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

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 ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Zhao defeated Crucible veteran Mark Williams 18 frames to 12 in Sheffield yesterday, becoming the ...

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

Zhao Xintong of China became Asia’s first world snooker champion after beating Mark Williams 18-12 in the final on Monday, completing a remarkable career turnaround following his involvement in the ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — 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 ...

Snooker great Ronnie O'Sullivan was knocked out in the first round of the UK Championship on Tuesday following a 6-4 defeat ...

China's national snooker body on Wednesday issued lifetime bans to two players embroiled in a match-fixing scandal that has sent shockwaves through the sport. Global snooker is reeling after ...

The "long-overdue" moment of an Asian player winning the World Snooker Championship for the first time "was supposed to be one of unalloyed joy", said Luke Baker in The Independent. But there is an ...

Brought to China by foreign traders in the 19th century, snooker suffered during the early Communist period, when all pastimes seen as individualistic, bourgeois and foreign were frowned upon. The ...