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Have you been paying attention to the big stories in football, cycling, rugby union, motor sport, tennis and golf?
- 1.It hasn’t been a great week for Manchester United managers past or present. Ruben Amorim watched on (or not) as his team were knocked out of the League Cup by Grimsby. It was even worse for Ole Gunnar Solskjær and José Mourinho, who were both sacked by clubs based in which city?
Budapest
Istanbul
Riyadh
Ankara
- 2.Argentina beat New Zealand 29-23 in Buenos Aires on Sunday. It was their first home win against the All Blacks and their fourth overall. Which of the four Home Nations has never won a match against New Zealand?
England
Scotland
Wales
Ireland
- 3.The new Women’s Super League season begins this week. Which team is playing in the top flight for the first time?
Leicester City
London City Lionesses
Bristol City
Birmingham City
- 4.A crowd of 42,723 people attended the opening game of the Women’s Rugby World Cup. It’s the largest crowd in the competition’s history. Where was the game played?
Newcastle
London
Sunderland
Bath
- 5.We’re eight games into the Women’s Rugby World Cup. What was the average winning margin in those games?
13 points
24 points
36 points
47 points
- 6.Carlos Alcaraz sported a new haircut at the US Open. Why has he gone for the new buzzcut look?
To be “more aerodynamic”
So he does not “overheat” on court
To emulate his hero Andre Agassi
His brother tried to give him a haircut but it was so bad he had to shave it all off
- 7.Who said: “If I speak, I’m in big trouble, so I’m not going to speak” before picking up a fine of $42,500?
José Mourinho
Daniil Medvedev
Ruben Amorim
Stefanos Tsitsipas
- 8.Rio Ngumoha became the fourth youngest goalscorer in Premier League history on Monday night, when he hit the winner for Liverpool against Newcastle. James Vaughan is the youngest. Which club was he playing for when he set that record 20 years ago?
Liverpool
Everton
Newcastle
Arsenal
- 9.Which team will make their debut in Formula One next season, with Sergio Pérez and Valtteri Bottas signed up to be their drivers?
Bentley
Cadillac
Lamborghini
Hyundai
- 10.Jonas Vingegaard has the lead in the Vuelta a España but it has been a tough week for his team. What happened?
They went bankrupt
Several of their bikes were stolen
Three of their other riders crashed into each other and are out of the race
Their riders' shirts were so itchy they had to go topless (Vingegaard was in the red jersey so not affected)
- 11.Which of these Champions League fixtures will require the away team to travel 4,500 miles – the longest trip in Champions League history?
Sporting Lisbon v Kairat Almaty
Manchester City v Galatasaray
Liverpool v Qarabag
Bodø/Glimt v Slavia Prague
- 12.David Luiz won the Champions League with Chelsea in 2012. He will be playing against them in the competition this season – for a club based in which country?
Georgia
Greece
Cyprus
Luxembourg
- 13.Which of these golfers will not play for the USA in the Ryder Cup this year?
Keegan Bradley
Cameron Young
Patrick Cantlay
Sam Burns
- 14.Everton played their first league match at the Hill Dickinson Stadium at the weekend. Who – or what – is Hill Dickinson?
He was the Everton manager when they won their first title in 1901
A law firm
The architect who designed the stadium
A betting company
- 15.Who scored the first goal at Everton’s new stadium, having also scored the last goal at Goodison?
Iliman Ndiaye
James Tarkowski
Beto
Dwight McNeil
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