Snooker: O’Sullivan will avoid small chat

Ronnie O’Sullivan plans to snub Jimmy White when snooker’s top crowd pullers go head-to-head in the £695,000 (€1.1m) and Hedges Masters.

And when the ‘Rocket’ tackles the ‘Whirlwind’ at the Wembley Conference Centre for a place in the last four, snooker will see its biggest crowd of the season.