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

Just as in sports like table tennis, diving ... in China is treated like any national sport,” he says. “The size of snooker now… [and] how important China is to the International Olympic ...

But at the end of the day, the size of snooker now, how important China is ... “He just walks round the table as if he’s going to the toilet, strolling, and pots from anywhere and walks ...

The World Snooker Championship was embroiled in controversy a year ago over pocket sizes, but Ronnie O'Sullivan steered clear of the debate. The snooker legend made it to the semi-finals this year ...

‘With the size of snooker now and how important China is ... It meant Zhao, who returned to the table last September, had to come through qualifying to even reach the Crucible, where he became ...

“The size of snooker and how important China is to the ... In the basement of the Yundu pool hall in Beijing, most of the 26 tables were in use on a recent afternoon (pool and snooker are ...

He strolls around the table ... Snooker Association. “Certainly the earning opportunities for someone like him are immense. It’s a huge nation. We are operating in cities almost 50 per cent ...

“But the size of the market is huge and when you see the association of the brands who want to partner with snooker ... is a cool customer on and off the table, with very little fazing him.

We are operating in cities almost 50 per cent the size of the ... reds left on the table but he catches the brown, leaving Zhao Xintong a long red. Xintong cleverly lays a snooker behind the ...

Just blue, pink and black on the table and Mark Williams needs one five-point snooker to be able to tie ... "We are operating in cities almost 50% the size of the UK. He would go back as a ...

The founder of rock band James says he can’t wait to perform at this year’s Plymouth Summer Sessions as he has fond memories ...