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

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 ...

THE World Snooker Championship is heading towards a thrilling climax at the Crucible. Zhao Xintong became the first cueist to progress to the final after thrashing Ronnie O'Sullivan 17-7 in the ...

Zhao Xintong is preparing for the biggest occasion of his life so far, his first World Snooker Championship final, and it has been quite a journey to get there. The 28-year-old will take on Mark ...

Ronnie O’Sullivan faces a potential rematch with Zhao Xintong just months after being thrashed by the world champion at The ...

Zhao Xintong made snooker history on Monday night by becoming the first Chinese player to win the World Championship. But while the 28-year-old’s dominant 18-12 win over Mark Williams was a ...

China's Zhao Xintong celebrates victory in the final match against Wales' Mark Williams following day seventeen of the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, England.

“It has to be said that Zhao Xintong was at the very lower ... it makes me appreciate snooker more.” And after his World Championship triumph, he echoed similar sentiments.

a new era may have begun in snooker after Zhao Xintong became the first Chinese winner of the snooker World Championship. Zhao defeated veteran three-time champion Mark Williams 18-12 in Monday ...