Snooker's hope to be included in the 2032 Brisbane Olympics is realistic and will be enhanced by China's growing power in the sport, according to one of the men behind the bid. Zhao Xintong became the first Chinese world champion when he beat Mark Williams in the final on Monday,

Zhao Xintong's World Championship triumph can help snooker's bid to enter the Olympic Games, says the sport's chair Jason Ferguson.

Zhao Xintong became the first Chinese player to win the World Snooker Championship with a victory over Welshman and three-times winner Mark Williams at the Crucible Theatre on Monday, the latest chapter in Zhao’s remarkable rise and fall story.