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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

The World Snooker Tour (WST) have responded to Shaun Murphy after he branded the decision to allow Zhao Xintong to keep 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.

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

China’s newest sporting star believes his move to Britain as a teenager was a key element in his rise to the top.