Stephen Lee’s mammoth 12-year ban from snooker additionally prevents him from watching his personal son compete.
The 49-year-old has been absent from the game since 2012 after he was slapped with a colossal ban when he was charged with match fixing associated to matches in 2008 and 2009.
His final ever aggressive sport was in opposition to John Higgins within the Premier League as he was hit with the suspension a day after the match.
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Lee’s 12-year-ban – which concludes on October 12 this yr – prevents the disgraced snooker star from competing or attending in WPBSA-affiliated match.
Unfortunately for the Trowbridge native, the ban additionally excludes him from watching his son Alfie, 19, compete as an novice participant. The promising teenager has competed in Q School and within the 2023 WSF Championship however has been pressured to play with out the presence of his father.
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Lee’s ban means he cannot attend any WPBSA-affiliated match as a participant, coach, media analyst and even as a spectator and the former world quantity 5 has opened up about his private scenario and whether or not he might make a return to the game.
“I must get asked this weekly, daily, minutely. I would like to say no, but I am still capable of playing,” he mentioned again in 2022. “Let’s see what happens in two years. It’s not a no, and not a yes. We can only just see what happens in a couple of years’ time.”
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He opened up in regards to the bodily struggles he contends with which makes a comeback extremely unlikely however teased his involvement in potential occasions within the pipeline. “I have some exciting things coming up, and I’m also getting older,” he admitted. “My eyes are getting worse, and I never had good eyes to start with. As you get older the determination and the fire goes.”
An fan was additionally eager to know whether or not a spectacular comeback was on the playing cards as Lee was brutally trustworthy when replying on Facebook: “No chance of it my friend.” He additionally added: “I struggle to break off nowadays. It’s down to my son now.”