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Ben Stokes, LeBron James and Aryna Sabalenka. Composite: Getty Images and Shutterstock
Have you followed the big stories in football, cricket, tennis, rugby union, basketball, cycling and Formula One?
- 1.Which team reached the last 16 of the World Cup by winning four games in a row and not conceding a goal?
- 2.Kylian Mbappé, Lionel Messi, Harry Kane and Erling Haaland are all chasing the Golden Boot. Which player holds the record for the most goals scored at a single World Cup?
- 3.England’s players are using a special sports drink at the World Cup to help them control their body temperatures. Which athlete helped develop the drink?
- 4.Garrincha did it in 1962. Ronaldinho did it in 2002. Zinedine Zidane did it in 2006. Vincent Aboubakar did it in 2022. Who did it this week?
- 5.Which country’s president said this after their team was knocked out of the World Cup: “When incompetent people are appointed to leadership positions, the outcome is all but inevitable. I offer my deepest apologies to the public for the profound disappointment caused by this unacceptable outcome. We will move swiftly to ensure that nothing like this happens again"?
- 6.Brazil have played 88 teams in international football. They have beaten all of them apart from …
- 7.Ben Stokes has played his last Test for England. His standout moment in Test cricket was probably during the Ashes in 2019, when he scored an unbeaten 135 at Headingley to help England win the match. Which player was at the other end of the crease during that chase, famously scoring just one run?
- 8.In which city was Stokes born?
- 9.Alexander Zverev won the French Open a few weeks ago and is No 3 in the world, but why might he struggle at Wimbledon?
- 10.What has Aryna Sabalenka requested at Wimbledon?
- 11.The Nations Championship begins this weekend. The new rugby union competition features six teams from the northern hemisphere: England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. And six teams from the southern hemisphere: Argentina, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa and …
- 12.LeBron James is leaving the Lakers. How many times did he win the NBA Championship in his eight years in Los Angeles?
- 13.This weekend’s British Grand Prix is likely to smash the record for the most attended Formula One event in history. How many spectators are expected to be at Silverstone over the four-day weekend?
- 14.The Tour de France begins this weekend. Where?
- 15.Lord's hosts the final of the Women’s T20 World Cup this weekend. Which country has won the tournament six times and is in the final again this year?
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