Ken Doherty | Practicing with Ronnie, Mark Allen's miss & the Chinese takeover

About this episode

Ken Doherty joins Joe to discuss the World Snooker Championship and the future of snooker amidst the rise of Chinese players.

Joe is joined by Ken Doherty to discuss an amazing World Snooker Championship as well as the future of the sport as Chinese players begin to dominate the landscape. The decline of Irish snooker halls and Ken's days practicing with Ronnie O'Sullivan are on the menu too. Before that, Will joins Joe to reflect on Arsenal's Champions League semi-final triumph, Bukayo Saka's post-match reaction and the criticism of the Emirates celebrations. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Joe

Guest: Ken Doherty

Topics covered

• World Snooker Championship
• Chinese players
• Irish snooker halls
• Arsenal Champions League
• Bukayo Saka

Keywords

• Ken Doherty
• World Snooker Championship
• Ronnie O'Sullivan
• Chinese players
• Irish snooker halls
• Arsenal
• Champions League
• Bukayo Saka

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Arsenal, Champions League

Places: China, Irish

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