Jimmy White makes retirement decision aged 63 after failing to reach World Snooker Championship

JIMMY WHITE intends to play until the age of 65 and is not yet ready to give up top-class snooker to “play bad golf”.

The Whirlwind “enjoyed myself a bit too much” in the 1980s and 1990s, mixing potting with sex, drugs and – as befits a pal of the Rolling Stones band – rock ‘n’ roll.

Jimmy White wants to keep playing until he is 65Getty

Yet he is a different character these days, early to bed and clean living, and having recently turned 63, he is embarking on another two years on the World Snooker Tour.