The 2023/24 World Snooker season begins later this month with the first ranking event of the season at the Championship League in Leicester's Morningside Arena staged between Monday 26 June and Friday 21 July. 129 players are set to have playing rights for the new campaign with Mostafa Dorgham claiming the final two-year tour card on Wednesday courtesy of a 5-2 win over Mohamed Khairy in an all-Egyptian final at the African Championship in Casablanca. Ad The German city of Nuremberg is due to hold its first European Masters in August with Kyren Wilson defending his title, before the British Open is hosted by Cheltenham in late September.