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On this day: Modern snooker was invented in 1875 in India by Sir Neville Chamberlain, a bored British officer | International Sports News
Close up of Wu Yize in action during a semifinal on day seven of the 2026 Masters Snooker at Alexandra Palace, in London, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026. (Adam Davy/PA via AP) Snooker, a popular cue sport now followed across continents and played at the highest professional level, has a history that begins far from the theatres and television lights it is associated with today, in a setting that feels almost incidental by comparison, inside the officers’ mess of a British Army regiment stationed in Jabalpur, India, where,
