The prestigious World Pool Championships will be held in Manila in November this year, marking the first time that the annual event featuring the greatest billiard players in the world will be held in the Philippines.
Viva Sports/Manila Standard Today learned that top officials of Matchroom Sport headed by its chairman, British millionaire Barry Hearn and media director Luke Riches as well as ESPN Star Sports executives will arrive in Manila next week to finalize deals of what reportedly is a done deal.
Matchroom Sport, the giant sports and entertainment company headed by Hearn has long expressed a desire to stage the World Pool Championships in Manila and made this clear during conversations with the recognized "Godfather" of Philippine pool Aristeo "Putch" Puyat and this reporter during the 2004 World Pool Championships in Chinese-Taipei.
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