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 ...

China is edging closer to having its first world snooker champion after Zhao Xintong established an 11-6 lead over Mark ...

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

With “The Cyclone’s” victory demonstrating China's growing power in the sport, chair of the World Professional Billiards and ...

The fallout from last weekend's World Snooker Championship final continues, as all eyes remain fixed on champion Zhao Xintong. Aged just 28 years old, Zhao is being tipped to dominate the sport ...

Zhao Xintong impressed in the World finals to beat snooker legend Mark Williams but will lose a significant amount of his ...

ZHAO XINTONG has beaten Mark Williams 18-12 to win the World Snooker Championship. The Cyclone went into the evening session with an astonishing 17-8 lead, but Willo won four on the spin to set up ...

Shaun Murphy has slammed snooker chiefs for allowing Zhao Xintong to play at the World Championship despite still being banned in China. The new Crucible champion received a 20-month suspension ...

Zhao Xintong completed a remarkable victory over Mark Williams in their World Snooker Championship final at the Crucible, as he impressively triumphed 18-12 to become China’s first world champion.

China's Zhao Xintong celebrates victory in the final match against Wales' Mark Williams following day seventeen of the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, England.