The object of the game is to use the white - the cue ball - to pot the ... Seven striped colours (stripes) Every ball has a number from 1-15, the black taking the 8. Snooker cues - usually made ...

Writing for the New York Review ( archive ), Sally Rooney profiles “genius” snooker player Ronnie O’Sullivan. But much of the piece is spent on the mystery of how O’Sullivan and other athletes are ...

Shaun Murphy has suggested a number of interesting rule changes for snooker to implement in recent months, and Dennis Taylor ...

The most important ball on the snooker table is the White. It's the only one you strike with your cue and your ability to control it determines whether you'll win frames or appear on You've Been ...

Championship snooker is played on a table measuring 12ft by 6ft. There are 22 balls on the table at the start of each game (or frame). One is the white cue ball, which is used to pot as many of ...