On the night the SAS stormed the Iranian Embassy in May 1980, its founder Sir David Stirling was at his club, White s, watching the final of the Embassy World Snooker Championship.
Stephen Hendry is set to rekindle his famous rivalry with Jimmy White (Andrew Matthews/PA)
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Stephen Hendry is relaxed about the prospect doling out one final snooker indignity to his great rival Jimmy White when the pair meet again in the first qualifying round for the World Championships in Sheffield on Monday.
The 52-year-old’s comeback after a seven-year absence from the tour was given an extraordinary new twist last month when he was paired with White – whom he famously beat in four world finals between 1990 and 1994 – on the first step back towards the Crucible.