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Championship League: Neil Robertson withdraws from season's first ranking event in Leicester as Ashley Carty advances

Neil Robertson withdrew from the first ranking of the season as the Championship League got underway at Leicester's Morningside Arena on Monday. The 2010 world champion was due to meet Ashley Carty in his Group 3 opener, but was replaced by former Crucible qualifier Craig Steadman in a section that also contained Sean McAllister – who replaced Liam Highfield – and Adam Duffy. Ad 23-time ranking event winner Robertson joins world champion Luca Brecel – winner of the event a year ago – Mark Selby, Mark Allen and John Higgins in opting out of the early summer snooker action.

John Higgins says staying in top 16 in the world at 50 is his big target - 'I don’t know if there is a finish line'

John Higgins has admitted thoughts of retirement have entered his mind, but his aim is to remain in the elite top 16 when he turns 50. The Scot, 48, had a tough time in the 2022/23 season, as his form dipped and he suffered a series of early exits from tournaments. Ad Things turned around in the second half of the campaign, as he won the Championship League and looked good in the opening couple of rounds at the World Championship.

Top 10 moments of 2022/23 snooker season: No. 9 – Mark Selby compiles ultimate 147 maximum in World Championship final

After the conclusion of another extraordinary snooker season, we pick 10 memorable moments from the 2022/23 campaign as captured by the Eurosport cameras. You can vote for your personal favourite when we reveal our final list of contenders later this month.

Neal Foulds on Yan Bingtao's snooker match-fixing ban – ‘I don’t know what possessed him'

Neal Foulds has given his view after the WPBSA (World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association) Disciplinary Commission handed down a raft of punishments following its investigation into match-fixing. Eurosport analyst Foulds has said he is bewildered by the course of action pursued by the 2021 Masters champion Yan Bingtao, who was banned for five years on Tuesday for fixing four matches and betting on the outcome of several others between 2016 and 2022. Ad Amid a range of punishments doled out pending an appeal to 10 Chinese professionals – which saw Liang Wenbo and Li Hang punished with lifetime bans in the WPBSA’s biggest investigation of match-fixing – Foulds could not understand why Yan would jeopardise his lofty standing in the sport.

Neal Foulds on Yan Bingtao's match-fixing ban – ‘I don’t know what possessed him'

Neal Foulds has given his view after the WPBSA (World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association) Disciplinary Commission handed down a raft of punishments following its investigation into match-fixing. Eurosport analyst Foulds has said he is bewildered by the course of action pursued by the 2021 Masters champion Yan Bingtao, who was banned for five years on Tuesday for fixing four matches and betting on the outcome of several others between 2016 and 2022. Ad Amid a range of punishments doled out pending an appeal to 10 Chinese professionals – which saw Liang Wenbo and Li Hang punished with lifetime bans in the WPBSA’s biggest investigation of match-fixing – Foulds could not understand why Yan would jeopardise his lofty standing in the sport.

Mark Selby MBE earns royal seal of approval after Luca Brecel's world snooker coronation – 'Princess Anne watched final'

Mark Selby was rewarded for his services to snooker and charity at Windsor Castle on Tuesday when he was made an MBE. Princess Anne told the four-time world champion she had watched him contest a regal 47th World Championship final at the Crucible earlier this month as Belgium's Luca Brecel became the first winner from continental Europe courtesy of an engrossing 18-15 win.

When does new 2023/24 snooker season begin? When do Ronnie O'Sullivan and Luca Brecel return? Full calendar, dates

The provisional 2023/24 snooker calendar sees the sport return to mainland China for the first time since 2019 with the staging of three tournaments worth over £2m in prize money. The elite non-ranking Shanghai Masters (September), and Wuhan Open (October) and International Championship (November) – both enjoying full ranking status – will be the first events to be held in the country since the global pandemic decimated the sporting calendar three years ago.

Defending champion Lee Walker crashes out on opening day of World Seniors Snooker Championship

Lee Walker saw his title defence ended on the first day of the World Seniors Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. The Welsh professional lifted the trophy with a 5-4 final victory over Jimmy White a year ago, but departed the 2023 event at the last-16 stage in a 3-1 defeat to evergreen Northern Irishman Gerard Greene on Wednesday.

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Championship League: Neil Robertson withdraws from season's first ranking event in Leicester as Ashley Carty advances

John Higgins says staying in top 16 in the world at 50 is his big target - 'I don’t know if there is a finish line'

Top 10 moments of 2022/23 snooker season: No. 9 – Mark Selby compiles ultimate 147 maximum in World Championship final

Neal Foulds on Yan Bingtao's snooker match-fixing ban – ‘I don’t know what possessed him'

Neal Foulds on Yan Bingtao's match-fixing ban – ‘I don’t know what possessed him'

Mark Selby MBE earns royal seal of approval after Luca Brecel's world snooker coronation – 'Princess Anne watched final'

When does new 2023/24 snooker season begin? When do Ronnie O'Sullivan and Luca Brecel return? Full calendar, dates

Defending champion Lee Walker crashes out on opening day of World Seniors Snooker Championship