professional snooker player who is a former World Champion and Masters winner
Barry Hawkins (Wikipedia)
Played By: Barry Hawkins, LeadQuote, Played By: Barry Hawkins, Lead
is an English professional snooker player from Ditton, Kent
Kyren Wilson (Wikipedia)
Played By: Kyren Wilson, LeadQuote, Played By: Kyren Wilson, Lead
is an English professional snooker player from Kettering
Luca Brecel (Wikipedia)
Played By: Luca Brecel, LeadQuote, Played By: Luca Brecel, Lead
is a Belgian professional snooker player
Peter Ebdon (Wikipedia)
Played By: Peter Ebdon, LeadQuote, Played By: Peter Ebdon, Lead
is an English former professional snooker player who is a former world champion and current coach
John Parrott (Wikipedia)
Played By: John Parrott, LeadQuote, Played By: John Parrott, Lead
is an English former professional snooker player, who won the 1991 World Snooker Championship
John Higgins (snooker player) (Wikipedia)
Played By: John Higgins (snooker player), LeadQuote, Played By: John Higgins (snooker player), Lead
is a Scottish professional snooker player from Wishaw
Mark Allen (snooker player) (Wikipedia)
Played By: Mark Allen (snooker player), LeadQuote, Played By: Mark Allen (snooker player), Lead
is a Northern Irish professional snooker player from Antrim
Ali Carter (Wikipedia)
Played By: Ali Carter, LeadQuote, Played By: Ali Carter, Lead
is an English professional snooker player
Graeme Dott (Wikipedia)
Played By: Graeme Dott, LeadQuote, Played By: Graeme Dott, Lead
is a Scottish former professional snooker player and former World Snooker Champion
Stephen Maguire (Wikipedia)
Played By: Stephen Maguire, LeadQuote, Played By: Stephen Maguire, Lead
is a Scottish professional snooker player
Terry Griffiths (Wikipedia)
Played By: Terry Griffiths, LeadQuote, Played By: Terry Griffiths, Lead
was a Welsh professional snooker player, coach, and commentator
Matthew Stevens (Wikipedia)
Played By: Matthew Stevens, LeadQuote, Played By: Matthew Stevens, Lead
is a Welsh professional snooker player
Marco Fu (Wikipedia)
Played By: Marco Fu, LeadQuote, Played By: Marco Fu, Lead
is a Hong Kong professional snooker player
Jack Lisowski (Wikipedia)
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is an English professional snooker player from Churchdown, Gloucestershire
Zhao Xintong (Wikipedia)
Played By: Zhao Xintong, LeadQuote, Played By: Zhao Xintong, Lead
is a Chinese professional snooker player who is the current world number one
Mark King (snooker player) (Wikipedia)
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an English former professional snooker player
Dominic Dale (Wikipedia)
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Dominic Dale (born Christopher Dale; 29 December 1971) is a Welsh retired professional snooker player
Ricky Walden (Wikipedia)
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Ricky Walden (born 11 November 1982) is an English professional snooker player from Chester.
Tom Ford (snooker player) (Wikipedia)
Played By: Tom Ford, LeadQuote, Played By: Tom Ford, Lead
Tom Ford (born 17 August 1983) is an English professional snooker player from Leicester.
Ryan Day (snooker player) (Wikipedia)
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Ryan Day (born 23 March 1980) is a Welsh professional snooker player.
Anthony McGill (Wikipedia)
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Anthony McGill (born 5 February 1991) is a Scottish professional snooker player.
Barry Pinches (Wikipedia)
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Barry Pinches (born 13 July 1970) is an English former professional snooker player
Joe Perry (snooker player) (Wikipedia)
Played By: Joe Perry, LeadQuote, Played By: Joe Perry, Lead
Joe Perry (born 13 August 1974) is an English retired professional snooker player and a current commentator and pundit.
Fred Davis (snooker player) (Wikipedia)
Played By: Fred Davis (snooker player), Lead, sportQuote, Played By: Fred Davis (snooker player), Lead, sport
was an English professional player of snooker and English billiards
Alan McManus (Wikipedia)
Played By: Alan McManus, Lead, sportQuote, Played By: Alan McManus, Lead, sport
is a Scottish retired professional snooker player
Darren Morgan (Wikipedia)
Played By: Darren Morgan, Lead, sportQuote, Played By: Darren Morgan, Lead, sport
is a Welsh former professional snooker player
Doug Mountjoy (Wikipedia)
Played By: Doug Mountjoy, Lead, sportQuote, Played By: Doug Mountjoy, Lead, sport
was a Welsh snooker player
Eddie Charlton (Wikipedia)
Played By: Eddie Charlton, Lead, sportQuote, Played By: Eddie Charlton, Lead, sport
was an Australian professional snooker and billiards player
Gary Wilkinson (snooker player) (Wikipedia)
Played By: Gary Wilkinson (snooker player), Lead, sportQuote, Played By: Gary Wilkinson (snooker player), Lead, sport
is an English former professional snooker player
Joe Swail (Wikipedia)
Played By: Joe Swail, Lead, sportQuote, Played By: Joe Swail, Lead, sport
is a Northern Irish former professional snooker player from Belfast
John Spencer (snooker player) (Wikipedia)
Played By: John Spencer (snooker player), Lead, sportQuote, Played By: John Spencer (snooker player), Lead, sport
was an English professional snooker player
Kirk Stevens (Wikipedia)
Played By: Kirk Stevens, Lead, sportQuote, Played By: Kirk Stevens, Lead, sport
is a Canadian former professional snooker player
Hossein Vafaei (Wikipedia)
Played By: Hossein Vafaei, Lead, sportQuote, Played By: Hossein Vafaei, Lead, sport
is an Iranian professional snooker player
Wayne Jones (snooker player) (Wikipedia)
Played By: Wayne Jones (snooker player), Lead, sportQuote, Played By: Wayne Jones (snooker player), Lead, sport
Wayne Jones (born 24 December 1959) is a Welsh former professional snooker player.
Mick Langley (Wikipedia)
Played By: Mick Langley, LeadQuote, Played By: Mick Langley, Lead
Michael Langley (died 14 July 2018) was a British snooker player.
Ding Junhui (Wikipedia)
Played By: Ding Junhui, lead paragraph, playsQuote, Played By: Ding Junhui, lead paragraph, plays
Ding Junhui (Chinese: 丁俊晖; born 1 April 1987) is a Chinese professional snooker player.
Willie Thorne (Wikipedia)
Played By: Willie Thorne, Lead, disciplineQuote, Played By: Willie Thorne, Lead, discipline
was an English professional snooker player who turned professional in 1975
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