The Lhasa event is part of a broader effort to promote snooker in the region. Since 2018, Xizang has hosted five snooker challenge tournaments, inviting leading domestic and international players to ...

It has been a long time coming. On May 5th a soft-spoken, left-handed 28-year-old named Zhao Xintong (pictured) raised the famed trophy in the legendary Crucible Theatre in the northern English city ...

The 2026 edition of snooker's Masters runs from January 11-18 at London's Alexandra Palace with Shaun Murphy the defending ...

After a week of end-to-end action, the all-important day is finally upon us, with the 2025 World Snooker Championship winner to be decided over the next 48 hours between Mark Williams and Zhao Xintong ...

Zhao turned out to be the dominant force throughout the final, fending off a late Williams rally to win 18-12. He was China's ...

Thirteen years ago, today’s world number one snooker player Ronnie O’Sullivan probably didn’t think that in 2022 he’d be taking part in what might be the biggest tournament in the history of the sport ...

ZHAO XINTONG has been tipped to become the richest snooker player in history. Yet Asia’s first world champion has been warned by his manager that he is not allowed to splash too much cash despite his ...

A FORMER snooker star is swapping pockets for the polls – by running for as an MP in the general election. James Wattana, 55, ...

Zhao Xintong has been tipped to become the richest snooker player in history after being crowned China’s first world champion. The 28-year-old announced himself as the sport’s new superstar by beating ...

STEVEN HALLWORTH once juggled snooker tournaments with pulling pints in his local boozer. The 28-year-old has endured a topsy-turvy snooker career before becoming a ...

It’s no secret that sportsmen, particularly snooker players, are a superstitious bunch. Some might have a lucky waistcoat, chalk or even cue, but there has so far been no antidote to this unusual ...

All Paul Hunter ever wanted to do was play snooker. A sporting bug, caught at the age of three with the help of a tiny ...