India's President Ram Nath Kovind confers the Padma Shri award to Pankaj Advani, billiard and snooker player, during an event at the Presidential Palace in New Delhi, India, April 2, 2018. Picture taken April 2, 2018. Money Sharma/Pool via Reuters 

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Student practices at World Snooker College in Beijing, China, April 29, 2017. REUTERS/Iris Zhao 

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Actors Kathleen Munroe (L), Anupam Kher, Gerard Butler (C), and Maxwell Jenkins (R), pose with director Mark Williams (2nd R), as they arrive on the red carpet for the film "The Headhunter’s Calling" during the 41st Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), in Toronto, Canada, September 14, 2016. REUTERS/Mark Blinch

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Snooker player Ronnie O'Sullivan poses with his partner Laila Rouass after receiving an OBE from the Prince of Wales at an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace in London, Britain May 6, 2016. REUTERS/John Stillwell/Pool

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