BLUE is the colour for Crucible King Zhao Xintong who has revealed his lifelong love for Manchester City. Xintong, 28, fulfilled a lifetime ambition when he visited the Etihad for the first time ...

As he begins his UK Championship bid with victory in his opening match, Zhao Xintong reflects on how life has changed since becoming China's first world snooker champion.

ZHAO XINTONG has won the Riyadh Season Snooker Championship. World champion Zhao beat Neil Robertson 5-2 to take home a cheque worth a whopping £250,000. Zhao had knocked out Judd Trump in a ...

FANS are frustrated with snooker commentator Alan McManus for his “nonsense” punditry at the UK Championship. McManus ...

Zhao Xintong’s emphatic World Snooker Championship triumph has fuelled hope for the sport to be included in the 2032 Brisbane Olympics, according to one of the men behind the bid. Zhao, 28, became the ...

Ronnie O'Sullivan is back in action on Tuesday as he takes on Zhou Yuelong in the UK Championship, a tournament the snooker ...

UK Championship star Zhao Xintong was slapped with a 20-month ban from snooker after he was charged with betting on matches ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Once considered a saloon or rec-room past-time by many, snooker has long been serious business in the U.K. and much of the rest of the world. Now, it seems, it's China's turn in ...

RONNIE O’SULLIVAN reckons the days of one dominant player at the top of snooker are long gone. And surprisingly the sport’s best potter would plonk himself in a ‘third tier’ of current baize ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Zhao defeated Crucible veteran Mark Williams 18 frames to 12 in Sheffield yesterday, becoming the ...

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 ...

Reigning world snooker champion Zhao Xintong suffered a shock exit at the York Barbican, going down 6-2 to Chinese compatriot Zhang Anda at ...