News and views from day four of the World Snooker Championship as Ronnie O'Sullivan begins his quest for an eighth Crucible ...

Ken Doherty has plenty of experience playing Whirlwind White and believes Zhao Xintong is just like the legendary potter ...

For a moment in the mid-1980s snooker ruled the world. The 1985 World Championship final between Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor is usually seen as the high watermark, with 18 million viewers rapt by ...

Ronnie O’Sullivan has been on pundit duty for TNT’s coverage of the World Championship; it’s one of televised snooker’s ...

In the 1970s and 1980s, legends of the snooker world like Hurricane Higgins and Jimmy ‘The Whirlwind’ White made footballers and hell raiser actors look like rank amateurs when it came to ...

However, the heavily backed crowd favourite Jimmy White was a beaten finalist on no fewer than six occasions - including five in a row between 1990 and 1994 - much to the bookies' relief!

He donned a bright white suit that he became known for his impetuous style. But living life in the fast lane proved to be his undoing. Jimmy White recalled one particular episode where he ...

He’s that good.’ Meanwhile, Ken Doherty has described Zhao as a ‘young Jimmy White’ and feels he can go deep in the tournament this year. ‘There’s a few dark horses in there ...

Six-time finalist Jimmy White's bid to play at the Crucible for the first time since 2006 ended in the second round, while former semi-finalist Joe Perry and Dominic Dale retired from the sport ...

"So if I want to stand next to Jimmy White and Jimmy's going to explain how someone played a certain shot there's a table in front of you. "We had our own table and when you go to competitions ...

His presence would be a huge talking point, but there is no doubt about his ability. Jimmy White last week said that Si, Wu and Zhao could be this generation’s O’Sullivan, Williams and Higgins.

Jimmy Kimmel was taken somewhat aback by Donald Trump's garish makeover of the White House during his monologue on Thursday's ...