"My phone hasn't stopped ringing with calls from media and parents," Zhang Dongtao, head coach at the Beijing-based World Snooker Academy -- which has trained most of China's stars, including Zhao ...

BEIJING — Zhao Xintong's historic World Snooker Championship title is set to spur the game to even greater heights in China and sparked predictions the country could come to dominate the sport.

Zhao Xintong's historic World Snooker Championship title is set to spur the game to even greater heights in China and sparked predictions the country could come to dominate the sport. The 28-year ...

May 7 - Fresh off becoming the first Chinese player to win the World Snooker Championship, Zhao Xintong is eyeing more titles, hoping his continued success will inspire a new wave of talent in China.

Fresh off becoming the first Chinese player to win the World Snooker Championship, Zhao Xintong is eyeing more titles, hoping his continued success will inspire a new wave of talent in China.

Newly-crowned World Snooker Championship winner Zhao Xintong remains banned from playing in his home country of China due to his involvement in the sport's biggest match-fixing scandal.

But there is an "air of hesitancy around the celebrations". China's Zhao Xintong "cut a swathe through qualifying and the main stage" in Sheffield to set up a final against Mark Williams ...

Zhao’s triumph went viral back home with trailblazer Ding Junhui leading the tributes to China’s latest sporting superstar. On Chinese social media platform Weibo the hash tag “Zhao Xintong ...

Now, it seems, it's China's turn in the spotlight. Zhao Xintong’s crowning as Asia’s first world snooker champion has put the focus on the growth of the sport in China in a relatively short time.

The 28-year-old was only China's second World Championship finalist, emulating Ding Junhui's run to the 2016 showpiece. But while Ding was beaten by Mark Selby in the final nine years ago ...