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.

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 fallout from last weekend's World Snooker Championship final continues, as all eyes remain fixed on champion Zhao Xintong ...

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 ...

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