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Have you been following the big (and small) stories in football, tennis, boxing, cricket, snooker and ice hockey?
- 1.Novak Djokovic set a new tennis record this week when he played his 430th grand slam singles match. Whose record did he break?
- 2.Djokovic is being coached at the Australian Open by Andy Murray. What is the age gap between them?
- 3.Tyson Fury announced his retirement from boxing this week, saying: “It’s been a blast, I’ve loved every single minute. And I’m going to end with this: Dick Turpin wore a mask.” Who is Dick Turpin?
- 4.Fury has a history of retiring from boxing. What prompted his first “retirement” in 2013?
- 5.On the subject of semi-retired athletes, which footballer came out of retirement to play for Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup, was sent off against Real Madrid but ended the week with a trophy?
- 6.Alexander Isak has scored in Newcastle’s last eight league matches. Who holds the Premier League record for goals in consecutive matches, having scored in 11 straight games for his club?
- 7.Snooker fans are celebrating 50 years of the Masters. What happened in the very first Masters final in 1975?
- 8.Shaun Murphy fell just short of a maximum break at the Masters this week. Which player famously missed the last black in a 147 attempt in the Masters final in 2000?
- 9.If Carlos Alcaraz wins the Australian Open, he says he will …
- 10.Jimmy Anderson has signed up to play for Lancashire this season. At 42, he will be the oldest player in the squad by some distance. At 16, who is the youngest?
- 11.Southampton’s defeat to Manchester United on Thursday night leaves them stranded at the bottom of the Premier League table with just six points after 21 matches. Which club holds the record for the worst season in the league, having picked up just 11 points in 38 games?
- 12.Chris Eubank and Conor Benn have agreed to fight in April. What happened when their fathers fought twice in the 1990s?
- 13.The hockey player Alex Ovechkin set a new NHL record this week. What did he do?
- 14.Bruno Lobo is a qualified doctor who represented Brazil in kite surfing at the Olympics last year. Why was he in the news this week?
- 15.Which football team is unbeaten in their domestic league this season yet sit just fifth in the table?
- 16.The Women’s Super League returns this weekend with Chelsea top of the table. Who were the last club other than Chelsea to win the title?
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