Pot The BlackLast week I left you at the Shenzhen Open quarter-finals, and the bottom half of that draw played out pretty much the way it looked on paper. Wu Yize won the title, climbed to second in the world, and
Last week I said we'd have proper results out of Marrakech by now, and we do. It's a good story too. Declan Brennan went one better than last year to win the IEPF World Singles title, Morocco took the
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Snooker's Home Nations Series has now delivered two finals in the space of a week, and both storylines from last week's turbulence have resolved themselves — neither the way the headlines were pointing
It's been a pressure cooker of a week on the circuit. Seven days ago we crowned two new world number ones. This week, both of them found out exactly what that ranking is worth. Zhao Xintong, fresh off
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Settling disputes from Auckland pubs to international arenas. Select a sport to view core technicalities.
View complete rulebookRack tightly. The cue ball must pocket a ball or drive 4 balls to the rails to avoid a re-rack.
BCA standards require calling the ball and pocket. Casual 'pub' rules often differ—check the local house rules.
Any foul results in ball-in-hand for the opponent, placed anywhere on the table (not just behind the headstring).
Cleanly pocket the 8-ball after your group is gone. Scratching on the 8-ball is an automatic loss.
