Kielce is no stranger to big Matchroom events and last hosted the 2012 World Pool Masters where it was Poland’s own Karol Skowerski who came out on top. Since then, Poland has become a breeding ground for top Nineball players with 17 currently listed on the Live Nineball World Rankings. Of which, ten are inside the world’s top 100 including World No. 7 Wiktor Zielinski, World No. 15 Konrad Juszczyszyn, World No. 16 Mieszko Fortunski, and Wojciech Szewczyk, Tomasz Kapłan, Karol Skowerski, Daniel Macioł,, Sebastian Batkowski, Mateusz Śniegocki, Radosław Babica.

Matchroom is excited to announce that the World Pool Championship 2023 will take place in Kielce, Poland, in partnership with the Polish Billiard Association from February 1-5. The tournament will be held at the Targi Kielce Exhibition & Congress Centre and will be broadcast live on Viaplay in Poland, Scandinavia, the Baltics, and on Sky Sports in the UK, DAZN in the USA, Canada, Spain, and Italy. Poland has a strong pool player base with 17 players listed on the Live Nineball World Rankings, ten of whom are in the top 100. The tournament will feature $325,000 in total prize money with the winner taking home $60,000. It will also feature a double-elimination format to improve the quality of the tournament and will be available to watch on multiple platforms.

Argentina and Lionel Messi look to be on a date with destiny at the 2022 World Cup as the PSG superstar faces a final chance at international glory. Messi finally ended his streak of heartbreak with the national side last year as Argentina lifted the 2021 Copa America, and Messi saw a weight lifted. However, the 35-year-old remains frustrated by his lack of a world title with Argentina, with Qatar likely to be his swansong on the biggest stage. Despite being the oldest outfield player in Lionel Scaloni's squad, Messi has been relentless so far in the tournament, with three goals from four games despite some fitness concerns ahead of Qatar.

The Pittsburgh Penguins still have nine NHL defensemen and enough money to keep only seven at the NHL level. Ty Smith and Mark Friedman are with the WBS Penguins, while P.O Joseph plies his craft in the big league after three years in the AHL. Following a summer of NHL trade speculation and at least one rejected deal, the Penguins trade chatter has died down despite a seven-game winless streak and no change in the surplus stock. The Penguins turned down the chance to trade winger Jason Zucker to a Metro Division team because the other team also wanted a first-round pick to be included. The quieted trade chatter could change quickly. Center Teddy Bleuger appears to be ready to come off LTIR, which would fiscally shove the Penguins back to only 12 forwards on the roster. Salary cap limitations and injuries already forced the Penguins to play with seven defensemen and only 11 forwards once this season. GM Ron Hextall indicated there was a chance Blueger could be ready last weekend, but thus far, Blueger remains on the long-term injury list retroactive to the first game of the season

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Stalberg decides to play in Switzerland

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