SOME of the best players to touch a cue stick return to action for this year’s World Snooker Championship – and the action gets underway SOON!

gets his title defense up and running against Liam Highfield while Mark Allen and Barry Hawkins are a couple of the other blockbuster names to play on day one.

But snooker icons and will have to wait until Tuesday to get their Crucible campaigns underway.

  • Start time: 10am BST
  • Live stream: BBC iPlayer / HBO Max
  • TV channels: BBC One / Two / Four / TNT Sports

Follow all the action from the Crucible Theatre with our LIVE blog below…