Ronnie O'Sullivan set to return – When, where and what time does snooker world champion play?

Ronnie O'Sullivan is set to make his return to action at the Championship League in Leicester on Monday. O'Sullivan is due to face Farkh Ajaib in the Group 1 opener from 12pm (BST) at the Morningside Arena. Ad/> He concludes the section from 5pm with matches against Alfie Burden and former English Open semi-finalist Alexander Ursenbacher in the season's first ranking event.

SnookerWhat does 2022/23 snooker season look like after key updates?01/07/2022 AT 10:47 Each match is contested over four frames with the player who tops the group reaching the last 32. O'Sullivan last played a competitive match in his 18-13 win over Judd Trump on 2 May that saw him equal Stephen Hendry's record of seven Crucible titles. The Essex man last month opened his first snooker academy in Singapore, playing exhibition matches against UK champion Zhao Xintong and women's world champion Nutcharut Wongharuthai.

All his matches at the Championship League are live on FreeSports in the UK. Jamie Jones, Sam Craigie, David Lilley and Andres Petrov contest Group 27 on table two on Monday. O’Sullivan exclusive: World champion on how he beat self-doubt to lift seventh title O'Sullivan heads cast as World Doubles returns to circuit after 31-year absence Four-time world champion Mark Selby has been drawn in Group 3 alongside Ben Woollaston, Zhang Jiankang and James Cahill and is due to begin his season on Thursday 7 July.

Crucible finalist Trump is set to face Jamie Clarke, Sean O'Sullivan and Yisong Peng in Group 2 on Tuesday 19 July. David Gilbert begins the defence of the title in Group 16 on Wednesday 20 July alongside Joe O'Connor and Zak Surety. Latest Championship League group winners Group 24: Robert Milkins (Eng) Group 13: Aaron Hill (Ire) Group