Sports quiz of the week: French Open, Champions League and McTominay

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Have you been paying attention to the big and small stories in football, cricket, tennis, canoeing, cycling and boxing?

  1. 1.Paris Saint-Germain face Inter in the Champions League final on Saturday night. When was the last time a French team met an Italian team in the final?
  2. 2.Isaac del Toro is leading the Giro d’Italia. If he wins the race, he will become the first cyclist from which country to win a Grand Tour?
  3. 3.Robbie Keane, who is now managing Ferencvaros in Hungary, picked up an unusual injury this week. What happened?
  4. 4.Stina Blackstenius scored the winner as Arsenal beat Barcelona in the Women’s Champions League final in Lisbon. For which country has she won more than 100 caps?
  5. 5.Which of these football teams is the odd one out?
  6. 6.Coco Gauff won her first-round match at the French Open – after what hiccup?
  7. 7.Emma Raducanu’s coach Mark Petchey came to her defence after she lost to Iga Swiatek at the French Open. He said that tennis has changed a lot since Raducanu won the US Open, adding that …
  8. 8.Scott McTominay had an audience with the Pope this week after winning the Serie A title and being voted the best player in the league this season. Which other Scottish player has starred alongside him in the Napoli midfield?
  9. 9.Pepe Reina, the 42-year-old former Liverpool and Barcelona goalkeeper, played the final game of his career last weekend for Como against Juventus in Serie A. What happened?
  10. 10.The British canoeist Kurts Adams Rozentals has been banned from competing and may miss out on the next Olympic Games. According to Rozentals, why has he been excluded by the sport’s authorities?
  11. 11.In cricket, which two neighbouring counties are top of Division One and Division Two in the County Championship?
  12. 12.Chelsea’s win against Real Betis means they are the only club to have won the European Cup/Champions League, Uefa Cup/Europa League, Cup Winners’ Cup and Conference League. Which team have been beaten finalists in all four competitions?
  13. 13.Chelsea are the first English team to beat a Spanish team in a men’s European final since …
  14. 14.Moses Itauma – who has won his first 12 professional fights – has given up his ambition of becoming the youngest heavyweight world champion in boxing history. Who holds that record, having won a world title at the age of 20?
  15. 15.Lamine Yamal has signed a new contract with a €1bn buyout clause. Why did the 17-year-old decide to delay the photoshoot for the new deal?

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