Zhao is prohibited from taking part in events in mainland China even after becoming his country’s first world champion.

Zhao Xintong became the first Chinese player to win the World Snooker Championship with a victory over Welshman and ...

Zhao Xintong has been unable to go anywhere in Shenzhen without being recognised since returning there with the most prized trophy in snooker, but that could be true of much of the planet before long.

Darby Lancaster has completed a match-winning hat-trick of tries in the last minute of extra time to keep the Waratahs' Super ...

Zhao Xintong is at the centre of a new controversy in the snooker world regarding his prize ... as they come in, they play against professionals but they never break into the top 64 because ...

Zhao Xintong has made history as the new snooker world champion ... Williams described the new champ as "a new superstar of the game" in a gushing commendation of Zhao, who was playing in his ...

ZHAI ZHENG / XINHUA Millions of snooker fans in China witnessed ... coming through the qualifiers. ... There's a new superstar of the game." Zhao will start next season at No 11 in the world ...

Zhao Xintong began this season banned from snooker but is tipped to be the sport's new "megastar" after becoming the first Chinese player to win the World Championship.

He only recently returned to snooker following a 20-month ban ... but admiration for what he’s done. There’s a new superstar of the game.” Zhao becomes just the fourth overseas world ...

Zhao Xintong has delivered his immediate reaction after being crowned China's first World Snooker Championship ... There's a new superstar of the game, and he's over there." ...

There’s a new superstar of the game.” Zhao had swept aside seven-time winner Ronnie O’Sullivan in the semi-finals to set up what was billed as the coronation of a new snooker king.