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
History section, origin at the Officers' Mess
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.
Ding Junhui (Wikipedia)
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Ding Junhui (Chinese: 丁俊晖; born 1 April 1987) is a Chinese professional snooker player.
Willie Thorne (Wikipedia)
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was an English professional snooker player who turned professional in 1975
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