Carter faces Chinese amateur Qiu Lei in the opening round in Shanghai, with a meeting with Mark Williams the prize for ...

China is edging closer to having its first world snooker champion after Zhao Xintong established an 11-6 lead over Mark Williams at the halfway point of the final at the Crucible Theatre ...

Zhao Xintong ’s 26-match winning run was ended unceremoniously by Kyren Wilson who beat the world champion 10-5 in the ...

Zhao Xintong of China became Asia’s first world snooker champion after beating Mark Williams 18-12 in the final on Monday, completing a remarkable career turnaround following his involvement in ...

THE Shanghai Masters is rolling on at speed as we head into the semi-finals! Mark Selby and Ali Carter are facing off RIGHT ...

Zhao Xintong becomes the most complicated world champion in snooker history - Zhao Xintong 18-12 Mark Williams: Zhao demolished three-time winner Williams to become China’s first world champion ...

The 28-year-old Chinese star pocketed £500,000 as he put on a cueing masterclass to brush aside Welsh veteran Mark Williams at the Crucible, in Sheffield, in a 18-12 thrashing.

Beaten finalist Williams also compared Zhao to a young Rocket, saying at the Crucible: ‘He’s close to as good to watch as O’Sullivan when he was younger. He just walks around the table as if he’s just ...

China's Zhao Xintong "cut a swathe through qualifying and the main stage" in Sheffield to set up a final against Mark Williams, the Welshman "gunning for his fourth Crucible title".

Zhao Xintong is just one frame away from winning the World Snooker Championship, leading Mark Williams 17-8 ahead of the last session of the final. It has been a dominant performance from the 28 ...

Stephen Hendry reckons Ding Junhui could be far from happy that Zhao Xintong has become China’s first world champion, at least that’s how he’d feel if he was in Ding’s shoes.

Zhao Xintong's historic World Snooker Championship title is set to spur the game to even greater heights in China and sparked predictions the country could come to dominate the sport. He says ...