which the former won 18-12 to become China’s first-ever Crucible king. The 32-year-old, a leading referee on the World Snooker Tour, became just the second woman to oversee a World Championship ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan — 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 ...

He played at an academy in Beijing – one of 300,000 snooker clubs in China – but Sheffield does ultimately remain the finishing school for most of those Asian players trying to take their ...