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

Zhao Xintong became the first Chinese player to win the World Snooker Championship with a victory over Welshman and ...

The 28-year-old was implicated in the sport's biggest match-fixing scandal before coming back from suspension to take the ...

Zhao Xintong of China has become Asia's first world snooker champion after beating Mark Williams 18-12 in the final.

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The crowning of Zhao Xintong as Asia’s first world snooker champion will have come as a surprise to many unfamiliar with the ...

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

Zhao Xintong 's recent World Snooker Championship triumph has inadvertently helped a British snooker player to regain his ...

The 28-year-old beat Mark Williams on May 5 to become the first Asian to clinch the sport's biggest prize. Read more at ...

What an amazing 17 days of snooker we’ve enjoyed in Sheffield, and what a world champion we now have in Zhao Xintong.

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

Richard Mann reflects on this year's World Snooker Championship, nominating his best and worst from 17 days at the Crucible.