“The World Snooker Tour heads to Manchester for the Tour Championship, which will be staged from April 1 to 7 and feature the 12 best players of the season so far. Ronnie O’Sullivan and Judd Trump, fresh from his fifth ranking title of the campaign, will be in action, as will the likes of John Higgins, Mark Allen, Ding Junhui and Mark Williams. Reigning world champion Luca Brecel failed to qualify.”