By Ted Lerner (Beijing, China)--With team supremacy and national pride riding on every shot, Great Britain and Japan stared down some heavy pressure and won dramatic sudden death shootouts to...
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POOL’S BEST IN UPHILL CLIMB TO THE TOP
By Ted Lerner (Beijing, China)--The 2012 World Pool Team Championship has arrived at the business end of the proceedings as the field of 24 pool playing nations has been reduced down to 16 teams,...
POOL POWERHOUSES POISED FOR SHOWDOWNS
By Ted Lerner (Beijing, China)--While the atmosphere here in sultry Beijing amongst pool's elite has certainly been cordial and relaxed, on the table the heavyweights of the pool world were in no...
FOR FLAG AND COUNTRY
By Ted Lerner (Beijing, China)--It's not often that the best pool players in the world perform their normally solitary craft as members of a team. But this week in hot and muggy Beijing, we're about...
IT’S DYANMITE IN DOHA!
By Ted Lerner Photos courtesy Vinod DivaKaran, Doha Stadium Sports Weekly (Doha, Qatar)--In one of the most thrilling and surreal finals ever witnessed in pool history, England's Darren Appleton won...
THE GANG OF FOUR GOES FOR GLORY
By Ted Lerner (Doha, Qatar)--After a brutally taxing day of championship pool at the highest levels, England's Darren Appleton, Japan's Nayoki Ohi, Germany's Ralf Souquet and China's Lee He Wen all...
IT’S APPLETON AND LEE FOR WORLD 9-BALL SUPREMACY
By Ted Lerner (Doha, Qatar) --After clocking in workmanlike performances, England's Darren Appleton and China's Lee He Wen have advanced to the final of the 2012 WPA World Pool Championship in Doha,...
IT’S A RACE TO THE FINISH LINE
By Ted Lerner Photos by Michael Neumann (Doha, Qatar)--In a long day of hard core pool and tense drama, the grind that is the toughest pool competition in the world kicked into high gear on...
DESERT STORM SWEEPS INTO THE FINAL 64
By Ted Lerner (Doha, Qatar)--Judgment Day at the 2012 World 9-ball Championship in Doha, Qatar lived up to expectations as the pool gods passed down plenty of surprising verdicts and left us with a...
THE DRAMA OF 9-BALL
By Ted Lerner (Doha, Qatar)--There was something special in the air throughout the day today at the Al Sadd Sports Club in Doha, and it wasn't the crisp cool air conditioning offering comfort to...
BEARING DOWN FOR SURVIVAL
By Ted Lerner (Doha, Qatar)--32 players saw their dreams of glory crash and burn after a busy day 2 of the 2012 WPA World 9-ball Championship came to a close here in searing hot Doha, Qatar. The...
NEW TALENTS, OLD HANDS SHINE IN DOHA
By Ted Lerner (Doha, Qatar)--With 128 of the world's best pool players on hand contesting the 2012 World 9-ball Championship, and all playing a slew of matches in their groups and trying, over the...