SHEFFIELD, England (AP) — Zhao Xintong dominated Mark Williams in the opening session of the world snooker championship final on Sunday, running up a 7-1 lead in his bid to become the first Chinese ...

MARK WILLIAMS’ dreams of becoming the Crucible’s oldest champion are being destroyed by Zhao Xintong – “the “little s***” who bullied the Welshman on the baize aged FOURTEEN.

Zhao surges into early lead in fascinating World Snooker Championship final - Mark Williams becomes the oldest finalist in history as he takes on Zhao Xintong, who hoping to become the first Chinese w ...

Brilliant Zhao makes history as first Chinese world snooker champion - Zhao Xintong 18-12 Mark Williams: Zhao demolished Williams, who was the oldest world finalist at the age of 50, to secure an unbe ...

In the 98 years since Joe Davis became snooker’s first world champion, the famous old trophy has left the United Kingdom just five times. To Australia twice, the Republic of Ireland and Canada ...

Zhao Xintong has become China’s first winner of the World Snooker Championship, beating Mark Williams 18-12 in the Crucible final. The 28-year-old was playing in his first final and, remarkably ...

Mark Williams has compared Zhao Xintong to a young Ronnie O’Sullivan but doubts the new world champion will be reaching the Rocket’s Triple Crown records. Zhao was superb in an 18-12 win over ...

Zhao Xintong completed a remarkable victory over Mark Williams in their World Snooker Championship final at the Crucible, as he impressively triumphed 18-12 to become China’s first world champion.

Mark Williams would not be surprised to see more Chinese world champions in the years to come, seeing Wu Yize as ‘not far away’ from the new Crucible king Zhao Xintong. Zhao beat Williams 18 ...

What a gut punch for Mark Williams, as Zhao Xintong clears the table for a break of 71. He pots the remaining five reds with colours to move 19 points behind with 27 remaining in this frame.