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Jimmy White

May 2024

  • Jimmy White (right) and Stephen Hendry shake hands before the 1994 Embassy World Snooker Championship Final at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.

    Guardian Sport Network
    When Jimmy White came closest to winning the world snooker title

    White lost four finals to Stephen Hendry at the Crucible. Their meeting 30 years ago was the one that really got away

April 2023

  • Jimmy White lines up a shot

    Jimmy White’s Crucible hopes dashed in qualifying defeat by Martin O’Donnell

    Jimmy White’s bid to reach his first World Snooker Championship since 2006 has ended in the second round of qualifying after a 10-4 defeat by Martin O’Donnell

March 2023

  • (From left) Bayern Munich’s Stefan Effenberg looks dejected after a Manchester United goal during the 1999 Champions League final; Jimmy White looks on with Stephen Hendry at the table in the 1994 World Championship final; a course steward waves a red flag after the second false start of the 1993 Grand National.

    The joy of six
    The Joy of Six: sporting heartbreak

    Sport gives us an opportunity to see people at the greatest moments of their lives, but also at their sometimes-tragic worst

November 2022

  • Jimmy White, pictured at the 2021 UK qualifiers

    Snooker great Jimmy White qualifies for UK Championship at age of 60

    Jimmy White continued his recent return to form by beating Dominic Dale to reach the last 32 in York, 12 years after his last appearance

April 2021

  • Stephen Hendry, seen here in 2012 making break of 147 at the Crucible, will now face the world No 82, Xu Si, in the second round of qualifying for the World Championship.

    Stephen Hendry defeats Jimmy White in World Championship qualifying

    Stephen Hendry beat Jimmy White 6-3 in their 61st meeting in the first round of qualifying for the World Championship

April 2019

  • Jimmy White is in Sheffield doing media work but will not feature at the Crucible this year. ‘Obviously I’d rather be playing,’ he says.

    Jimmy White: ‘I'd have died if I’d beaten Higgins and won the world title in 1982’

    Jimmy White, 25 years on from the last of his six snooker world final defeats, tells Donald McRae about some interesting nights out with Alex Higgins

November 2016

  • Ronnie O’Sullivan wrapped up victory over Jimmy White with a break of 95 in the Northern Ireland Open.

    Ronnie O’Sullivan wins Northern Ireland showdown with Jimmy White

    Ronnie O’Sullivan came through a rare showdown with Jimmy White to book his place in the third round of the Northern Ireland Open

March 2016

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    Greenslade
    Express Newspapers to pay 'substantial damages' to Jimmy White

    Daily Star Sunday article in 2012 falsely accused snooker player of cheating but judge says he impressed me as ‘a sportsman of the highest integrity’

January 2016

  • ALEX HIGGINS

    Guardian Sport Network
    How Alex Higgins rode the Hurricane to produce one of snooker's greatest breaks

    Alex Higgins won the World Championship twice – a week-long final in 1972 and his victory over Ray Reardon in 1982 – but his greatest frame came against his friend, Jimmy White, when the Hurricane blew the Whirlwind away

November 2014

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    Saturday interview
    Jimmy White: ‘If I didn’t think I could still win the world title, I’d stop playing’

    Decca Aitkenhead: Jimmy White says his drug use cost him 10 world titles, but he hasn’t given up hope of winning snooker’s biggest prize
  • Melbourne Cup

    Sports quiz of the week
    The sports quiz of the week: Lionel Messi, Jimmy White and the All Blacks

    This week's quiz covers snooker, horse racing, rugby union, football, tennis and Formula One – will you score a perfect 10?

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    Jimmy White claims crack cocaine addiction cost him 10 world titles

    The six-times world championship finalist Jimmy White has told of his battle with crack cocaine addiction

April 2014

  • 1983 snooker Steve Davis Cliff Thorburn

    Guardian Sport Network
    How Steve Davis won his second World Snooker Championship in 1983

    That 1980s Sports Blog: Nearly 10m viewers tuned in to watch Davis beat finalist Cliff Thorburn, who had entertained the public with his 147 break

April 2013

  • World Championships 1986

    That 1980s sports blog
    How a 150-1 outsider won the 1986 World Snooker Championship

    That 1980s Sports Blog: Joe Johnson had never won a match at the Crucible until 1986, when he went on to win the biggest prize in snooker

September 2010

  • Ronnie O'Sullivan, snooker player

    Ronnie O'Sullivan beats Jimmy White to snooker suspicious minds

    Ronnie O'Sullivan's 3-1 win over Jimmy White in Glasgow exposed the falsity of a rumour that O'Sullivan would lose on purpose because he owed White a favour

July 2010

  • Alex Higgins

    Thousands expected to pay respects at Belfast funeral of Alex Higgins

  • Alex Higgins

    Snooker world continues to pay tribute to Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins

March 2010

  • Jimmy White

    Jimmy White out of snooker world championship after Ken Doherty defeat

    Jimmy White, who has been runner-up six times, was knocked out of qualifying for the world championship by Ken Doherty

February 2010

  • Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson at the 1977 British Open

    The joy of six
    The Joy of Six: Neutrals' favourites

    Scott Murray, Andy Bull and Barney Ronay: From endearing failures to galavanting entertainers, here are half a dozen sports stars and teams that it is difficult to dislike

January 2010

  • Jimmy White

    Jimmy White's comeback falters as Masters gets the Barry Hearn treatment

    Jimmy White lost 6-2 to Mark King at the Masters while Mark Selby reached the quarter-finals with victory over Ding Junhui
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