Michaela Tabb, the iconic snooker referee, has decided to retire from the traditional version of the sport, having officiated her final game at Sheffield's renowned Crucible Theatre. The 57 year ...

BEIJING – 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’s remarkable victory at the World Snooker Championship is still causing a stir around the world, with the Chinese star recently returning to his homeland to celebrate his success.

Snooker referee Desislava Bozhilova returned to social media following her role in the final of the World Snooker Championship. The 32-year-old from Bulgaria, who had the "best seat in the house ...

“This is going to take snooker to another level,” Jason Ferguson, chairman of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (wpbsa), the sport’s governing body, told the bb ...

Zhao Xintong defeated Mark Williams 18-12 in the World Championship final China's Zhao Xintong becoming world champion could help snooker's bid to enter the Olympic Games, says the sport's chair.

At the end of the tournament he had only entered as a wildcard in order to drive local interest in Beijing, Ding had become the second-youngest ranking event winner in snooker history, behind a ...

BBC snooker experts Steve Davis and John Parrott delivered honest verdicts on Zhao Xintong after winning his first World Snooker Championship following a 20-month ban. The talented Chinese star ...

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 ...

ZHAO XINTONG has beaten Mark Williams 18-12 to win the World Snooker Championship. The Cyclone went into the evening session with an astonishing 17-8 lead, but Willo won four on the spin to set up ...

Zhao Xintong completed China’s arrival as a snooker powerhouse by becoming its first winner of the World Championship in England late on Monday. An 18-12 defeat of Mark Williams in the final at ...

Does snooker have its Luke Littler moment? Perhaps not on these shores – that came when Alex Higgins emerged like a hurricane in the Seventies – but, at a global level, this promises to be ...