snooker

People living near the snooker and pool club had mixed feelings about the mural.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

A Sheffield street artist has defended his mural of snooker player Ronnie O'Sullivan after the design received criticism - saying that the project is "unfinished".

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Barry is the founder and president of Matchroom Sport, one of the leading promoters in boxing, darts and snooker, while his son Eddie is chairman of the organisation.

From Barron's ● May 15, 2026

The baby-faced snooker magician showed off some shots to the ooh-ing and ah-ing audience, including when he played one fan, Liu YiFei.

From BBC ● May 7, 2026

There was a snooker table in the basement of the Chelsea house and he’d often spent evenings playing against his uncle.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz

With three episodes left, it seems odd that the writers devised a tale in which Saul snookers a mall cop with an oversized pastry.

From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2022

Both players reached the final following thrilling final-frame deciders in their semi-finals, with Robertson edging Mark Williams on the final black after needing two snookers, while Hawkins ousted 2020 champion Judd Trump.

From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2022

I needed two snookers at 5-5 and Mark played an amazing shot where he clipped the red away.

From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2022

An opening nine of 40 – McIlroy whacked his tee shot out of bounds at the 9th – meant he required snookers to win.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 8, 2020

Brooks Koepka’s dropped shot at the last meant he slipped back to five under and the position of needing snookers.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 22, 2017

“The assertion that the U.S. Attorney’s Office was snookered by the Department of the Interior is not fooling anybody,” Eisen said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

He insisted the banks she alleges were snookered with lofty valuations suffered no harm, got paid in his deals and “to this day have no complaints.”

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 2023

The alleged victims in the Holmes case, on the other hand, are less sympathetic — wealthy investors who were seemingly snookered due to their own arrogance and poor character judgment.

From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2021

Really candidly, in this rural community, I’ve been snookered by some people who basically say they’re doing good and they’re not.

From Washington Times ● May 9, 2021

“Okay, so the authorities are being snookered by these hidden messages. But how could they resist the facts? Show them your Receiver gizmo, Mr. Benedict. They’ll have to believe you.”

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

Leading 5-2, Murphy knocked in 15 reds and 15 blacks to reach 120 with only the colours remaining but ended up snookering himself behind the blue and the chance was lost.

From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2025

But the crypto implosion at least has a cleansing benefit: It offers an opportunity to mop up a speculative and overhyped mess that has gotten badly out of control, snookering gullible investors in the process.

From Washington Post ● May 20, 2022

David Hampton posed as the son of Sidney Poitier, snookering high-caste Manhattan.

From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2011

But in seeking position on the green he needed to take the white around the table but lost position, snookering himself.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 17, 2010

But, as in any case of cloak-and-dagger, it's sometimes hard to tell exactly who's snookering whom.

From Time Magazine Archive