Pankaj Advani beat England's Robert Hall 1,906–1,206 to reclaim the world billiards crown he last won in 2014, while 19-year-old Shruthi L retained the women's…
This was no quick sprint. The final ran for roughly five hours, scored on points rather than frames, and Advani had to dig himself out of a hole to win it.
The 2026 championship drew a field of 60 players, starting with a group phase before the knockouts.
Deccan Herald counts this as Advani's 29th world title across cue sports.
The women's title stayed in Indian hands too. Shruthi L won all her matches in a five-player round-robin group, against Eva Palmius, Michelle Cohen, Mhairi McKay and Gaye Jones, then beat…
Advani does not rest for long. Deccan Herald reports that he now switches to snooker for the IBSF World Snooker Championship in Indore – a home world event and another shot at adding to…
Cricket hogs the headlines, but India has quietly been a cue-sports superpower for years, and these two titles prove it twice over.
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