Stephen Hendry will take on a familiar adversary in his quest to return to the Crucible this year, with the Scot drawn to face Jimmy White in the first round of qualifying for snooker’s World Championship.

Malta professional player Alex Borg was also in the draw for the World Champinship qualifiers.

The Mellieħa-born cueist was drawn to face Rod Lawler in the first qualifying round, with the winner of the match facing China’s Yuan Sijun.

Continue reading this article on SportsDesk, the sports website of The Times of Malta

Sign up to our free newsletters

Get the best updates straight to your inbox:
Please select at least one mailing list.

You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link in the footer of our emails. We use Mailchimp as our marketing platform. By subscribing, you acknowledge that your information will be transferred to Mailchimp for processing.