The star was one of 10 Chinese players given bans in June 2023 following a match-fixing scandal that rocked the snooker world ...

Zhao Xintong made history as the first Chinese player to win the World Snooker Championship as he impressively dominated Mark Williams 18-12 in the final at the Crucible. Zhao booked his place in ...

Zhao Xintong of China became Asia’s first world snooker champion after beating Mark Williams 18-12 in the final on Monday, completing a remarkable career turnaround following his involvement in the ...

The long-overdue moment that a first Chinese winner of the World Snooker Championship finally arrived was supposed to be one of unalloyed joy. Yet now it’s here, there is an air of hesitancy around ...

The "long-overdue" moment of an Asian player winning the World Snooker Championship for the first time "was supposed to be one of unalloyed joy", said Luke Baker in The Independent. But there is an ...

In the 98 years since Joe Davis became snooker’s first world champion, the famous old trophy has left the United Kingdom just five times. To Australia twice, the Republic of Ireland and Canada once, ...

SHEFFIELD, England — Zhao Xintong will look to become the first Chinese player to win the world snooker championship after reaching the final by beating seven-time champion Ronnie O’Sullivan 17-7 on ...

The promising snooker star was one of 10 Chinese players slapped with varying bans in June 2023 following a match-fixing ...