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Issara Kachaiwong finishes his match in style

Issara Kachaiwong from Thailand imposed two century breaks in his today's match against Ahmed Haitham of Yeman. Issara was in good touch and went for a century break in second frame where he scored a break of 102.

Video: Opening Ceremony of 2015 World Snooker Championships

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The 2015 World Snooker Championships begins in style

The 2015 IBSF World Snooker championship begins at Hurghada, Egypt.

The Opening Ceremony was held last night at Sunrise Garden Beach Resort and after the glittering cultural program, Mr. Barrie Jones, the IBSF Board Member announced the championship open.

The opening ceremony was graced by the presence of Mr. Ahmed Nasir, President of African Sports Confederation. He was joined by the dignitaries from IBSF and all participating member countries.

The ceremony began with the procession of all players participating in the championships. After that the Chief Guest Mr. Nasir welcomed the players & delegates to Egypt and congratulated the Egyptian Federation for their efforts to hold this championship in Hurghada.

There are total 44 countries participating in the championships and we have received total 134 entries in Men's category, which are divided into 22 groups. Four will qualify from each group to play knockout from 16th onwards.

For women and Masters caregory, total 32 and 80 players are participating and their knockout matches will start from 18th onwards.

For the championships Mr. Simon Smith from United Kingdom is appointed as Tournament Director, Mr Mohammed Kammah, IBSF Overseer, Mr Marawan El-Enani from Egypt is Assistant Tournament Director, Mr.Joseph Lo from Hong Kong is Head Referee, Mr. Nico De Vos from Belgium and Mr. Ali Reda from Egypt are Assistant Head Referees. Dariusz Goral from Poland is taking care of Live Scoring / Results; and Vivek Pathak from India is Media Officer and for Website Updates. The Tournament Committee is supported by Egyptian Federation Organising Committee, Mr Amer Khattab and Mr Rageh Hosni.

IBSF enters into dialogue with WPBSA

Following fruitful discussions between Senior Executives at the IBSF & WPBSA this week, both parties have agreed to enter into formal dialogue on creating a long term cooperation agreement for the wider benefit for our sport. Items under discussion are; global transparent governance, creating career pathways from amateur to professional competition, World Billiards, World Ladies and Disability Snooker.

The general consensus is to scale up the activity, increase prize money and improve playing conditions the world over. It is felt by both parties that new initiatives could give a big boost for Billiards & Snooker both at the amateur and professional levels.

IBSF President Capt. PVK Mohan said "We are delighted with this progress, there is no doubt that the IBSF can make a significant contribution to the sport. There is much to do, but together we can achieve it".

WPBSA Chairman, Jason Ferguson said “A unified effort is the only way our sport should be run, we look forward to continuing this dialogue and we will make our professional services available to reach the best outcome.”

Chitra wins the inaugural Women's Ranking Competition

Chitra Magimairaj from India defeated Aussie player Theresa Whitten in the final of IBSF - Australian Women's Ranking competition been played at Mounties, Mount Pritchard NSW 2170, Australia.