How Zhao Xintong's historic world snooker title win will be greeted in China - and what it could mean for the sport.

Zhao Xintong was crowned China’s first world snooker champion on a defining night for the sport in Sheffield and his ...

Zhao Xintong of China has become Asia’s first world snooker champion after beating Mark Williams 18-12 in the final.

Zhao Xintong became the first Chinese player to win the World Snooker Championship with a victory over Welshman and ...

Zhao defeated veteran three-time champion Mark Williams in Monday's final at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.

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

Zhao was playing under amateur status as a technicality as he had already secured his professional tour card from the start ...

Zhao was banned for 20 months in 2023 for his part in a match-fixing scandal and was forced to start again as an amateur.

After returning last year from a match-fixing scandal, Zhao Xintong makes history with his win over three-time winner Mark ...

Mark Williams and Zhao Xintong pick up their World Snooker Championship final battle in Sheffield tonight. History is on the ...

As Zhao Xintong stands on the brink of becoming the first Chinese snooker world champion, his journey to the Crucible Theatre's final has been anything but straightforward. Just one frame away from ...

Zhao Xintong was crowned China's first world snooker champion after withstanding a stirring comeback from Mark Williams to ...