Liang Wenbo suspended from World Snooker Tour while misconduct probe ongoing

Snooker’s world governing body, the WPBSA, determined that Liang has a case to answer for misconduct under its disciplinary rules

Liang Wenbo has been suspended from the World Snooker Tour while a misconduct disciplinary is ongoing (George Wood/PA Images).

Liang Wenbo has been suspended from the World Snooker Tour pending the outcome of an investigation into an alleged breach of the sport’s misconduct rules.

The world number 33 was fined a total of £1,380 and given a 12-month community order at Sheffield Magistrates’ Court on Friday for what the Crown Prosecution Service called a “domestic-related assault”.