Sports quiz of the week: champions, challengers, scorers, Ashes and Traitors

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Have you been following the big stories in football, rugby, baseball, cricket, hockey, boxing, tennis and baseball?

  1. 1.Mohamed Salah scored his 250th goal for Liverpool in their win against Aston Villa. Only two players have scored more goals for the club. Ian Rush and …
  2. 2.Joe Marler has found national fame on the Celebrity Traitors. Where did he spend his whole rugby career?
  3. 3.In the Eredivisie this season there have been 99 matches but not one …
  4. 4.Laura Wolvaardt scored 571 runs in the Women’s Cricket World Cup, including centuries in the semi-final and final. Which country does she play for?
  5. 5.Scotland host New Zealand at Murrayfield on Saturday afternoon. When did Scotland last beat the All Blacks?
  6. 6.The good news for Scotland is that they are coming off a big win. Who did they beat 85-0 last weekend?
  7. 7.France and South Africa meet this weekend for the first time since the Rugby World Cup quarter-final two years ago. What was remarkable about that game?
  8. 8.Alex Ovechkin has become the first player in NHL history to score …
  9. 9.Australia have won the rugby league Ashes with a game to spare. Who was the only England player to score a try in the first two Tests?
  10. 10.Max Dowman made history this week by becoming the youngest player in Champions League history. Which former Arsenal player holds the record for being the youngest player to win the competition (since 1992)?
  11. 11.The LA Dodgers have become the first team to win back-to-back World Series in a quarter of a century. Who won it three years in a row in 1998, 1999 and 2000?
  12. 12.Manchester City are the top scorers in the Premier League this season with 20 goals. Erling Haaland has scored 13 of them. Who is their second top scorer, with two goals?
  13. 13.The British boxer Chantelle Cameron has given up her world title to "take a stand for what’s right". What is she protesting against?
  14. 14.David Beckham was knighted this week. Which footballer was knighted during his playing career?
  15. 15.What was notable about Australia’s 15-man squad for the Ashes?
  16. 16.Aryna Sabalenka, the women’s world No 1, will play Nick Kyrgios, the men’s world No 652, next month. The most famous “battle of the sexes” took place in 1973, when Billie Jean King played Bobby Riggs in front of a TV audience of 90 million people. What happened in the match?

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