So sad :Match-fixing snooker star banned for 12 years

Match-fixing snooker star banned for 12 years discusses possible return.

Stephen Lee has expressed doubt about his chances of returning to professional

snooker after his 12-year match-fixing ban expires this year. Lee was found guilty of match-fixing in 2008 and 2009,

but the former world number five is eligible to return on October 12, 2024, his 50th birthday.

Lee, a former five-time ranking title winner, was found guilty of seven counts

of match fixing after being charged by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA). He was

suspended from the events in 2012 and later found guilty by an independent tribunal the following year.

Lee was regarded as one of his generation’s best players, alongside

Ronnie O’Sullivan, John Higgins, and Mark Williams from the Class of 1992.

With only a few months left on his ban, it’s unclear whether he’ll return to snooker.

He previously hinted at a potential comeback, but a recent Facebook post

appears to rule that out. “Not a chance, my friend,” he replied to a comment

encouraging him to return to snooker, before adding: “I find it difficult to break off nowadays. “It is now up to my son…”

It contrasts sharply with Lee’s comments in 2022, when he left the door firmly

open to reviving his professional career. “I must be asked this weekly, daily, and minutely,” he said. “I’d like to say no, but

I am still able to play. Let us see what happens in two years. It’s neither a no nor a yes.

We can only wait and see what happens in a few years. I’ve got some exciting

things coming up, and I’m getting older. My eyes are getting worse, and I never

had good eyes to begin with. As you get older, your determination and drive grow.”

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