Snooker: O’Sullivan not planning to hang around at the start

RONNIE O’SULLIVAN makes his first appearance in this season’s UK Championship today in York and does not plan to hang around.

O’Sullivan is one of snooker’s Fab Four whose second-round games have been held back so they can be shown at the start of BBC TV’s coverage of the €880,000 event.

The Rocket meets hot potter Ian McCulloch who defeated Preston rival Stuart Pettman in his opening match on Wednesday.