Hendry to play on

Stephen Hendry has abandoned retirement plans and revealed he will play on next season.

Scotland's seven-time former world champion was giving serious consideration to quitting following his crushing 13-4 defeat to Mark Selby in Sheffield this year.

But Hendry told BBC2: "I'm going to play on, staying in the (top) 16 was a big factor in the decision. I'm going to keep playing, I still love playing."

He added: "If I'm going to play I'm going to have to give it 100%, which means I'm going to have to play in all of the tournaments that I don't like.

"There's no point doing it half-hearted. I thought I was going to give it up, but I want to carry on."

Hendry, 42, last won a major ranking tournament in 2005, with his success at the Malta Cup, and has not claimed any of the biggest prizes in the game - the World Championship, Masters or UK Championship - since his Crucible triumph in 1999.