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Have you been paying attention to the football, cricket, cycling, rugby, golf, baseball and basketball?
- 1.Chris Woakes played for England this week with a dislocated shoulder. Who played for India earlier in the series with a broken bone in his foot?
Sai Sudharsan
Rishabh Pant
Mohammed Siraj
Washington Sundar
- 2.India won the fifth Test to draw the series. What was the winning margin at the Oval?
Six runs
Eight runs
One wicket
Two wickets
- 3.Son Heung-min and Thomas Müller have both signed for clubs in which league?
MLS
Saudi Pro League
Serie A
Liga MX
- 4.Which country provided three of the top five finishers at the Women’s Open, including the winner?
South Korea
Scotland
Japan
Jamaica
- 5.Mimi Rhodes hit a hole-in-one at the Women’s Open on Sunday. What was unusual about her shot?
It was going wide of the hole but defected in off another player’s ball
She did it on a par four
She hit the shot – from the tee – with a putter
She followed up her hole-in-one with triple bogies at the next four holes
- 6.Jorge Costa, who died this week at the age of 53, is best known for being the Porto captain when they won the Champions League in 2004 under José Mourinho. He also had a short stint in the Premier League – for which club?
Chelsea
Charlton Athletic
Cardiff City
Crystal Palace
- 7.The British and Irish Lions beat Australia 2-1 in their three-Test series. What was the aggregate points score over the three matches?
Australia 67-68 Lions
Australia 50-90 Lions
Australia 75-56 Lions
Australia 70-70 Lions
- 8.Pauline Ferrand-Prévot won the Tour de France Femmes, becoming the first French cyclist – male or female – to win a Tour in 36 years. In which sport did she win a medal at the Paris Olympics last year?
Road cycling
Track cycling
Mountain biking
Skateboarding
- 9.The Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds set a new attendance record for a regular season Major League Baseball game on Sunday, when they played in front of 85,000 fans at a stadium normally used for which sport?
Basketball
American football
Tennis
Nascar
- 10.Leroy Carter has been given his first call-up to the All Blacks squad for their match against Argentina, but what went wrong in his preparations?
He went to the wrong airport for the flight to Buenos Aires
His dog ate his passport
He failed his summer exams and has to stay in university to do repeats
He flew to Buenos Aires then realised he hadn't packed his mouth guard
- 11.Alexander Isak is training alone at Newcastle. How else did Eddie Howe punish the wantaway striker this week?
Newcastle have changed his squad number from No 9 to No 13
He was excluded from a barbecue organised for players and their families
He is not allowed to join the club’s Fantasy Football group
He has been uninvited from their pre-season night out this week, seeing Oasis in Edinburgh
- 12.A number of WNBA games have been disrupted in the last few weeks. What has caused the delays?
The league has adopted a VAR-style system and it keeps breaking
Spectators have been throwing sex toys on to the court
There have multiple ant infestations in stadiums
Kids in the crowd have been blowing bubbles, which make the court too slippery
- 13.Liverpool and Crystal Palace meet in the Community Shield on Sunday. Who are the only club to have won the shield without ever winning the top flight or FA Cup?
Huddersfield
Coventry City
Brighton
Wigan Athletic
- 14.Which two league champions – who are based in different countries but just 25 miles apart – met in a Champions League qualifier this week?
Linfield and Shelbourne
Malmö and Copenhagen
HJK Helsinki and Flora Tallinn
Slovan Bratislava and Rapid Vienna
- 15.Scott McTominay was nominated for the Ballon d’Or this week. Which Scotland player has won the award?
Denis Law
Kenny Dalgish
Ally McCoist
No Scotland player has won it
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