The Six Red World Snooker Championship has been officially removed from the calendar on Tuesday with Northern Ireland Open champion Mark Allen claiming he knew it had been cancelled last week. Stephen Maguire won the last staging of the invitational event in 2019 with an 8-6 win against fellow Scot John Higgins, but will have to wait for an alternative time to defend his title with the scheduled dates of 5-10 September abandoned by local organisers. Ad «The Six Red World Championship, which was due to take place in Thailand from September 5 to 10, has been postponed,» said World Snooker Tour in a statement on Tuesday.