Snooker
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Equipment | Snooker table |
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World Games | 2001 – present |
Olympic | IOC |
Contact | Non-contact |
First played | 1870s |
Highest governing bodies | World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association |
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ID | 992562 |
About Snooker
Snooker is a cue sport which originated among British Army officers stationed in India in the later half of the 19th century. It is played on a rectangular table covered with a green cloth, or baize, with pockets at each of the four corners and in the middle of each long side.