It’s Nice That spoke to Middle East Archive’s founder Romaisa Baddar about the archive’s new photography book, Football: Each image paints a vivid portrait of different expressions of the sport and its shared love in so many different spaces
A funny old game.
Started from the bottom now we’re here!
Useless snooker fact of the day: Matthew Stevens has only ever lost in the first round of the Masters or won it. His first round appearances were in 1996, 2001–2007, and 2012–2013 and his sole victory was in 2000.
1995, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2016, 2017, and 2024.
Would ‘cue’ believe it!
The Belgian done it!
When he’s on it, theres no stopping the Rocket.
And really pissed off Alain Robidoux.
We gave a quote-heavy breakdown of Ronnie O’Sullivan’s run to the 2020 World Snooker Championship final.
Ng On-yee has been described as a “trailblazer” in snooker.
The 12-year-old wants to emulate the likes of Judd Trump and Ronnie O’Sullivan. I remember growing up I got a mini snooker table. It was a Steve Davis endorsed table and I played it all the time. I even copied his bridge hand. I played with my dad on real tables but they dried up …
No, your eyes aren’t deceiving you. That is actually Peter Ebdon with a ponytail.