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Why Zhao Xintong’s world snooker win is so controversial
There are an estimated 300,000 snooker clubs in China, and of the last 32 players at the World Championship this year, a record 10 were Chinese. Six of them made it through to the last 16.
The high-profile saga engulfed snooker in early 2023 as 10 Chinese players were charged with varying degrees of match-fixing, and ultimately Liang Wenbo and Li Hang were banned from the sport for ...
SHEFFIELD, England — Ten Chinese snooker players were charged Wednesday for their alleged roles in a match-fixing scandal that has plunged the sport into its biggest corruption crisis. An ...
Yan Bingtao, who won the Masters in 2021, previously practised there but, with Zhao, was among 10 Chinese players suspended in 2023 as part of snooker’s biggest-ever match fixing investigation.
Zhao Xintong became the first Chinese player to win the World Snooker Championship with a victory over Welshman and three-times winner Mark Williams at the Crucible Theatre on Monday, the latest ...
Chinese make up ten of the top 32 players in the world and China boasts more than 300,000 snooker or billiards clubs, up from 34,000 in 2005, state media says.
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.
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