Misspent youth? Snooker could soon be taught in schools

The former manager of world champion Mark Selby is campaigning to put snooker on the UK curriculum.

Mukesh Parmar believes that a modified form of the sport - on smaller tables and with numbers and mathematical symbols on the balls - can develop numeracy skills among students.

Parmar has worked on “functional snooker” - a form of the game developed by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA).