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Madrid played host to a spectacular celebration of global sport as the 2026 Laureus World Sports Awards were unveiled amid a dazzling red carpet and worldwide attention. Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka were crowned World Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year, emerging as the brightest stars of the evening. Alcaraz earned the men’s top honor following a dominant season that saw him capture both the French Open and US Open titles and return to World No. 1. He also became one

The China Open will return to the World Snooker Tour from August 8 to 16, 2026, in Taiyuan, Shanxi, marking the tournament’s first staging since 2019. The event is jointly organized by the World Snooker Tour (WST), the Chinese Billiards and Snooker Association, the Shanxi Provincial Sports Bureau, the Taiyuan Municipal Government, and other partners. With a total prize fund of £1.2 million, the tournament will feature a significant upgrade in both scale and profile. A total o

Snooker’s World Championship will remain at the Crucible in Sheffield following a landmark longterm agreement between World Snooker Tour and Sheffield City Council. The new deal will see snooker stay in Sheffield until at least 2045, with an option to extend to 2050. Separately, plans are being developed to transform the Crucible Theatre, with the sport’s most famous venue set to benefit from a major refurbishment, including the potential to add up to 500 additional seats in

In a roaring Leicester home crowd, Mark Selby delivered a near-perfect masterpiece, defeating World No.1 Judd Trump 10–5 to lift his first Champion of Champions title — a milestone moment sealed on home soil. This showdown was not just a clash of titans but a fateful reunion. The two had not met in a title match since the 2011 final that launched Trump’s rise on the world stage. Trump came out firing, opening with a clinical 111 and stretching his lead to 3–1. Selby steadied

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Ranking, becoming the only player to win all three of his matches to secure top spot in Group 15 and progress to the second stage of the...