However, go back 12 months and instead of a snooker table, the Chinese cueist was walking ... photos of his Pomeranian on Instagram. His first photo with the pet appears to have come from October ...

Zhao beat Mark Williams on Monday to seal a historic victory for Chinese snooker, having returned from a ban over match-fixing last September ...

As his interest grew, his parents put a snooker table in one of the rooms in their ... on May 5, 2025. (Photo: PA via AP) Nicknamed the "Cyclone", Zhao’s outrageous shot-making and calm ...

BBC snooker pundit Ken Doherty said that he hasn ... Williams and Doherty, as the BBC put a photo of the two finalists against each other on air, taken when Zhao was just 13.

Ronnie O'Sullivan was a class act in defeat as he paid tribute to his victor Zhao Xintong with a throwback photo of the pair ... The academy features five snooker tables made by Star Xingpai ...

Zhao Xintong's historic World Snooker Championship title is set to spur the game to even greater heights in China and sparked predictions the country could come to dominate the sport.

Zhao Xintong received a hero's welcome upon his arrival back in China after being crowned World Snooker Champion earlier this ...

[Photo/Xinhua] Zhao Xintong's historic victory at the World Snooker Championship on Monday ... clubs with hundreds of tables, and the population in general. He's going to inspire another wave ...

“I don’t mind when people stop me and want a photo or an autograph ... When she is not working at the snooker table, she loves spending time in the kitchen. “I wanted to decorate a cake ...

"I'm devastated. I just feel lost. This is my son and my best friend. It felt like the end of the world. It's the only way ...

(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Snooker fans play a game at the Beijing Xinrui Billiard Academy in Beijing, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Li Zelei, 8 years old, practice on a pool table at the ...