China is edging closer to having its first world snooker champion after Zhao Xintong established an 11-6 lead over Mark Williams at the halfway point of the final at the Crucible Theatre on Sunday.

In the 98 years since Joe Davis became snooker’s first world champion, the famous old trophy has left the United Kingdom just five times. To Australia twice, the Republic of Ireland and Canada once, ...

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 ...

Zhao Xintong is within touching distance of making history at the World Snooker Championship after taking a huge lead over Mark Williams in the final. Zhao is aiming to become China’s first-ever ...

The "long-overdue" moment of an Asian player winning the World Snooker Championship for the first time "was supposed to be one of unalloyed joy", said Luke Baker in The Independent. But there is an ...

Does snooker have its Luke Littler moment? Perhaps not on these shores – that came when Alex Higgins emerged like a hurricane in the Seventies – but, at a global level, this promises to be equally ...