Rory McLeod: World Snooker 'doing nothing' to attract black …
WEBNov 22, 2016 · Snooker's only black professional says the sport's governing body is "not doing anything" to attract more black people to take up the sport. Since joining the main tour in 2001,...
Rory McLeod (snooker player) - Wikipedia
WEBHe slipped 6–0 down before launching a comeback by winning five consecutive frames (including three successive centuries), but ultimately lost 9–6. Later in the season he defeated Ian McCulloch to qualify for the World Championship for the first time in 2009, becoming the first black player to have
Snooker needs to do more to attract black players - McLeod
WEBNov 22, 2016 · Snooker's governing body is not doing enough to encourage ethnic minorities to take up the sport, the game's only black professional player has claimed.
Lee Stephens: Is snooker diverse enough from a Black ... - Metro
WEBOct 29, 2022 · Lee Stephens is another rare example of a Black player who can produce world class snooker, proving himself to be one of the finest players outside the professional ranks when he reached the...
'Snooker has done nothing for black people' - Sky Sports
WEBMay 25, 2022 · Snooker player Rory McLeod speaks about his experiences of being snookers only black elite player for over 20 years.
Snooker - Wikipedia
WEBFirst played by British Army officers stationed in India in the second half of the 19th century, the game is played with twenty-two balls, comprising a white cue ball, fifteen red balls and six other balls—a yellow, green, brown, blue, pink and black—collectively called ' …
List of snooker players - Wikipedia
WEBThis is a list of notable amateur and professional snooker players, past and present.
Black History Month: The sporting heroes who changed our lives
WEBSep 30, 2021 · BBC Sport takes a look at some of the black sporting heroes who simply meant everything to us, changed our lives and made us fall in love with sport.
The night the UK stopped to watch snooker
WEBAug 1, 2020 · Taylor did sink the black, prompting an eruption of unbridled joy from the enraptured crowd.
Ronnie O'Sullivan explains why he made 'greatest act of
WEBMay 2, 2024 · ‘The Rocket’ was playing in the World Snooker Championship quarter-final yesterday (1 May) when the black ball was re-spotted. And what the 48-year-old Brit did during the situation has been...
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