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Renowned snooker player Majid Ali from Pakistan tragically took his own life in his hometown of Samundri near Faisalabad in Punjab on Thursday, June 29. Majid, who was an Asian U21 Silver medalist and represented Pakistan at the…

NEW DELHI: Pakistan's renowned snooker player Majid Ali, a recipient of the Asian Under-21 silver medal, committed suicide in his hometown Samundri near Faisalabadin Punjab on Thursday. He was 28. Majid had been battling depression since…

Pakistani snooker player Majid Ali committed suicide© TwitterRenowned Pakistani snooker player and Asian Under-21 silver medallist, Majid Ali committed suicide in his hometown Samundri near Faisalabad in Punjab on Thursday. He was 28. Majid…

IMAGE: The Pakistani snooker champion was suffering from depression. Photograph: Twitter Renowned Pakistani snooker player and Asian Under-21 silver medallist, Majid Ali committed suicide in his hometown Samundri near Faisalabad in Punjab…

Ahsan Ramzan plays a shot during the final of the U-21 championship. — Author For the first time in the country's history, Pakistan became the U-21 Asian Snooker Champion after the country’s young snooker sensation Ahsan Ramzan beat…

In a bid to "rectify discipline and learn from past transgressions", the organisation also handed domestic bans ranging from two to eight years to eight other players. They include Lu Ning, Zhao Xintong, Yan Bingtao, Chen Zifan, Zhang…

Chinese players Liang Wenbo and Li Hang were given lifetime bans from snooker on Tuesday for match-fixing. They will also have to pay £43,000 ($53,000) in costs each. A total of 10 players from China were banned for varying periods by the…

In a match-fixing scandal, 10 snooker players have faced the music. While Li Hang and Liang Wenbo have been banned for life, the other eight, which include Zhang Jiankang, Chen Zifan, Zhao Xintong, Chang Bingyu, Zhao Jianbo, Bai Langning,…

Chinese players Liang Wenbo and Li Hang have been handed lifetime bans for match-fixing by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA), the governing body said on Tuesday (Jun 6). The pair have been found to have fixed…

Pankaj Advani’s name is synonymous with cue sports. File Pankaj Advani is a name synonymous with cue sports. The 37-year-old has done everything possible there is to achieve in a glittering career. He has bagged a whopping 25 world…