Zhao Xintong has become China ’s first winner of the World Snooker Championship, beating Mark Williams 18-12 in the Crucible final. The 28-year-old was playing in his first final and, remarkably, as ...

Zhao Xintong became the first Chinese player to win the World Snooker Championship with a victory over Welshman and three-times winner Mark Williams at the Crucible Theatre on Monday, the latest ...

Zhao Xintong becomes first Chinese winner of World Snooker Championship with 18-12 victory over three-time champion Mark ...

That's quite a bold statement when you think about the titles players like Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O'Sullivan won.' ...

Zhao Xintong has made history with his World Snooker Championship final win over Mark Williams at the Crucible. Zhao needed just one more frame in Monday night’s fourth and final session in ...

Jason Ferguson, chairman of the sport’s global governing body, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, has ...

A BRITISH snooker star has inadvertently benefited from Zhao Xintong’s historic World Championship win. Dylan Emery has regained his pro tour card for the next two seasons after finishing ...

Zhao Xintong’s sublime victory over Mark Williams at the Crucible means China has its first world snooker champion. The 28-year-old did it against strong headwinds too, having come through ...

Zhao demolished three-time winner Williams to become China’s first world champion but his complex past means that accomplishment comes with questions ...

ZHAO XINTONG has been tipped to become the richest snooker player in history. Yet Asia's first world champion has been warned by his manager that he is not allowed to splash too much cash despite ...

In a sport deep-seated in tradition and history, a new era may have begun in snooker after Zhao Xintong became the first Chinese winner of the snooker World Championship. Zhao defeated veteran ...