Zhao outplays ‘master tactician’ Williams to rack up early lead

China’s Zhao Xintong outplays “master tactician” Mark Williams after potting the black to take a 3-0 lead in the World Snooker Championship final.
2025 World Snooker Championship: draw, results, and final schedule
The latest draw, results, and schedule for the 2025 World Snooker Championship – the 49th edition at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. 2025 World Snooker Championship Draw Round 1 (Best of 19) 1. Kyren Wilson (1) 9-10 Lei Peifan2. Jak Jones (16) 4-10 Zhao Xintong3. Neil Robertson (9) 8-10 Chris[Read More…] The post 2025 World […]
2025 World Championship final: Mark Williams vs Zhao Xintong
Mark Williams and Zhao Xintong will contest the 2025 World Snooker Championship final at the Crucible Theatre on Sunday and Monday. After almost a month of action in Sheffield, it all comes down to one four-session match played over 35 frames to determine this year’s world snooker champion. Not many[Read More…] The post 2025 World […]
Match-fixing scandal to Crucible final – fall and rise of Zhao

Zhao Xintong began this season banned from snooker but is tipped to be the sport’s new “megastar” if he becomes the first Chinese player to win the world title.
Williams leads Trump in World Championship semi

Three-time champion Mark Williams will take a 13-11 lead over Judd Trump into the concluding session of their World Championship semi-final on Saturday evening.
O’Sullivan to leave UK to live in Middle East

Seven-time world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan, who has a snooker academy in Saudi Arabia, says he will start “a new life somewhere else”.
Top 10: Players who never won a World Snooker Championship
It has become a tradition around this time of the year on SnookerHQ.com to publish a top ten list of players who have never won a World Snooker Championship. There have been a few changes to the order since the original list was first published back in 2014. But many[Read More…] The post Top 10: […]
Ronnie O’Sullivan reacts to World Snooker Championship exit
Ronnie O’Sullivan said that Zhao Xintong would become a “megastar” if he can become the first world snooker champion from China. The Rocket was hammered 17-7 as the first semi-final of the 2025 World Snooker Championship concluded with a session to spare on Friday. O’Sullivan, struggling with low confidence in[Read More…] The post Ronnie O’Sullivan […]
What Zhao Xintong said after beating Ronnie O’Sullivan
Zhao Xintong was struggling to comprehend the magnitude of his achievement after thrashing Ronnie O’Sullivan to reach the 2025 World Snooker Championship final. The 28 year-old from China produced a scintillating display to thump the seven-time world champion 17-7 with a session to spare. Resuming for their second session on[Read More…] The post What Zhao […]
‘What a performance!’ – Zhao beats O’Sullivan with session to spare

Watch as Zhao Xintong beats his “idol” Ronnie O’Sullivan with a session to spare to reach the World Snooker Championship final.