Yan Bingtao, a snooker prodigy who defeated a series of world champions to secure a £250,000 prize, remains barred from the sport. Yan was one of 10 Chinese players slapped with ...

As a result, snooker is widely welcomed by people in Guangdong. In 1994, Guangdong native Guo Hua became the first player on ...

Despite becoming the first Chinese player to win the World Snooker Championship, Zhao Xintong remains banned from playing in ...

Asia’s first world champion has a penchant for watches – ‘different brands’ – but his manager says she will not let him get ...

Zhao Xintong has controversially leapfrogged some of snooker’s biggest names, including Shaun Murphy and Ali Carter, ...

Snooker ace Mark Williams dazzled Ronnie O'Sullivan with his cracking skills before facing Zhao Xintong in a showcase of ...

A record 10 Chinese stars also made up the 32 players at the recent World Championship, with 28-year-old Zhao Xintong ...

Zhao Xintong has been showered with praise after becoming snooker's first Asian world champion, with one of his opponents in ...

Zhao Xintong won the World Snooker Championship on Monday at the Crucible but there was controversy over his ranking status ...

Zhao Xintong's World Championship triumph can help snooker's bid to enter the Olympic Games, says the sport's chair Jason ...

Zhao Xintong made history on Monday when he became the first ever Chinese player to lift the World Snooker Championship, ...

Zhao is prohibited from taking part in events in mainland China even after becoming his country’s first world champion.