Why watching the Snooker World Championship at the Crucible in Sheffield is like an intimate Paul McCartney acoustic gig ...

While Black theatre in New York has walked off a glass cliff, in London the glass ceiling has become a greenhouse. “We want ...

China is edging closer to having its first world snooker champion after Zhao Xintong established an 11-6 lead over Mark ...

The writer, an FT contributing editor, is chief executive of the Royal Society of Arts and former chief economist at the Bank of England The World Snooker Championship concluded this week at the ...

Zhao Xintong became the first Chinese player to win the World Snooker Championship with a victory over Welshman and ...

LONDON, April 25 (Reuters) - Sheffield's Crucible Theatre is to snooker what Wimbledon is for tennis but its days of hosting the world championship could be numbered according to Matchroom Sport ...

Once considered a saloon or rec-room past-time by many, snooker has long been serious business in the U.K. and much of the ...

Zhao Xintong of China has become Asia's first world snooker champion after beating Mark Williams 18-12 in the final.

Zhao Xintong will look to become the first Chinese player to win the world snooker championship after reaching the final by ...

The Crucible curse refers to the fact that no first-time champion has been able to retain the World Snooker Championship title since the tournament moved to Sheffield's Crucible Theatre in 1977. A ...

Zhao Xintong's historic World Snooker Championship title is set to spur the game to even greater heights in China and sparked ...