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

LONDON - China's Zhao Xintong became the first Asian player to win the World Snooker Championship after beating veteran Mark ...

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

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

Zhao Xintong of China became Asia’s first world snooker champion after beating Mark Williams 18-12 in the final on Monday, ...

Zhao Xintong has dominated Mark Williams in the opening session of the world snooker championship final by running up a 7-1 ...

Four-time winner Mark Selby crashed out in the first round of the World Snooker Championship after a late-night 10-8 defeat to qualifier Ben Woollaston. Selby had edged the opening session of the ...

Who are the greatest snooker players ever? It is not easy to compare eras and, while century breaks are off the charts now ...

Four-time winner Mark Selby crashed out in the first round of the World Snooker Championship after a late-night 10-8 defeat to qualifier Ben Woollaston. Selby had edged the opening session of the ...

Reigning world snooker champion Kyren Wilson was forced to give up £30,000 of his winnings after Mark Selby hit a stunning 147 at the Crucible two years ago. Wilson etched his name into snooker ...

Ben Woollaston has joked that he won't be asking Mark Selby for advice, after knocking his pal out of snooker's World Championship. The two Leicester potters met in the first round at the Crucible ...