FORGET the Crucible Curse, Ding Junhui's hex puts that to shame. And its most recent victim Luca Brecel brought the streak up to SIXTEEN matches this season. If a player defeats Ding at an event ...

Ding Junhui will be 'slightly envious' of his countryman Zhao Xintong for doing what he's so far been unable to and taking the World Snooker Championship home to China. But he'll also be satisfied ...

Ken Doherty has dismissed Stephen Hendry’s theory that Ding Junhui will be jealous that Zhao Xintong has become China’s first world snooker champion. Ding has been China’s standard-setter ...

Chinese snooker trailblazer Ding Junhui has led the tributes at home after Zhao Xintong’s historic win at the World Snooker Championship, calling it their nation’s “shared dream”.

World champion Zhao Xintong had already won the respect of fellow Chinese snooker star Ding Junhui's father, before sweeping to victory at the Crucible. Having transformed the sport in China with ...

In 2015 a teenage Zhao Xintong told a documentary that he wanted to be like trailblazer Ding Junhui. "My goal when I was ...

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

Speaking on The Snooker Club podcast, he said: "If it was me, I’m Ding Junhui, I’m not happy tonight. "I don’t know Ding well, maybe he’s close to Zhao and he’s delighted for him.

Stephen Hendry believes Ding Junhui may be "fuming" after Zhao Xintong became the first Chinese world champion in snooker. Zhao, 28, shocked the world after defeating seasoned pro Mark Williams in ...

Zhao Xintong made history by becoming China’s first world champion (Picture: Getty Images) Stephen Hendry reckons Ding Junhui could be far from happy that Zhao Xintong has become China’s first ...

In 2015 a teenage Zhao Xintong told a documentary he wanted to be like Chinese snooker trailblazer Ding Junhui. "My goal when ...