
This year’s World Snooker Championship at the Crucible will take place in the shadow of an independent disciplinary hearing involving the 10 players who are currently suspended on charges relating to match-fixing.
Snooker’s world governing body, the WPBSA, has confirmed that the hearing, chaired by Ian Mill KC, will start on April 24, the second Monday of the 17-day tournament which culminates in the champion being crowned on May 1.