Blackpool The 1956 World Professional Match-play Championship was a snooker tournament that took place from 9 January to 10 March 1956 with the final...

Jersey The 1957 World Professional Match-play Championship was a professional snooker tournament held from 1 to 13 April in Saint Helier, Jersey. This...

The World Professional Match-play Championship was a professional snooker tournament established in 1952 as an alternative to the professional World Snooker...

1955 World Professional Match-play Championship was a professional snooker tournament, the fourth edition of the World Professional Match-play Championship...

the World Professional Match-play Championship, between 1952 and 1957. The official championship was revived on a challenge basis in 1964. The World Snooker...

The World Chess Championship is played to determine the world champion in chess. The current world champion is Ding Liren, who defeated his opponent Ian...

the World Professional Match-play Championship, following a dispute with the BACC. As of 2024, 28 players have won the World Snooker Championship. The...

was defended over seven challenge matches. Following a hiatus after the 1957 World Professional Match-play Championship, the event was revived by Rex Williams...

first reached the final of the World Professional Match-play Championship, which was now effectively the world championship, in 1955. He defeated Rex Williams...

to the audience. Professional wrestling mimics the structure of title match combat sports. Participants compete for a championship and must defend it...

played in the World Snooker Championship but he participated in other tournaments and exhibition matches until 1964, winning four News of the World Snooker...

The 1985 World Snooker Championship (also known as the 1985 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purpose of sponsorship) was a professional ranking...

The British PGA Matchplay Championship was a match play golf tournament that began in 1903 and ran until 1979. Between 1903 and 1969, the event was sponsored...

1987 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 1987 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purpose of sponsorship) was a professional snooker...

same object is typically less effective in a match where it is legal. At one point in World Championship Wrestling (WCW)'s history, this was referred...

champion. Championship play was suspended twice; from 1915 to 1919 due to World War I and again from 1945 to 1947 due to World War II. Following World War II...

The NWA World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship created by the National Wrestling Alliance. From 1948 to 1982...

Thought in an exhibition match. Deep Thought, however, was still considerably below World Championship Level, as the then reigning world chess champion Garry...

WWE Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in WWE, currently defended on the SmackDown brand. It was the first world title...

four in the world by the end of his third professional season. He won his first World Snooker Championship in 1990 aged 21 years and 106 days, surpassing...

World Professional Championship, also known as the Wimbledon Pro, was held in August 1967. It was first time that professional tennis players played on...

When the event merged into the World Professional Match-play Championship in 1952, Davis won five more championships, defeating Donaldson three times...

Murphy (born 10 August 1982) is an English professional snooker player who won the 2005 World Championship. Nicknamed "The Magician", Murphy is noted...

competition. The PGA Championship was originally a match play event; however, in 1958 it was changed to a stroke play event. Walter Hagen (match play) and Jack Nicklaus...

into two groups. The top seven teams (Pool A) played for the World Championship. The other six (Pool B) played for ranking purposes. This basic format would...

one title each. The history of the World Championship goes back to the beginnings of volleyball as a professional, high level sport. One of the first...

Tournament in 1962. The winner of the Candidates would qualify to play a World Championship match against Mikhail Botvinnik, the incumbent champion, in 1963...

lineup in the 1895 World Championship consisted entirely of Scottish players – Scottish players who moved to England to play professionally in those days were...

At 1956 Olympics, India got a walkover as Hungary withdrew from the match due to Hungarian Revolution, thus India proceeded to QF without playing any...

Second Professional Football League. The Bulgarian football championship was inaugurated in 1924 as the Bulgarian State Football Championship and has...