Just Stop Oil protesters forced a stoppage in play early in the evening session at the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield
World Snooker Championship
is the latest high-profile sporting event to be disrupted by protestors after a Just Stop Oil activist poured a packet of orange powder paint over a table on Monday evening, forcing a 24-hour suspension in the match between Robert Milkins and Joe Perry.Milkins was 11-0 up in the early stages of the opening frame when a man suddenly ran out of the crowd, jumped on to the table and began emptying the powder.
A female protester simultaneously tried to glue herself to the other table during the match between Mark Allen and Fan Zhengyi, but was stopped by the quick-thinking response of the referee Olivier Marteel. Both protesters wore T-shirts in support of climate change activistsPlay was suspended on both tables immediately after the incident as vacuum cleaners were brought into the arena - with the master of ceremonies, Rob Walker, among those helping to sweep up the mess.
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