World Championship runner-up Mark Williams is at odds with Ronnie O'Sullivan over the direction of snooker following Zhao Xintong's stunning Crucible success

Mark Williams has amused snooker fans after the 50-year-old was pictured 'punching' Zhao Xintong following Monday's World Snooker Championship final. Zhao etched his name into the history books by winning 18-12 at the Crucible,

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.