China is edging closer to having its first world snooker champion after Zhao Xintong established an 11-6 lead over Mark Williams at the halfway point of the final at the Crucible Theatre on Sunday. Zhao needs to get to 18 frames to claim the sport's biggest prize,

Whoever wins the 2025 World Snooker Championship will be making history. We’ll have either the oldest world champion or the first Chinese world champion and both would be huge for the sport.If day one of the best-of-35 final at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield is anything to go by,

Zhao Xintong stands on the brink of snooker history as he leads Mark Williams 11-6 in the World Championship final at the Crucible. The Chinese star, nicknamed the 'Chinese Cyclone', needs just seven more frames to become his country's first world champion.