Incoming World Snooker Tour (WST) chairman Steve Dawson has strong views on how not to follow someone like Hearn. "I certainly won't be trying to copy his style at all because I think that would look terrible," Dawson tells BBC Sport. Dawson is happy to chew things over and the pair have arranged to meet once the World Championship is over. "We need someone who has their fingers right on the pulse of the latest developments and that will be a huge benefit to the snooker industry and snooker world." "The World Championship has been at the Crucible for over 40 years and the World Championship goes back to 1927.

Source: BBC April 27, 2021 11:48 UTC