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JUDD TRUMP has returned to the table in China as he eyes World Open glory.

The World No1 is the defending champion and is eyeing a three-peat this year, having won the event in 2019 and 2024, the last two stages of the tournament.

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But Trump will face some fierce competition from some of the biggest names in the sport, with the likes of Kyren Wilson and Shaun Murphy in action.

SunSport has the guide on everything you need to know ahead of World Open snooker 2025.

When is the World Open snooker 2025?

• The tournament will take place between Sunday, February 23 and Saturday, March 1.
• The World Open will take place in Yushan, China.

Is Ronnie O’Sullivan playing at World Open snooker 2025?

Ronnie O’Sullivan will not be playing in the World Open this year.

Rocket was due to play Stuart Carrington in his tournament opener before he withdrew from the event on medical grounds.

The seven-time world champion has pulled out of numerous tournaments this season, but it is expected that O’Sullivan will return to snooker at the World Grand Prix in March.

World Open snooker 2025 format

The tournament will consist of a top half and a bottom half, with the winner of either half facing off in the final on Saturday, March 1.

The order of rounds is:

• Round of 64
• Round of 32
• Round of 16
• Quarter-finals
• Semi-finals
• Final

The last 64, last 32, last 16 and quarter-finals will be best of nine frames.

The semi-final is best of 11 frames, and the final is best of 19 frames, played over two sessions.

How to watch World Open snooker 2025

• The World Open is broadcast live on Eurosport 1 and TNT Sports 3.
• From Thursday, February 28, Eurosport channels close down meaning TNT Sports 3 will be the only TV channel broadcasting the World Open.
• TNT Sports customers can live stream the tournament via the discovery+ app/website.

World Open snooker 2025 schedule and results

Sunday, February 23
All times GMT
From 1.30am
Elliot Slessor 5-2 Lyu Haotian
Sanderson Lam 1-5 Zhou Jinhao
David Lilley 5-4 Cao Jin
Scott Donaldson 5-0 Wang Yuhang
Zhang Anda 3-5 Stan Moody
Xu Si 5-3 Zou Pengfei
Kyren Wilson 5-2 Hammad Miah

From 6am
Mark Selby 2-5 Liu Hongyu
Jimmy Robertson 5-3 Noppon Saengkham
Aaron Hill 5-3 Sunny Akani
Mark Davis 1-5 John Higgins
Daniel Womersley 2-5 Stuart Carrington

From 11.30am
Antoni Kowalski 5-3 Matthew Stevens
Michael Holt 5-3 Martin O’Donnell
Wu Yize 5-4 Jackson Page
Ali Carter 5-3 He Guoqiang
M Phetmalaikul 1-5 Zhou Yuelong
Judd Trump 5-0 Xing Zihao
Ding Junhui 5-1 Jiang Jun

Monday, February 24

From 1.30am
Zhou Jinhao vs Shaun Murphy
Mark Allen vs David Lilley
Jack Lisowski vs Scott Donaldson
Zak Surety vs Jordan Brown

From 6am
Ben Woollaston vs Amir Sarkosh
Jamie Jones vs Barry Hawkins
Louis Heathcote vs Stuart Carrington
Xiao Guodong vs Duane Jones
Pang Junxu vs Anthony McGill
Zhang/Moody vs Graeme Dott
Lei Peifan vs Kyren Wilson

From 11.30am
Judd Trump vs Long Zehuang
Alfie Burden vs Joe O’Connor
Yuan Sijun vs Hossein Vafaei
Joe Perry vs Ding Junhui
Ishpreet Singh Chadha vs Tom Ford
Daniel Wells vs Gary Wilson
Robert Milkins vs Xu Si

Wednesday, February 26 – Last-16

Thursday, February 27 – Quarter-finals

Friday, February 28 – Semi-finals

Saturday, March 1 – Final

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HOLLY Willoughby was forced to step in as one of the judges made a huge blunder on Dancing On Ice.

Christopher Dean seemingly made an error in his scoring as the show was plagued with a technical difficulty.

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Dancing on Ice suffered a huge technical blunder after Sam Aston took to the ice[/caption]

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Christopher Dean’s score was not displayed properly as he insisted the wrong number was entered in front of him[/caption]

Coronation Street actor Sam Aston and his partner Molly Lanaghan took to the rink to perform in Musicals Night.

They impressed the judges with their Oliver Twist inspired routine as they received an electric round of applause from the studio audience.

Ashley Banjo and Jayne Torvill both gave a score of nine points, while Oti Mabuse gave a score of nine and a half.

However, when it came down to Christopher to enter his result, the wrong score appeared in front of him.

He insisted that meant to enter a score of nine and a half points, but instead he appeared to get slightly flustered.

The screen in front of him appeared to say that he entered a eight and a half points, a score of one point lower than he intended.

The former Olympian said: “This will really annoy those upstairs”

It meant there was an awkward moment where the correct score he entered wasn’t displayed in front of the judges desk.

The total score from all the judges seemed unclear and the show appeared to move to the start of the judges critiques.

This was before Holly Willoughby stepped in to announce Sam’s full score to the competitor and the studio audience.

She later announced that he got a total score of 37 but only as the correct amount of points were displayed on the front of the desk.

Viewers very much took note of the awkward blunder as they took to social media.

Writing on X – formerly known as Twitter – one viewer commented: “Good to see the popularity contest continues. Chris is a joke 8.5 I meant 9.5.”

A second stated: “Blimey Chris is a bit of tease. Keep at it and the marks will go up?.”

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Eventually, the correct amount of points were displayed over the front of the judges desk[/caption]

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Holly Willoughby was forced to step in and move the show along[/caption]

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She only announced the total score after the correct score was entered into the system[/caption]

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ENOUGH is enough.

After battling on in his position for what feels like months now, SunSport exclusively revealed that Rangers ARE about to officially announce the sacking of Philippe Clement.

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But who will replace him in the meantime?[/caption]

The Belgian was keen to continue fighting on but yesterday’s 2-0 defeat to St Mirren at Ibrox – the Paisley Buddies’ first win away to Gers since 1991 – appears to be the last straw.

The 50-year-old now looks set to be relieved of his duties having won just one League Cup during his tenure, as talks of a takeover in the summer by the San Francisco 49ers loom large.

A caretaker boss will be named for the midweek’s league clash with Kilmarnock at Rugby Park in the meantime.

The question is, who could that be?

Alex Rae

Rae has been at Rangers as both a player and coach and holds a Uefa Pro licence.

He has also had two previous stints as a manager, once with Dundee from 2006-2008 (he started as player-manager) and again with St Mirren from December 2015 to September 2016.

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Alex Rae has been part of the Ibrox coaching set-up for over a year now[/caption]

But the former midfielder was sacked from both roles and has spent the majority of his coaching career as a No2.

He was often the wing man to Paul Ince, working with him at MK Dons, Notts County, Blackpool and Reading.

Rae also had a brief spell working with ex-Gers boss Alex McLeish at KRC Genk.

He was brought back to Ibrox as a first-team coach after the sacking of Michael Beale and has remained in post since.

Kevin Thomson

Recently welcomed back to the club as a youth coach after spending a few years out of coaching.

A former Gers midfielder like Rae, Thomson won two league titles under Walter Smith and later returned to Ibrox to coach the youngsters after setting up his own football academy upon retiring from playing.

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Kevin Thomson won promotion to League One with Kelty Hearts[/caption]

He was a huge success with part-timers Kelty Hearts, winning them promotion from League Two in 2022 before taking the surprise decision to depart (incidentally he was replaced by another Ibrox hero in Barry Ferguson).

Thomson is well-respected by the Ibrox faithful but has never coached at such a high level.

He could bring fellow youth coach Steven Smith up to the senior squad with him and see the team through until the end of the season before returning to coach the development squad.

Neil McCann

McCann was spot on with his analysis of Rangers as being negative in the loss to St Mirren, the match that now looks like Clement’s last.

Could he be bring that tactical nous to the dugout at Ibrox?

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Neil McCann has been a full-time manager before, and an interim boss[/caption]

McCann played for the Light Blues between 1998 and 2003 and won nine trophies.

He has only had two managerial jobs, one with Dundee from April 2017 until October 2018 and another interim spell at Inverness, taking over when John Robertson was granted compassionate leave.

McCann’s coaching career started with Dunfermline in 2012 and he was also initially a caretaker at the Dee before being given the permanent job.

He has also worked for Rangers TV as a pundit in recent times, so remains linked to the club.

Issame Charai

The Moroccan only joined Rangers at the end of January as Clement’s new No2.

He must be wondering what he’s stepped into…

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Issame Charai came in as assistant manager to Philippe Clement last month[/caption]

Of course, there is every chance he walks with the Belgian but at the moment he is the man who is second in command at Ibrox.

Stephan Van Der Heyden has been a trusted confidante of Clement since the start and is all but certain to leave alongside him.

Charai came in after Andries Ulderink left the club and doesn’t have as much of a personal tie to Clement as Van Der Heyden does.

Moroccan-Belgian Charai is 43 and has a 13-year coaching career behind him.

Charai has had stints coaching at clubs in Saudi Arabia (including a caretaker manager spell with Al-Faisaly), Belgium and France.

In 2022, Charai was appointed manager of the Morocco under-23 national team, a position he held for two years and had that major trophy success (in which time he encountered Gers ace Hamza Igamane).

Charai’s last role before coming to Rangers was as the assistant manager at Strasbourg in Ligue 1 and he was reportedly keen on stepping into full-time management at some point in the near future.

Keep up to date with ALL the latest news and transfers at the Scottish Sun football page