Sunday, February 28, 2010

Snooker


Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a large green baize (material made from wool)-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. A regulation (full-size) table is 12 ft × 6 ft (3.7 m × 1.8 m). It is played using a cue and snooker balls: one white cue ball, 15 red balls worth one point each, and six balls of different colours yellow (2 points), green (3), brown (4), blue (5), pink (6) and black (7).

A player (or team) wins a frame (individual game) of snooker by scoring more points than the opponent(s), using the cue ball to pot the red and coloured balls. A player wins a match when a certain number of frames have been won.
Snooker, generally regarded as having been invented in
India by British Army officers, is popular in many of the English-speaking and Commonwealth countries.

With top professional players attaining multi-million pound career earnings from the game.

The sport is particularly and increasingly popular in China.

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