Jimmy White was willing to go to extreme lengths to promote the 2005 Masters - even if it meant changing his surname for the duration of the tournament.

White holds a reputable list of accomplishments in snooker with ten titles to his name. However, he is also remembered for his six defeats in world championship finals between 1984 and 1994.

Snooker legend Jimmy White legally changed his ... White won his only Masters title in 1984 and had last reached the final in 1986. His hopes of ending that run were dashed by reigning world ...

The 62-year-old opened up about his diagnosis during an appearance on fellow former snooker player Stephen ... at the hands of Steve David in the 1984 World Championship final - he became briefly ...

The man behind a family ice-cream empire that started in a little café in Liverpool 66 years ago has been recognised with a ...

"Waitrose Supermarket opened 27th November 1984." Dozens flocked to the comment ... where he played against many of the well known snooker players of the day. "I worked, for a couple of years ...

Commissioned by editor Bob Paynter, he moved to “Coronation Street School”, based on child versions of all the popular ‘Street’ characters of the time, which started in Whizzer And Chips in September ...

STEPHEN HENDRY fears the Snooker World Championship will be moved from the Crucible to Saudi Arabia. The pundit has fond ...