Jimmy White lining up a shot at the Snooker World Championships in Sheffield in 1998.Jimmy White lining up a shot at the Snooker World Championships in Sheffield in 1998.
Jimmy White lining up a shot at the Snooker World Championships in Sheffield in 1998.

With the legendary Jimmy White on the brink of making his return to Sheffield - how many of these iconic moments from the Snooker World Championships do you remember?

Jimmy White is just two matches away from a return to the World Championship aftera gritty 6-4 win over Michael Georgiou in the second qualifying round inSheffield.

The six-time finalist has not competed at the Crucible since 2006, but how many of these photos of White and other legendary players do you remember at Sheffield’s iconic sporting fixture do you remember from days gone by?

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