In a sport deep-seated in tradition and history, a new era may have begun in snooker after Zhao Xintong became the first Chinese winner of the snooker World Championship. Zhao defeated veteran ...

Two professional Chinese snooker players have been banned for life and eight others suspended after being found guilty of match-fixing and other charges, the sport’s governing body has announced. The ...

The Crucible Theatre’s famous green baize turned orange at the world snooker championship on Monday when a protester interrupted a match by jumping on the table and releasing a packet of powder, ...

After a week of end-to-end action, the all-important day is finally upon us, with the 2025 World Snooker Championship winner to be decided over the next 48 hours between Mark Williams and Zhao Xintong ...

A snooker world champion said it was "incredible" to return to his former school for a question and answer session with young pupils. Kyren Wilson from Kettering, who won the 2024 Snooker World ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer, an FT contributing editor, is chief executive of the Royal Society of Arts and former chief ...

World champion Zhao Xintong is among a stellar cast of players in Essex The world's best snooker players are heading to Essex as the English Open action heats up. Big names are fighting it out for the ...

Zhao Xintong became the first Chinese player to win the World Snooker Championship with a victory over Welshman and three-times winner Mark Williams at the Crucible Theatre on Monday, the latest ...

SHEFFIELD, England, May 5 (Reuters) - Zhao Xintong became the first Chinese player to win the World Snooker Championship with a victory over Welshman and three-times winner Mark Williams at the ...