Despite becoming the first Chinese player to win the World Snooker Championship, Zhao Xintong remains banned from playing in his native country.

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.

Zhao Xintong is set to become an overnight superstar in China after becoming the first Asian world snooker champion, but his manager has warned him not to go overboard with his spending