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Welcome to Totally Snookered! Perfect position for all the latest news, views and stories from snooker's biggest events.

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🕐 13:00GMT
Table 1: Neil Robertson v John Higgins
Table 2: Wu Yize v Mark Allen

🕖 19:00GMT
Table 1: Mark Selby v Jack Lisowski
Table 2: Chris Wakelin v Xiao Guodong

We preview the opening day's action from the 2026 Players Championship 👇

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2026 Players Championship: Draw, results and schedule for Channel 5 televised event
The next stop on the World Snooker Tour is the 2026 Players Championship which takes place at the Telford International Centre between February 17-22.
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February 17, 2026 at 8:52 AM
🎱🏆 This year, it will be two decades on since Mark Selby won the WEPF World 8-Ball Pool Championship.

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February 16, 2026 at 10:04 PM
🗣️ “Listen, I know he wants to win an eighth, there’s no kidding me, and I’d be disappointed if he didn’t because he’s a winning machine, he’s a winning animal".

Full story via the link below.

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February 16, 2026 at 7:33 PM
🙌 The 2026 Players Championship gets underway on Tuesday in Telford.

All the essential info, here 👇

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February 16, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Congratulations to World Billiards Champion David Causier who completed the ultra-rare feat of making a 1,000-plus break in competition last weekend.

Only a handful of players have reached four figures this millennium.

📰 Full story, here 👇

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World Billiards Champion David Causier completes ultra-rare thousand-plus break
Which is harder: a maximum 147 break in snooker, a 9-dart finish, or a hole-in-one in golf? Well, there appears to be a sporting feat of perfection rarer than any of these.
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February 16, 2026 at 9:33 AM
♠️ JACKPOT JIMMY!

When Jimmy White won a major TV poker event, winning a $150,000 top prize.

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February 15, 2026 at 7:41 PM
We are very sorry to hear about the passing of former referee Peter Williamson, aged 77.

Williamson officiated on snooker's top flight for 30 years, retiring in 2021.

We send our condolences to Peter's family and friends.

Photo credit: John Gichigi/Getty Images
February 15, 2026 at 3:26 PM
❌💯 The professional snooker player who REFUSED to make a century break.

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February 14, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Today is the funeral of the late, great John Virgo.

The ceremony is taking place in Spain where John was living.

📷: George Wood/Getty Images
February 14, 2026 at 9:39 AM
📺 A new era of televised snooker coverage in the United Kingdom will begin at the 2026 Players Championship with Channel 5 taking over the broadcasting reigns in Telford.

Information here 👇

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Major champions to make punditry debuts as Channel 5 snooker coverage details emerge
A new era of televised snooker coverage in the United Kingdom will begin at the 2026 Players Championship with Channel 5 taking over the broadcasting reigns in Telford.
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February 13, 2026 at 6:44 PM
🗣️ Channel 5 is set to televise its first professional snooker event next week at the Players Championship.

Here are details on the punditry and commentary teams, with new faces and voices involved.

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February 13, 2026 at 6:30 PM
🏆 Maguire
🏆 N. Robertson
🏆 Xiao
🏆 Allen
🏆 Murphy
🏆 M. Williams
🏆 Lisowski
🏆 Wu
🏆 Selby
🏆 Burden
🏆 Wakelin
🏆 Trump
🏆 Zhao

Will this season's unique streak of ranking event champions continue at the Players Championship in Telford?

📷: World Snooker Tour

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February 13, 2026 at 12:18 PM
The final batch of results from World Open qualifying 👇

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February 12, 2026 at 7:52 PM
✅ UK Champion Mark Selby survives a deciding frame climax against Haydon Pinhey to qualify for the main venue stages of next month's World Open in Yushan.

A gallant Pinhey produced a break of 137 in frame two.

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February 12, 2026 at 6:15 PM
❌ Ding Junhui has failed to qualify for the World Open on home soil in China.

It means we won't see Ding in action again until the World Championship.

Currently 16th on the 'Race to the Crucible' list, his seeding is in jeopardy, and he may be forced to qualify.

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February 12, 2026 at 1:58 PM
✅️ Ronnie O'Sullivan
✅️ Stephen Hendry
✅️ John Higgins
✅️ Mark Williams

A new event in honour of the late John Virgo will be held this spring at Goffs, and is set to feature four of snooker's greatest players of all time!

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February 12, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Several big names won their World Open qualifying matches on Wednesday in Barnsley.

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February 11, 2026 at 11:12 PM
🏆 Champion of Champions
🏆 UK Championship
🏆 Championship League Invitational

A hat-trick of title triumphs this season for Mark Selby.

The best player in the world, right now?

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February 11, 2026 at 10:32 PM
🎩 HISTORIC HAT-TRICK: Mark Selby completes a Championship League Invitational three-peat after defeating Wu Yize 3-1 in the grand final.

His third title win of the season, and his fifth career triumph on home soil in Leicester.

🏆🏆🏆

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February 11, 2026 at 9:31 PM
🆚️ The grand final of the Championship League Invitational is underway between reigning champion Mark Selby, and Wu Yize.

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February 11, 2026 at 7:22 PM
✅ QUALIFIED

Mark Williams can make travel plans for Yushan next month; the three-time world champion whitewashed Kreishh Gurbaxani 5-0 with breaks of 67, 95, 95 and 57 to reach the televised stages of the World Open.

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February 11, 2026 at 4:25 PM
💰 World Champion Zhao Xintong has been stacking up the prize money over the past nine months!

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February 11, 2026 at 11:58 AM
It's the final day of the Championship League Invitational. Who will claim the title?

When the league fixtures are complete, the top four qualify for the knockouts.

Action for a lot of fans is on YouTube through the Matchroom Multi Sport and Matchroom Pool channels.

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February 11, 2026 at 9:05 AM
📋 All the winners below have booked a spot in the last 64 to be held in Yushan, China next month 👇

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February 10, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Two-time World Open winner Mark Allen will be in Yushan next month after making breaks of 124, 108, 54 and 80 in a 5-2 qualifying round win over Louis Heathcote.

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February 10, 2026 at 6:24 PM