Hossein Vafaei has qualified for the Crucible for a fourth time this year (Picture: Getty Images) Hossein Vafaei has considered quitting snooker on multiple occasions due to visa issues he faces while playing on the tour. The Iranian has had to deal with problems on this front throughout his career, with his start to life…
To become a mega-events city, Hong Kong needs more than just the venues to host these events. We need people who know how to operate them and a government that facilitates these events. Officials seem to think that we are all set after the completion of Kai Tak Sports Park and the 50,000-seat stadium. Well,…
A green group has found that plastic bottled water was provided to VIPs at the snooker World Grand Prix at Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Arena despite rules prohibiting spectators from having bottles in the venue for safety reasons. Greenpeace revealed the double standard in management on Sunday, renewing calls for a reusable cup system at…
Hong Kong’s hosting of snooker’s World Grand Prix in March is set to be the first of many after organisers confirmed on Tuesday they had signed a five-year deal to keep it in the city. The forthcoming tournament from March 4 to 9 could also smash the attendance record for any ranking event globally when…
English snooker star Ronnie O’Sullivan and Hong Kong were “mutually attracted to each other”, the city’s labour minister said on Friday, as the city’s low tax regime appeared to be a deciding factor in the champion’s decision to move to the city. O’Sullivan took up residency through the “achievement” route of the Quality Migrant Admission…
Hong Kong is one of the few places in the world that consistently put on ‘A grade’ tournaments, says Ronnie O’Sullivan, as he and several other players look ahead to the World Grand Prix in the city next year. O’Sullivan, who has become a Hong Kong resident under the city’s Quality Migrant Admission Scheme, said…
Ronnie O’Sullivan has been granted residency in Hong Kong after coming through a migrant scheme. O’Sullivan has been a long-time lover of Hong Kong, which is a special administrative region of the People’s Republic of China. It’s played home to several snooker tournaments, with O’Sullivan last competing in the former British colony in March. Before…
Ronnie O’Sullivan has become a resident of Hong Kong amid criticism of snooker events held in the UK. ‘The Rocket’ has not played competitive snooker since September 19, and has pulled out of several tournaments including the British Open and Northern Ireland Open. His last appearance was at the English Open, where he suffered a…
Text size Seven-time snooker world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan has been granted residency in Hong Kong, with the star lavishing praise on the Chinese city in a government promotional video released Thursday. O’Sullivan last played in the former British colony in March. He appeared at the 2022 Hong Kong Masters when the city was trying to…
The World Grand Prix has been held in the UK since its inception in 2015. (Dan Istitene/Getty Images) The World Snooker Tour (WST), the organizer of the sport’s global circuit, has relocated next year’s World Grand Prix event from the UK to Hong Kong with ambitions to set the sport’s biggest ever live audience for a…