Two Chinese snooker players have been banned for life and eight others have received lengthy suspensions for their part in a match-fixing scandal. Liang Wenbo, the former world No 11, was identified ...

For the past six years, Ronnie O’Sullivan has been telling anyone who wanted to listen about a young Chinese snooker player by the name of Zhao Xintong. “Watch him – amazing – he’s the one, could be ...

SHEFFIELD, England — Ten Chinese snooker players were charged Wednesday for their alleged roles in a match-fixing scandal that has plunged the sport into its biggest corruption crisis. An ...

Zhao Xintong of China became Asia’s first world snooker champion after beating Mark Williams 18-12 in the final on Monday, completing a remarkable career turnaround following his involvement in the ...

At the World Snooker College in China's capital, there are no textbooks or exams, just rows upon rows of snooker tables and an ever-growing trophy case. Students at the Beijing snooker school -- the ...

Within minutes of becoming China's trailblazing world snooker champion, Zhao Xintong was draped in his country's flag as he started to take in the enormity of his achievement. Zhao defeated three-time ...

You would miss it were it not for the small sign on the outside which simply reads “Victoria Snooker”. The “V” is rather artistically made up of snooker cues and we are in a Sheffield street just a 10 ...

Zhao Xintong's historic World Snooker Championship title is set to spur the game to even greater heights in China and sparked predictions the country could come to dominate the sport. The 28-year-old ...

Zhao Xintong made history Monday night in Sheffield, becoming the first Chinese player — and the first amateur — to win the snooker World Championship with a stunning 18-12 victory over three-time ...