Despite such a lengthy suspension, he was still one of the pre-tournament favourites, such is his quality. He now climbs to ...

Snooker is boldly pushing for inclusion in the 2032 Brisbane Olympics to capitalise on the sport's massive popularity in ...

Zhao Xintong defeated Mark Williams 18-12 in the final to become the first Chinese player to win the Snooker World Championship.

Zhao Xintong, nation's first world champion of the green baize, will inspire youngsters throughout the land, including Hong Kong China has waited a long time for its first world snooker champion. Zhao ...

The overall TV reach across BBC One, BBC Two and BBC Four over the tournament was 12.6m - with a peak of 3 million on BBC Two ...

With “The Cyclone’s” victory demonstrating China's growing power in the sport, chair of the World Professional Billiards and ...

The World Snooker Championship was streamed a record-breaking 29 million times across BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website, and ...

Shaun Murphy claims "a lot of" players on the professional snooker tour have questioned why Zhao Xintong was allowed to ...

Zhao is prohibited from taking part in events in mainland China even after becoming his country’s first world champion.

Zhao Xintong announced himself as a snooker superstar by becoming the sport's first Asian world champion, but he remains ...

Zhao Xintong's World Snooker Championship victory saw him rake in half-a-million pounds - and the Chinese star is now being ...