Cue sports are a wide variety of games of skill played with a cue, which is used to strike billiard balls and thereby cause them to move around a cloth-covered...
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Pool is the name given to a series of cue sports played on a billiard table. The table has six pockets along the rails, into which balls are shot. Of the...
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glossary of traditional English-language terms used in the three overarching cue sports disciplines: carom billiards referring to the various carom games played...
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Cue sports techniques (usually more specific, e.g., billiards techniques, snooker techniques) are a vital important aspect of game play in the various...
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Cue sports events were contested at the Asian Games starting from the 1998 Games in Bangkok. Billiards and snooker at the Southeast Asian Games Cue sports...
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and pool are two types of cue sports or billiards-family games, which as a general class are played with a stick called a cue which is used to strike billiard...
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Backgammon Beer Pong Carrom Carrom Nok Hockey Chess Connect Four Crokinole Cue sports (a.k.a Billiards) Draughts (a.k.a. checkers) Dominoes Headis Janggi Mahjong...
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Cue sports have a long history in India. The game of snooker originated among British Army officers stationed in India in the latter half of the 19th century...
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Billiard (section Cue Sports)
billiards may refer to: A billiard, a type of shot in cue sports (see below) Billiards: cue sports in general; the term "billiards" by itself is also sometimes...
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Shaun Murphy (redirect from Shaun Murphy (cue sports))
Championship. Nicknamed "The Magician", Murphy is noted for his straight cue action and his long potting. Born in Harlow, Essex, and raised in Irthlingborough...
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List of ball games (redirect from Ball Sports)
volleyball. Racket sports, such as tennis, table tennis, squash and badminton. Throwing sports, such as dodgeball and bocce. Cue sports, such as pool and...
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Billiard ball (redirect from Cue ball)
A billiard ball is a small, hard ball used in cue sports, such as carom billiards, pool, and snooker. The number, type, diameter, color, and pattern of...
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A cue stick (or simply cue, more specifically billiards cue, pool cue, or snooker cue) is an item of sporting equipment essential to the games of pool...
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2024 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. The main highlight for this year is the 2024 Summer Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in Paris...
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Topspin (redirect from Topspinner (racquet sports))
players use topspin to keep the cue ball moving, including after it hits other balls. They get top spin by hitting the cue against the top of the ball. In...
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Cue sports was contested at the Asian Games for the first time at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand between 6 and 19 December 1998. The competition...
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Ambidexterity (section Cue sports)
club cricketer. In cue sports, players can reach farther across the table if they are able to play with either hand, since the cue must either be placed...
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Women's cue sports in Australia is a sporting topic that has received some Australian media coverage since the early 20th century. Coverage began with...
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Cue sports at the 2010 Asian Games was held in Asian Games Town Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China from November 13 to 20, 2010. A total of 191 athletes from...
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The year of 1870 included challenge matches in the table-top cue sports of pool disciplines and English billiards. The following notable challenge matches...
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2025 in sports describes the year's events in world sports. The main events for this year are the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup in England and the 2025...
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surrounding table-top cue sports. These events include snooker, pool disciplines and billiards. Whilst these are traditionally singles sports, some matches and...
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2023 National Games of India (section Sports)
and Golf events will be held in Delhi. Mapusa Peddem Sports Complex Badminton hall (Cue sports) Hockey ground (Hockey) Indoor Hall (Boxing and Gymnastics)...
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This is a list of professional sports – that is, sports (and, more broadly, non-sport games subject to organized competition) that support one or more...
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Referee (redirect from Official (sports))
when a competitor cannot continue without endangering his health. In cue sports, such as billiards and snooker, matches are presided over by a referee...
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World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Most of the major Continental multi-sports events – the Pan American, European, Asian and Pacific Games – are held...
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Red River County, Texas English, West Virginia English (cue sports term), side spin on the cue ball Englisch, a surname All pages with titles beginning...
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best players in major cue sports, including snooker, pool, and English billiards. While these are mostly single player sports, some matches and tournaments...
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Trick shot (redirect from Trick shot (cue sports))
use props such as extra cues or a triangle that would not be allowed on the table during a game. As an organized cue sports discipline, trick shot competition...
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