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News imageThe Documentary Podcast, Snooker: Young, cool and Chinese

The Documentary Podcast

Snooker: Young, cool and Chinese


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16 April 2019

26 minutes

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Once a game associated with the backrooms of British pubs, snooker is now a global sport, with most of its growth coming from China. Seven-time world snooker champion Stephen Hendry presents this exploration into how snooker became so popular in China, and why its future is looking young, cool and Chinese.

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