http://www.play89blog.com/2008/04/23/2008-world-snooker-championship-updates/ Play89 Online Pool Blog Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:12:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.play89blog.com/2008/04/23/2008-world-snooker-championship-updates/#comment-224 Snooker in 2012 Olympics? » Blog Archive » Play89 Blog Tue, 13 May 2008 14:17:37 +0000 http://www.play89blog.com/2008/04/23/2008-world-snooker-championship-updates/#comment-224 [...] Billiards is recognized as sports by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). So is bridge, chess and life saving. Then why snooker isn’t recognized as an Olympic sport? Alex Alsworth asks in Sportingo and provides all the supporting arguments. Snooker is a far more popular and fascinating spectators sports than, let’s say, shooting. Snooker also has the potential to draw wider audiences than American-oriented games as baseball (just think of the millions who’ve watched the Ding Junhui playing against Marc Fu at the first round of the 2008 World Snooker Championship).  [...] […] Billiards is recognized as sports by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). So is bridge, chess and life saving. Then why snooker isn’t recognized as an Olympic sport? Alex Alsworth asks in Sportingo and provides all the supporting arguments. Snooker is a far more popular and fascinating spectators sports than, let’s say, shooting. Snooker also has the potential to draw wider audiences than American-oriented games as baseball (just think of the millions who’ve watched the Ding Junhui playing against Marc Fu at the first round of the 2008 World Snooker Championship).  […]

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