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 ...

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, ...

Liang Wenbo was one of 10 Chinese snooker players suspended in 2022 as part of the sport's biggest corruption scandal, before ...

SHEFFIELD, England — Chinese snooker star Zhao Xintong has qualified for the world championship, just a few months after returning to competitive action following a 20-month ban for his role in the ...

The World Snooker Championship has signed up a new ‘title partner’ as IT services company Halo sponsors the event for the first time. The biggest tournament in the sport was sponsored by Cazoo in 2022 ...

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

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 ...