As he begins his UK Championship bid with victory in his opening match, Zhao Xintong reflects on how life has changed since becoming China's first world snooker champion.

Snooker has long been dominated by the UK, but a new generation of Chinese stars is poised to change the perception of the sport.

LONDONLONDON — Yan Bingtao, one of the rising stars in snooker, has joined a growing list of Chinese players to get suspended by the sport’s governing body as part of a corruption investigation.

SHEFFIELD, England (AP) — 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 ...

Chinese snooker has had its ups and downs but looks in rude health again with a string of top players and the re-emergence of the country’s most promising talent. Ding Junhui’s shock win at the 2005 ...

China is not dominating snooker just yet, but the stars from the powerhouse nation expect it to happen in the near future.

SHEFFIELD, England (AP) — Chinese snooker players Liang Wenbo and Li Hang were handed lifetime bans from the sport on Tuesday for their role in a match-fixing scandal involving eight more of their ...

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You would miss it were it not for the small sign on the outside which simply reads “Victoria Snooker”. The “V” is rather artistically made up of snooker cues and we are in a Sheffield street just a 10 ...

(CNN) — Two professional Chinese snooker players have been banned for life and eight others suspended after being found guilty of match-fixing and other charges, the sport’s governing body has ...