Snooker itself evolved from the much older game ... 147-break on television during a championship screened in 1982. The baulk line is the white line you can see on the table when you look at ...

Those familiar with snooker will know colours are potted in the following order; yellow, green, brown, blue, pink and black. The first three colours are spaced out along the baulk line at the top ...

we have put together a beginner's guide to snooker. Here's what you need to know. The first shot (the break) involves a player hitting the white ball from the 'D' at the far 'baulk' end of the ...

The next two were shared, then Murphy looked close to the winning post when he led 62-18 in frame six, only for Woollaston to ...

MARK SELBY wins the Welsh Open snooker in Llandudno to take home £ ... Carter's way when potting a red and bringing the cue ball back to baulk. It's left him nicely for the blue and to play ...

Trump had been 3-1 down to the Chinese potter at the Masters but pulled back to 4-3, only to be left with a very tricky red from baulk to bottom-left with a semi-split pack on the cards to attack.