Ken Doherty is at odds with old rival Stephen Hendry over how Ding Junhui will be feeling about Zhao Xintong becoming the first world snooker champion from China ...

And Ding would have helped him. “Junhui set up an academy here in Sheffield with 18 snooker tables. Five or six of the lads who qualified for the World Championship play in his club.

Zhao Xintong was crowned World Snooker Champion on Monday night, beating Mark Williams in the final, and has been told exactly how his fellow potting countryman's father feels ...

Ding Junhui has been described as the godfather of Chinese snooker. Photo: Xinhua Zhao praised Ding in return for opening doors for him during the years when Ding shouldered the country’s hopes ...

Ding Junhui is a professional snooker player from China known for his precise and strategic play. Emerging as a prodigious talent, Ding has numerous ranking event wins to his name and has often ...

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 ...

Ding Junhui is always fighting to focus (Picture: Getty Images) Ding Junhui has been one of the finest snooker players on the planet since he burst onto the scene 20 years ago, with his own brain ...

Ding made two centuries and breaks of 82, 78 (twice), 56 and 52 as he reeled off the last seven frames in succession to complete a 10-3 win at Manchester Central.

File photo: China's Ding Junhui contemplates a shot during the World Championship Snooker semi-final match against England's Mark Selby at The Crucible in Sheffield, England on April 28, 2017.

Ding Junhui rode his luck to win the last two frames and edge past Mark Williams 6-5 in the first round of the Masters at Alexandra Palace. Ding, who won the tournament in 2011, was fortunate to ...

Ding Junhui ended a five-year wait to win his 15th world ranking title with a 10-7 victory over Chris Wakelin in the final of the International Championship in Nanjing. The Chinese 37-year-old won ...