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	WWW Snooker: Tony Drago (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Tony's 149 break is believed to be the second highest break ever made.
		Drago took the brown as the free ball and then the brown again for four more points and followed that with 15 reds, 13 fls, a pink and a blue and all the colours.
		Tony had lost all his 12 matches with Stephen Hendry before he defeated him thrice in a row, in the quarter-finals of the 1998 German Masters, the quarter-finals of the 1998 Irish Open and the second round of the 1999 Benson & Hedges Masters.
	www.snooker.org /plr/bio/tdrago.shtml (193 words)

	Tony Drago (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Tony is the fastest player in snooker and has a whole sucession of records to prove it.
		Drago turned professional in 1986 when he beat Rex Williams, John Virgo and Whillie Thorn on his way to a quater-final appearance in the UK Championship.
		However, the finest achievement of Drago's career was his run to the final of the 1991 World Masters, where he was beaten by Jimmy White.
	departments.weber.edu /wildcatlanes/billiards/rules/TonyDrago.htm (198 words)

	Tony Drago - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tony Drago (born September 22, 1965) is a professional snooker and pool player from Malta.
		Drago has also managed to be unfortunate enough to be in two matches where maximums were scored against him, once by Jimmy White, and another by James Wattana.
		Drago's highest world ranking position was number 10 (in 1988).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tony_Drago (328 words)

	Tony Drago tegen Peter Ebdon. — Michel Vuijlsteke's Weblog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Drago is razend geworden, omdat naar zijn goesting Ebdon te traag speelde.
		Drago is een zeer snelle speler, en iedereen gaat daar bewust of onbewust een beetje trager tegen gaan spelen, om het ritme wat te breken.
		Drago was toch wel mijn favoriet, omdat hij zo grappig Engels spreekt en omdat hij enorm snel speelt.
	blog.zog.org /2003/04/tony_drago_tege.html (300 words)

	Snookerclub News - Drago is World Pool Masters Champ
		Tony made three balls on the break but was forced to push out after being hooked on the 2 ball.
		Drago was on fire in the next as he broke the balls and ran out in barely a minute and at 6 - 2, the winning line was getting closer.
		Drago is one of cue sports emotional characters and he was absolutely delighted to have bagged pool's most prestigious invitational event.
	www.snookerclub.com /cgi-bin/news.pl?story=100173 (934 words)

	BBC SPORT \| WALES \| Drago blows it against Stevens
		After that Drago found applying the finishing touch an impossible task and Stevens, who knocked in a 98 break - easily the highest of the contest - pulled level at 4-4.
		The decider began disastrously for Drago when he conceded 27 penalty points while failing to escape from an early snooker on six consecutive occasions, and the axe quickly fell.
		Tony took a real swipe at the blue but he still had plenty of chances to kill me off after that.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/wales/978557.stm (518 words)

	Ebdon ends Drago’s gallant fight back -DAWN - Sport; December 12, 2001
		YORK (England), Dec 11: Another stirring fight-back from Malta’s Tony Drago was eventually ended by Peter Ebdon as the Englishman won 9-7 to reach the quarterfinals of the UK Championship Monday night.
		Drago had beaten Fergal O’Brien from 8-5 down in the previous round and a much bigger shock looked a serious possibility as he stormed back from 8-4 to 8-7 with flashes of electrifying snooker.
		But Drago found a burst of inspiration after the interval, winning the next on the colours and adding a scrappy 14th frame after Ebdon had missed routine pots on a green and a red.
	www.dawn.com /2001/12/12/spt8.htm (490 words)

	2006 World Pool Masters
		Drago’s previously stuttering pool career went into overdrive in 2003 as he followed up his terrific run at the World Pool Championship – he won a bronze medal – with victory in the World Pool Masters that year.
		Since taking up the game in the mid-90s, Drago has become a major enthusiast for 9-ball, travelling across Europe to play in tournaments for the sheer pleasure of it and during the summer months he will practice for up to eight hours a day against top class opposition.
		Drago’s quick-fire play can terrify opponents as he is capable of running out racks in less than a minute and most top players would be delighted to avoid him in the draw.
	www.worldpoolmasters.com /players/drago.asp (203 words)

	Tony Drago - ArmchairGM - Sports Wiki, Sports Blog, Sports Resource, Sports Community, Sports 2.0
		Tony Drago (born September 22, 1965) is a professional snooker and pool player from Malta.
		Drago once achieved a 149 break, believed to be the second highest break ever made, in a practice match at West Norwood Snooker Club, against Nick Manning.
		Drago has also managed to be unfortunate enough to be in two matches where maximums were scored against him, once by Jimmy White, and another by James Wattana.
	www.armchairgm.com /index.php?title=Tony_Drago (387 words)

	RTÉ.ie Sport - Ebdon through to Crucible quarters
		But the war of words between the reigning champion and Tony Drago never materialised as Ebdon completed an emphatic 13-5 victory over his Maltese rival.
		Drago had sarcastically applauded the world champion back to his seat after one disappearing act that was timed at three-and-a-half minutes.
		Drago was also more reticent than he was 24 hours earlier when he said: "It's not on what he is doing out there." Today he said: "I've known Peter for 20 years and he's a good mate so I'm not going to fall out with him over a game of snooker.
	www.rte.ie /sport/2003/0426/crucible.html (302 words)

	AzBilliards.com - Independent Event
		Current World Pool Masters champion Tony Drago claimed victory and the Â£1000 first prize at the Guildford Open on Sunday 4th July 2004 at Rileys Guildford, beating Lee Chenman 11-4 in the final.
		Tony was faced with the daunting task of overcoming a fired-up Chenman, who had battled his way through some very high quality players to earn his first-ever final appearance in a ranking event.
		Drago had cruised through the first day's double elimination stage undefeated, but once into the straight knock-out on the second day did not have an easy run to the final.
	www.azbilliards.com /2000storya.cfm?storynum=1917 (431 words)

	2006 World Pool Masters
		Drago tucked him up in a snooker and then cleared to level at one all.
		Drago broke back in the next and they shared the next two to take the score to 5-5.
		Drago, who seemed to be crumbling under the arena lights, played a very poor safety and left a long blue 2 on for Wu.
	www.worldpoolmasters.com /article_detail.asp?article_id=37 (426 words)

	Former coach takes trip down memory lane (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		For a few brief moments in January, longtime Oneonta resident Anthony "Tony" Drago was reminded of the thrill of "big-time" basketball.
		Drago said returning to the scene of his career at the height of the college basketball season was emotional.
		Drago said he gave a toast to the memory of Bradley, who was also the best man at this wedding.
	www.thedailystar.com /news/stories/2003/02/04/drago.html (713 words)

	AzBilliards.com - Independent Event
		Tony Drago raced his way to victory in less than half-an-hour to condemn Kuo Po-cheng to a near certain exit from the 888.com World Pool League in Warsaw, Poland.
		A third defeat was sealed for the Taiwanese player as Drago strutted his way to another run-out before Kuo kept the scoreline respectable by repeating the trick in rack nine.
		Drago left himself snookered from the break in the last and Kuo took that one as well - but it was too little, too late.
	www.azbilliards.com /2000storya.cfm?storynum=3093 (861 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Other Sport \| Snooker \| Ebdon and Drago heal rift
		Friday's second session of the match saw Drago sarcastically applaud his opponent on his return from a second toilet break and also concede a frame in exasperation with seven reds still on the table.
		But Ebdon claimed he was unaware of any friction between himself and Drago and played down talk of a rift.
		And Ebdon was not forthcoming when asked about Drago's comments that he had been suffering with diarrhoea, causing his frequent trips to the toilet.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/2978363.stm (514 words)

	Tony Drago on TV - Live TV Schedules, Tony Drago Coverage and TV Channel Guide
		Tony Robinson and the team join divers exploring the wreck of 18th-century warship The Colossus, as they fight to recover the vessel's treasure and piece together its history, including its role in the Battle of the Nile as part of Nelson's fleet.
		The craft sank off the Scilly Isles in 1798 and lay untouched for almost 200 years before the stern was revealed by shifting sands.
		Tony Robinson acts as guide for a team of intrepid contestants who are locked in the British Museum overnight.
	www.awns.com /tv/tony-drago-on-tv.html?more=1 (509 words)

	Billiards Boutique
		Round 1 of the Shanghai Masters is complete with Tony Drago, Fergal O'Brien, Dominic Dale, Adrian Gunnell and Stuart Pettman having easy passages through the difficult WILDCARD round.
		Tony Drago, who has had some major success at pool recently, has made a comeback to the main tour TV stages and will have to play one of the Chinese Wildcards in his first match.
		Drago is the Nearly Man in 8-ball Event.
	billiardsboutique.blogspot.com (1379 words)

	Snooker - The Malta Cup: Drago off to a winning start
		Drago had a slow start as Shokat Ali wrapped up the first frame to take the lead.
		After the game, Tony Drago insisted that his career is not over despite winning just one match this season.
		Tony Drago said that this season he rued a decision taken by the World Snooker Association to change the venue from Shieffeld to Prestatyn.
	www.di-ve.com /dive/portal/portal.jhtml?id=217164&pid=1 (477 words)

	ABS-CBN Interactive
		Drago tipped Philippines to go on and win the tournament, saying: "These guys are so good, and we have just played two of the greatest players of all time.
		Despite trailing heavily, Drago showed he still had a sense of humor, as he jokingly motioned to strangle Reyes after the 1999 World Pool Champion produced another inch-perfect shot.
		It quickly became 7-0, then 8-0, and when Drago scratched on the break of the ninth rack that was the last shot Malta played in the inaugural World Cup of Pool.
	www.abs-cbnnews.com /storypage.aspx?StoryId=48299 (1146 words)

	Sporting Life - Snooker
		Tony ‘Tornado’ Drago is one of the most exciting exponents of the game - and undoubtedly the quickest.
		Drago, beaten 10-6 by Jimmy White in the final of the Mita World Masters at Birmingham’s NEC, reached the final of a world ranking tournament for the first time at the 1997 International Open in Aberdeen.
		Having previously failed nine times to get beyond the quarter-final stage, he held his nerve to beat John Parrott 5-3 in the last eight.
	www.sportinglife.com /snooker/general/profiles/tdrago (223 words)

	The Global Snooker Centre
		Malta's Tony Drago proved that reaching the semi finals of the World 9-ball championship was no fluke by winning the World Pool Masters crown in Egmond aan Zee in Holland.
		Drago, roared on by the Cardiff crowd, performed heroically to defeat Hui-Kai Hsia 11-8 in the quarter final, but he couldn't find the same form in the night and the Canadian had a comfortable 11-6 win.
		Tony Drago equalled his best effort in the World 9-ball championships, reaching the last 32 with a 9-4 win over Greece's number one Vangelis Vettas and he'll now face USA danger man Danny Harriman in the last 32.
	www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk /files/Pool/poolnewsnew.htm (3570 words)

	Tony Drago
		Although better known as a snooker player, Tony is also a 9-Ball pool fanatic and plays in as many tournaments as he can.
		As in snooker, Drago’s style is quick-fire, and when he is on a roll he can break and run out a rack in less than a minute!
		Prior to this summer, Tony had one or two major scalps to his name; he KO’d Bustamante from the 2001 World Championships.
	www.definitivesynergy.com /order/tony-drago-a-446.html (214 words)

	PM - WA Police Minister cleared of corruption charges
		KEVIN HAMMOND: What emerges from an assessment of all the evidence, including that of Messrs D'Orazio, Drago and Spagnolo, is that there is no evidence of improper, illegal or corrupt deals discussed during the meeting between the three men.
		Accordingly, on the evidence before the Commission, and following the Commission's assessment of it, the Commission's opinion is that Mr John D'Orazio did not engage in misconduct during the meeting at his office on the 25th of August 2003.
		It was during this hearing that Adam Spagnolo and Tony Drago were quizzed about the meeting in Mr D'Orazio's office.
	www.abc.net.au /pm/content/2006/s1583777.htm (674 words)

	Favourite Ebdon flushes out Drago -DAWN - Sport; April 27, 2003
		Ebdon was at the centre of controversy on Friday night when he annoyed Drago by playing slower than normal and leaving the arena for an extended toilet break.
		Drago conceded the 15th frame in frustration with seven reds still remaining even though he was only 31-12 down after missing an easy pink ball.
		Following assurances from his coach, Chris Henry, to Drago that he had been suffering from diarrhoea, Ebdon insisted: “I certainly didn’t go out of my way to upset Tony.
	www.dawn.com /2003/04/27/spt9.htm (422 words)

	Manila Standard: The Future is Ours (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Tony Drago of Malta proved his credentials as a world-class pool player by beating Chinese-Taipei’s Hui-kai Hsia, 8-6, to win the World Pool Masters title after a tense battle at the jampacked Hotel Zuiderduin in Egmond Aan Zee, Holland yesterday.
		Drago, who reached the semifinals of the World Pool Championship in Cardiff, where he lost to Canada-based Filipino Alex “The Lion” Pagulayan, bounced back from that defeat before scoring rousing victories over hometown hero Nick Van den Berg and temperamental American Earl Strickland, 8-7.
		Strickland snookered at 7-7, blasted the balls around the table with no chance of an escape in an unsportsmanlike gesture and Drago, with ball in hand, ran out to enter the finals.
	www.manilastandardtoday.com /?page=sports02_sept02_2003 (304 words)

	Snooker Player Profile - Tony Drago
		He was on the verge of delighting his home fans in the Malta Cup, having battled back from 4-2 down to 4-4 against John Parrott, but lost the deciding frame.
		Drago is one of snooker’s most popular players with a flamboyant personality and a remarkably fast, attacking style.
		Drago reached the final of a world ranking tournament for the first time at the 1997 International Open in Aberdeen, beating John Parrott 5-3 in the quarter-finals and John Higgins 6-5 in the semis.
	www.worldsnooker.com /players_head_to_head-8550.htm (395 words)

	Snooker - The Malta Cup: Tony Drago bows out after a brillaint 114 break
		Malta's Tony Drago was eliminated from the Malta Cup on Tuesday evening after he knocked in a 114 in the fourth frame but the player from Norwich then took over and reeled off the following three frames.
		Under pressure, Drago produced a brilliant 114 break to end the first session on par.
		But Pinches dominated the session going on to secure his place in the next round by winning the opening frames for a 5-2 victory.
	www.di-ve.com /dive/portal/portal.jhtml?id=217304&pid=60 (281 words)

	Great O'Sullivan Video
		Indeed he is, however, Tony Drago is even faster.
		I ran an exhibition between Ronnie and Tony Drago in ireland.
		Tony left the table shortly after that photo was taken, was passing use 'i called him' told him the story.
	www.metacafe.com /watch/237049/great_osullivan (566 words)

	Admiral World Pool Championship 2001 Billiards Digest.com On-line Billiards Magazine
		Anthony Ginn (Eng) bt Tony Drago (Mal) 5 - 4
		Tony Drago (Mal) bt Ivica Putnik (Cro) 5 - 4
		Tony Drago (Mal) bt Vegar Kristiansen (Nor) 5 - 1
	www.billiardsdigest.com /tournaments/match_results.php?tournament_id=1 (2475 words)

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