Cue chaos! There was a bad break for fans of snooker on Monday evening when protesters from the group Just Stop Oil disrupted the World Championships.
Two protesters invaded the playing area at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, northern England, shortly after play began, with one protester jumping on the table and emptying the contents of a packet of orange powder before being dragged away by security.
A second protester tried to attach themselves to the adjacent table but was prevented from doing so.
Play resumed on the second table after a 40-minute break, with the first table being cleaned.
Just Stop Oil later took to social media, saying they were behind the protest and “demanding that the Government immediately stop all new UK fossil fuel projects and are calling on UK sporting institutions to step into civil resistance against the Government’s genocidal policies.”
Former world champion Stephen Hendry, on commentary for the BBC, said: “I have never seen that before at a snooker event. It’s a first.”
Over on the channel Eurosport, the commentator simply said: “I don’t know what he’s protesting about and frankly, I don’t care.”
