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Eurosport broadcasts snooker for the first time. [27] The channel goes on to provide extensive coverage of the sport both in the UK and across Europe. 2004. No events. 2005. 8 January – Premier League Snooker is relaunched with Sky Sports being the broadcaster of the event, which takes place over a four-month period.
This is a list of notable amateur and professional snooker players, past and present. Players currently on the World Snooker Tour are shown in bold text with a following †. A
This is a list of professional snooker players ordered by the number of "ranking titles" they have won. A ranking title is a tournament that counts towards the snooker world rankings. World rankings were introduced in the 1976–77 season, initially based on the results from the previous three World Championships.
The good attendances for the championship match led to John Player deciding to sponsor the 1969 World Snooker Championship as a knock-out format tournament, [11] using their "Players No. 6" brand. [12] The 1969 championship is regarded as the first of the modern snooker era, and was won by John Spencer, who defeated Gary Owen 37–24 in the final.
Jonathan Birch (snooker player) Antony Bolsover; Nigel Bond; Emma Bonney; Malcolm Bradley; Karl Broughton; Albert Brown (snooker player) Alec Brown (snooker player) Oliver Brown (snooker player) Wayne Brown (snooker player) Ian Burns (snooker player) Karl Burrows; Craig Butler (snooker player)
The BBC began broadcasting in colour in 1967 and was on the lookout for programmes that would exploit the new technology. [1] [2] The idea of broadcasting snooker, then still a minor sport, was the brainchild of David Attenborough who was the controller of BBC2 at the time. [3]
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Player Country Debut Last appearance Total appearances Best John Pulman England 1969: 1980: 11 Runner-up (×1 – 1970) John Spencer England 1969: 1986: 18 Winner (×3 – 1969, 1971, 1977) Rex Williams England 1969: 1988: 15 Semi-final (×3 – 1969, 1972, 1974) Bernard Bennett England 1969: 1974: 4 Quarter-final (×1 – 1969) Gary Owen Wales ...