SHAUN MURPHY has slammed his own sport of snooker as "stupid" in a bid to explain just how difficult it is. Murphy, 42, reached the top of the game when he won the World Championship in 2005 ...

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

A curious footnote to Zhao Xintong’s triumph at the World Snooker Championship on Monday is that he remains banned from playing in China. He is forbidden to appear at events there, despite being ...

someone has to look at this and say this is now snooker's time. 'It's a game-changer for us if we get in somewhere like the Olympics. The Paralympics may be another route for us. "I do think ...

And that's the Oilers after their 6-1 win Sunday in Game 3 to take a 2-1 series lead. With the series tied heading into Sunday, the objective for Game 3 was to gain a firm grasp of the conference ...

Zhao made history when he became the first Chinese snooker star to lift the World Championship, beating Mark Williams at the Crucible to announce himself as one of the game's next superstars.

The 50-year-old will face 28-year-old Zhao Xintong in the two-day final, who thrashed seven-time champion Ronnie O'Sullivan 17-7 in the other semi-final on Friday. Williams beat world number one ...

Snooker fans have expressed outrage after being ... cue he used in Sheffield was to blame for his exit or if it was his game. He said: “I don’t even know if it was the cue, the ferrule or ...

Zhao Xintong defeated Mark Williams 18-12 in the World Championship final China's Zhao Xintong becoming world champion could help snooker's bid to enter the Olympic Games, says the sport's chair.

Kuala Lumpur - A Malaysian state ruled by the Islamic opposition party is willing to let snooker centres reopen provided gambling is curbed, a report said on Tuesday. "Snooker is not haram (forbidden ...

Zhao Xintong stands one victory away from becoming China’s first winner of the World Snooker Championship after a stunning semi-final defeat of Ronnie O’Sullivan. The 28-year-old Zhao thrashed ...

Snooker fans have expressed outrage after being denied refunds for the cancelled fourth session of the World Championship semi-final. Ronnie O’Sullivan’s anticipated clash with Zhao Xintong ...