The long-overdue moment that a first Chinese winner of the World Snooker Championship finally arrived was supposed to be one of unalloyed joy. Yet now it’s here, there is an air of hesitancy around ...

YORK, England (AP) — Zhao Xintong became the second Chinese player this year to capture one of snooker's three major titles when he won the UK Championship on Sunday. Competing in the first final of ...

Everything you need to know about the 2026 World Snooker Championship as Zhao Xintong, Ronnie O'Sullivan and Co. bid for glory at the Crucible Theatre.

Ronnie O’Sullivan and Zhao Xintong played out a captivating opening session in the first World Snooker Championship semi-final of 2025, with the duo level at four frames apiece. The “Rocket” began the ...

ZHAO XINTONG has won the Riyadh Season Snooker Championship. World champion Zhao beat Neil Robertson 5-2 to take home a cheque worth a whopping £250,000. Please ...

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 ...

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, ...

As Zhao Xintong prepares to defend his World Championship title, his sparkling form in recent months has suggested he could be entering a spell of snooker dominance. The 29-year-old breezed to his ...

ZHAO XINTONG has been dubbed the “Roger Federer of snooker”, as he looks to defend his world title. Chinese cueist Xintong kicked off the defence of the World Snooker Championship crown he won last ...

The long-overdue moment that a first Chinese winner of the World Snooker Championship finally arrived was supposed to be one of unalloyed joy. Yet now it’s here, there is an air of hesitancy around ...