On 201210 June 13, the World Federation of Taiwan issued a statement to ban Stephen Lee, a snooker player suspected of match-fixing, until the results of the investigation were announced or a conclusion was reached at the Taiwan Federation hearing. Fat Li was involved in two games with abnormal gambling odds, and both the British police and the World Federation of Taiwan were involved in the investigation. During the investigation, Stephen Lee has been banned from participating in the tour organized by the World Federation of Taiwan.
After five years of investigation and evidence collection, a historic breakthrough has finally been made. At an independent hearing in Bristol, the court confirmed that Stephen Lee had problems in all seven games. Jason Ferguson, president of the Snooker Association, said in a statement that it will be difficult for Stephen Lee to participate in this sport in the future. "Snooker has a zero tolerance attitude towards match-fixing."
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The snooker championship started at 19 16, and the first British amateur snooker championship was held in this year. 1927, with the efforts of joe davis and others, the first World Professional Championship of Snooker was successfully held in London, and joe davis won the championship himself, winning a prize of 6. 10 (about 200 pounds today). Joe davis is one of the best snooker players in the world. When he 1946 retired from the World Championships, he won all previous world professional championships.
Snooker billiards suffered a low tide in 1950s and 1960s, even to the point that there was no match between 1958 and 1963. It was not until 1969 that the situation changed for the better. At that time, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) introduced a new snooker tournament, Pot Black, to promote new color TV broadcasting. The colorful snooker billiards and the wonderful performances of the players quickly aroused the interest of the audience, and snooker billiards and color TV programs were quickly promoted.
A few years later, the World Professional Championships also began to be televised. Snooker billiards began to become the mainstream professional sport, and was introduced into the world professional player rankings on 1977. A large amount of money began to pour into the sport, and a new generation of professional snooker players, represented by Steve Davis OBE, emerged constantly. 1982, Steve Davis OBE got a perfect score of 147 in the first TV broadcast in history. These top players became millionaires. At that time, there was even a song by Chas &; Dave's funny song "Snooker Billiards" hit the music charts.
The climax of the golden age of snooker appeared in the final of the World Championships in 1985. Although the two players fought until the early hours of the morning, nearly1850,000 spectators (equivalent to one third of the population of Britain at that time) watched the scene in which Denis Taylor thumped the last ball into his pocket and then held up the trophy to celebrate. Snooker continues to be popular in Britain, becoming the sport with the second largest TV audience after football.
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Baidu Encyclopedia: Snooker