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”.

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 rejected Stephen Hendry’s claim that Ding Junhui will be jealous of Zhao Xintong’s World Championship success. Ding has been the standard bearer of Chinese snooker for almost ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ding Junhui reckons China's dominance of snooker is just beginning. And he knows why British players will struggle to compete. The 38-year-old survived a scare against rank outsider Zak Surety at ...

World champion Zhao Xintong had already caught the eye of fellow Chinese star Ding Junhui's father before his triumph at the Crucible. Ding is celebrated for revolutionising snooker in China ...

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 ...

World champion Zhao Xintong earned the admiration of fellow Chinese snooker superstar Ding Junhui's father before his Crucible domination. Ding will forever be known as the potter who brought the ...