Snooker

Michael White has joined the ranks of bad boys, now arrested for 3 years, and being chucked off the Tour:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c72546evnpxo

Kyren Wilson beat Judd Trump to win the Xi'an Grand Prix, 10-8

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/arti...6y7dnxwj9o

The Xi'an Grand Prix was the 2nd ranking tournament of the season. Craptain Carter won the 1st, the Championship League, beating rising Welsh superstar Jackson Page 3-1 in the final.

Despite his Shanghai Masters not carrying ranking points, Judd Trump did enough by finishing runner up in Xi'an to dethrone Mark Allen as World no.1. Mark Allen can regain the no.1 spot if he does better than Judd in the Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters which begins on Friday.

The prize for the Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters winner is £500,000, same as the World Championship which means others like Kyren Wilson can eye up taking the World no.1 spot, and Ronnie O'Sullivan may be able to regain it.

Former World no.6 and UK Championship winner Zhao Xintong, who was given the most lenient sentence for the Chinese match fixing scandal, has served his 1 year 8 months ban and is now free to seek professional status via the amateur game; Q School etc.

Bloody hell, time flies. Some others have returned OK from bans, we'll see what happens to him.