Two Chinese snooker players have been banned for life and eight others have received lengthy suspensions for their part in a match-fixing scandal. Liang Wenbo, the former world No 11, was identified ...

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 ...

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 ...

After years of waiting and hoping, it has finally happened. Zhao Xintong’s sublime victory over Mark Williams at the Crucible means China has its first world snooker champion. The 28-year-old did it ...

On 3 April 2005, a grinning Ding Junhui lifted the China Open trophy aloft. Just two days after his 18th birthday, a shy, fresh-faced teenager had stunned the snooker world. At the end of tournament ...

The "long-overdue" moment of an Asian player winning the World Snooker Championship for the first time "was supposed to be one of unalloyed joy", said Luke Baker in The Independent. But there is an ...