He will wave a ukrainian flag if he beats neil robertson at the world snooker championship despite being told he cannot pay tribute to the country. the world number 14 has ukrainian heritage through his grandfather but organisers said he wasn t allowed to show support for the country at the tournament as he is not from ukraine and that the sport cannot be used as a political platform . well, lisowki faces robertson in the second round tomorrow and 2019 championjudd trump will also be in action. he booked his place in round two after beating hossein vafaei the first iranian to reach the world championship by ten frames to four. ronnie o sullivan plays mark allen in their second round match shortly coverage is live on bbc 2 from 10am. and great britain s track cycling team will be hoping to pick up where they left off on day two of the track nations cup in glasgow. both the men s and women s team pursuit teams won
England s jack lisowski says he wasn t allowed to pay tribute to ukraine at the world snooker championship, as he is not from the eastern european country. the world number 14 has ukrainian heritage through his grandfather, and has wore a ukraine badge on his waistcoat in previous tournaments. the world championship organisers said the sport cannot be used as a political platform. interesting he said in the second round, if he wins, he will waive a ukrainian flag. interesting to see how that develops. sport is a constant political battle. and whether it can be used or not to say you do not want to make a political port, it is a real tension and it is eroding a lot more because of what is going on in the world. it happened to me too with black lives matter. we are going to talk later.