Mark Williams risks a rap from snooker chiefs after condemning the Crucible and saying the Betfred.com World Championship should be moved from Sheffield to China.

DESPITE beating a hasty retreat following his surprise 4-1 defeat by Xiao Guadong at the PTC Snooker event in Killarney yesterday, Ronnie O’Sullivan’s recent comments about feeling ‘raped’ and ‘blackmailed’ into playing a lot of the World Snooker events at moment were a hot topic of conversation at the INEC.

Six time World Snooker Champion Steve Davis will take on world ranked number 11 Jimmy White this weekend in a Charity Exhibition match at the Rochestown Park Hotel, Cork.