BY TED LERNER WPA PRESS OFFICER (Doha, Qatar)--I first met Darren Appleton back in 2007 before anyone in the pool world had ever heard of the Brit. I was covering the qualifiers for the 2007 World...
By Ted Lerner WPA Press Officer If you like the very best in professional pool squaring off for ultimate supremacy on the felt pitch, then the next 11 days will be nothing short of Valhalla. The...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
By Ted Lerner (Doha, Qatar)--The Big One is finally here. The WPA 2012 World 9-ball Championship, considered perhaps the most prestigious title in men's professional pool, has gotten underway at the...
Story and Photo by Ted Lerner (Doha, Qatar)- With a super cool demeanor and a red hot stroke, Yukio Akagariyama of Japan won the 2011 World 9-ball Championship, defeating the Philippines Ronnie...
