The former world champion Peter Ebdon has retired from professional snooker because of injury. The 49-year-old has opted to end his career rather than have spinal surgery after enduring neck, back, ...

Iron man Peter Ebdon dug deep into his resources to clinch a place in the Embassy World Championship final as he made a nerve-jangling recovery to defeat Matthew Stevens 17-16 at the Crucible Theatre.

Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan crashed out 13-11 to Peter Ebdon in a quarter-final where the score does not tell the story of a controversial game. O'Sullivan won the final frame of a morning ...

John Ebdon, who died on March 19 aged 81, was the highly effective director of the London Planetarium for 21 years, but was better known as the owner of a sooothing deadpan voice, reminiscent of the ...

Peter Ebdon beat Stephen Hendry in a thrilling final-frame finish to win his first World Snooker Championship crown. Ebdon looked certain to sew up the title in the 34th frame but a straight black ...

Snooker World Championship: Peter Ebdon's reservoir of concentration helped him, only 14 hours after his draining and controversial win over Ronnie O'Sullivan, to a 6-2 lead from the first of the four ...

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Les Ebdon has been formally announced as head of the university fair access body, despite the opposition of MPs on the committee examining his selection. Business Secretary Vince Cable rejected ...