Snookered by China? Masters tournament owner plots Asia expansion

World Snooker and PDC World Darts owner Matchroom weighs up India and south-east Asia amid feared over-reliance on China

The owner of the Masters snooker tournament is plotting an expansion trail across Asia after the pandemic exposed the company’s reliance on China, its chair has revealed.

Steve Dawson, who chairs World Snooker, told the Guardian it was considering staging tournaments in India, Pakistan, Malaysia and Thailand, after its business was held back by three years of Beijing-imposed Covid lockdowns.

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