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Snooker's world seniors line-up announced

Xinhua, December 4, 2015 Adjust font size:

Jimmy White, John Parrott and defending champion Mark Williams will be among the snooker favorites competing in the World Seniors Championship at the Guild Hall in Preston in January.

The televised tournament runs on the weekend of January 30-31 and brings together green baize kings of the past three decades, together with current players, aged 40 or over.

Eight players have already been awarded places in the popular tournament, including Mark Williams, Jimmy White, John Parrott, Ken Doherty, Joe Johnson, Peter Ebdon, Nigel Bond and Darren Morgan.

The field will be made up by eight more players who come through qualifying rounds to be staged in Wigan from December 21 and 22. Endi