However, the sport has boomed since an 18-year-old Ding Junhui burst onto the scene two decades ago, defeating Scotsman Stephen Hendry to win the China Open. Many Chinese pro players, including ...

Chinese snooker domination has been a prediction thrown about for many years and it was a journey that was inspired by national hero Ding Junhui, who won the UK Championship as a budding 18-year-old ...

Following in the footsteps of Ding Junhui, who swapped China for the Steel City as a teenager to chase his snooker dreams, many Chinese players have taken the same route over the last two decades.

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 ...

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 ...

Stephen Hendry reckons Ding Junhui will be "fuming" after Zhaoi Xintong pipped him to a major snooker milestone. The Chinese star became the first Asian player to win the World Championship after ...

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.He says Chinese ...

But the sport has boomed since an 18-year-old Ding Junhui burst onto the scene two decades ago, defeating Stephen Hendry to win the China Open. Many professional Chinese players, including Zhao ...

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 ...