COVID-19 Effect: World Snooker Championship 2020 called-off

The Snooker World Championship has been postponed due to the outbreak of coronavirus, the organisers announced on Friday.

The qualifying rounds of snooker’s biggest event were due to run from April 8 to 15 at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield, followed by the final stages from April 18



to May 4 at the Crucible Theatre, Xinhua reported.

“The World Snooker Tour (WST) intends to host its final stages at the Crucible on rescheduled dates in July or August. This will be preceded by the qualifying rounds,” said the world snooker governing body in a statement released on its website.