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The second presentation of carom billiards in Yushan (China) could not have started better, good news regarding the collaboration with the Chinese federation – CBSA – that will present its first participant in the 3-Cushion Asian Championships, it is a certainly historic moment, a country opens Full of enormous possibilities and with the capacity for rapid development, billiards is developing an enormous increase in China in general and in Yushan in particular and we hope that carom will also be a participant in that journey.

For the second time I have just had the opportunity to visit one of the largest Parasport events in the world – Malmo Open. The whole thing got started in 1977 with just one single sport on the program, Table Tennis, and in 2016 it became the second biggest event behind the Paralympic Games, with 18 sports and 2518 athletes. Yes, make no mistake about it – that is how the participants are seeing themselves, and if you think that this may be slightly exaggerated, then clearly you have not witnessed these athletes in action!

Vietnam, they say, is the most optimistic country in the world. At times, Quyet Chien Tran needed that quality. He went through the eye of the needle once or twice, but at the end of the day, he held his third World Cup trophy. For Sameh Sidhom, there was a third career silver medal. 

Chieh-Yu Chou wins the inaugural PBS Women Showdown title, a $100,000 event held in Las Vegas featuring 16 of the top female pool players in the world.

Chieh Yu Chou and Jung Lin Chang won the inaugural Apex Mixed Doubles title, a one-day event that took place on February 25th as part of the Pro Billiard Series tournaments held at the CSI Expo Las Vegas.

The 2024 Las Vegas Open by Rums of Puerto Rico concluded in a spectacular fashion as Filipino billiards sensations Chezka Centeno and Lee Vann Corteza emerged victorious, clinching the women’s and men’s titles respectively. This historic win marks the first US Pro Billiard Series title for both athletes, solidifying their prowess on the international billiards stage.

All is well that ends well. The year 2023 ended on a high note for Dick Jaspers because he added yet another World Cup win to his impressive resume (his 29^th) and he won the Overall World Cup for the 2023 season, his eighth overall win. 

Following the successful inaugural WCBS Championship in Turkey in July 2023, The World Confederation of Billiards Sports (WCBS) will host its second championship, taking place in Kielce, Poland from 25 – 28 July 2024.

Today the prestigious Lausanne Billard Masters ended in the world capital of sport in the Helvetic city.

Therese Klompenhouwer was the winner of the main Women’s Competition!

This year’s LBM also had the iconic Artistic Billiards as an exhibition sport where Marvin Heinrich was the winner!

Michael Georgiou won the World Men 6Red Snooker Championship 2023 here in Doha, Qatar after defeating the 2021 World Snooker Champion Ahsan Ramzan of Pakistan 6-4. This is his second world title in IBSF after winning the World Junior Snooker title in 2007.

Pia Filler seals an epic comeback with the decisive shot, securing the title and a first prize of $120,000.