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).

In addition, the claim as if snooker players don’t overwork their muscles nor sweat too much becomes irrelevant when competing against archery for example. However, the chances you’ll see Ronnie O’sullivan kissing his gold medal on the 2012 Olympic games are rather lame, and not because The Rocket is threatening to retire of snooker. Currently, golf, squash and karate are the chief candidates to be introduced at the next Olympics. And since karate is a form or art, squash pours tons of sweats and golf as an upscale image, snooker can wait in queue for some time.

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