STEPHEN HENDRY reckons there’s one snooker star that will be “fuming” following Zhao Xintong’s World Snooker Championship ...

He could well be right. Half of those viewing the final on television are thought to have been in China, where, some ...

Zhao Xintong could lose up to half of the £500,000 he pocketed for winning the World Snooker Championship. The Chinese potter ...

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

Zhao Xintong is on course to become the richest snooker player in history – but his no-nonsense manager insisted she would ...

As a result, snooker is widely welcomed by people in Guangdong. In 1994, Guangdong native Guo Hua became the first player on ...

At the end of tournament that he’d only been entered into as a wildcard in order to drive local interest in Beijing, Ding had become the second-youngest ranking event winner in snooker history ...

On 3 April 2005, a grinning Ding Junhui lifted the China Open trophy ... chairman of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA). “We are talking about a national hero ...

But seven-time champ Stephen Hendry reckons that Zhao's compatriot, Ding Junhui, won't be as pleased ... Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) took control of the sport. The first World ...

Ding Junhui (left) lost in the 2016 world final ... chairman of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA). "We've seen players like Lei Peifan winning ranking events and ...

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

Snooker has long been a very popular sport in China, with Ding Junhui’s emergence onto the ... ending China’s wait for a world champion. WPBSA chairman Jason Ferguson believes the ...