Two Chinese snooker players have been banned for life and eight others have received lengthy suspensions for their part in a match-fixing scandal. Liang Wenbo, the former world No 11, was identified ...

Jan 18 () - Ten Chinese snooker players face match fixing charges following an investigation by the governing World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA)'s integrity unit, it ...

This year’s World Snooker Championship at the Crucible will take place in the shadow of an independent disciplinary hearing involving the 10 players who are currently suspended on charges relating to ...

A three-time world champion snooker player fell asleep mid-match, then fell to a surprise defeat. Mark Williams nodded off midway through his 6-5 loss to Anthony Hamilton at the UK Championships.

SHEFFIELD, England (AP) — Chinese snooker players Liang Wenbo and Li Hang were handed lifetime bans from the sport on Tuesday for their role in a match-fixing scandal involving eight more of their ...

Zhao Xintong of China became Asia’s first world snooker champion after beating Mark Williams 18-12 in the final on Monday, completing a remarkable career turnaround following his involvement in the ...

Snooker’s governing body on Tuesday said it had suspended two more Chinese players as it investigates an alleged match-fixing and betting scandal – bringing the number of players from the Asian ...

March 3 (Reuters) - Zhao Xintong, Yan Bingtao and eight other Chinese players will remain suspended until the end of the season and miss the World Snooker Championship as they await the outcome of a ...

June 22 (Reuters) - China's snooker authorities have upheld lifetime bans for match-fixing handed out to Liang Wenbo and Li Hang by the sport's world governing body (WPBSA) and given five other ...

The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association has suspended Yan Bingtao from the World Snooker Tour as part of an ongoing investigation into match-fixing. "The suspension will remain in ...

SHEFFIELD, England — Ten Chinese snooker players were charged Wednesday for their alleged roles in a match-fixing scandal that has plunged the sport into its biggest corruption crisis. An ...